Milton-Bradley came out with the Concentration and Jeopardy games in the 1950s as well as the ever-popular Game of Life and Twister.
The company was bought by Play Skool (which is the company that makes Yahtzee and he electronic game Simon.
(Are any of these names bringing back memories?)
Pat Wirtz's oldest game was first produced in 1905 and is a baseball game.
He also has an unopened McHenry Monopoly game which starts at Pearl Street Park. (I'd never heard of this park, but looked it up and now it is always referred to as Veterans Park.)
He seems to be most proud of a 1940 game from Germany made for kids that features the Battle of Britain. This game is very colorful (and, of course, in German, and is what got Pat interested in board games.
--Cooter
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