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Today's presenter, Pat Wirtz is a bit like me, or the beloved Bill Shea down in Springfield, Illinois, in that he pretty much collects everything. And, like me, he is a White Sox fan, as is Double D. Must be a good guy.
His topic today: Board Games.
The first commercially-sold board game was The mansion of Happiness in 1843. It was a children's board game based on Christian morality. Players raced around a 66-space spiral track depicting virtues and vices. Land on a vice square and you go back.
At one time, the two major board game companies were Milton-Bradley (Pat says 2/3 of his games are made by them) and Parker brothers. Both are now owned by Hasbro.
The earliest board games were made by lithography companies. But production unfortunately was only limited to a few hundred copies. Then, they changed to using watercolors.
--Cooter
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