Classic Games
Try our range of classic board games, including bestsellers like Monopoly, Risk, Scrabble and more.
Monopoly
This game was originally patented as “The Landlord’s Game” in 1904, but it wasn’t until the mid-1930′s that the Monopoly of today earned it’s name. A gentleman named Charles B. Darrow of Germantown, PA sold 5,000 handmade sets to a Philadelphia department store spurring it’d popularity.
Since then the game has earned worldwide popularity and many foreign editions have adopted the game to their own language, currency and property names.
Risk
Developed in France and launched in 1959, Risk is a turn-based strategy game for 2-6 players. Battles for world domination take place on a board which is a stylized political map of the world divided into 42 territories on six continents.
Players take turns attacking by rolling three dice with the intent of placing their armies on territory so they can claim it. This is a slow moving game available in a variety of formats.
Scrabble
Scrabble was invented in 1948 by Alfred Butts and quickly became a worldwide bestseller. The game is sold in 121 countries in 29 different language variations, in addition to the many different editions that can be found.
One of the most popular crossword game in the world, Scrabble can be played with two, three or four players. Over 175 tournaments are held a year in the US and Canada alone and the National Scrabble Association (NSA) represents more than 200 clubs and 10,000 word game enthusiasts.
Cranium
As its slogan says “play with your brain” and enjoy testing your mental ability with the game became incredibly popular in America in record time, selling more copies in its first week than Trivial Pursuit.
“No other game provides the variety and fun that Cranium offers” says Richard Tait, who along with Whit Alexander, founded Cranium in 1998. In fact this team game is suitable for everyone from teens to adults and includes 14 different activities.
