Milton Bradley Board Games

The Milton Bradley board game company is named for its founder, Milton Bradley. The company has operated for more than a century and has consistently offered contemporary, high-quality board games.

Milton Bradley, the man

Milton Bradley was born in 1836 and raiseD in Vienna, Maine. He studied printing and lithography, and began working in the field in 1860. He first broke into the game industry when he began working on The Checkered Game of Life, an early version of the game now known as The Game of Life. The game was first released in the winter of 1860 and is the company’s longest-running game. By the beginning of 1861, more than 45,000 copies were sold. Milton Bradley remained in control of the company until his death in 1911.

The company history

The company was founded with the release of The Checkered Game of Life in 1860. In 1920, the company absorbed the McLouglin Brothers, which was the largest game manufacturer in the United States, and it continued reproducing some of those games. Similarly, in 1987, it purchased Selchow and Righter and acquired rights to both Parcheesi and Scrabble. In 1994, however, it was taken over by the Hasboro company, and games were reproduced under the company’s original name.

Most popular games produced

The Milton Bradley company has produced a number of very popular board games. Some of the most popular games include: Battleship, Connect Four, Hungry Hungry Hippos, Simon, Twister, Axis and Allies, Yahtzee and more.

Milton Bradley games are rich with ingenuity, complex problem solving and opportunities for family fun. The company, though now otherwise owned, continues to meet and surpass the consumer's expectations by altering and updating games to keep the product moving into the future.