Thursday 2 February 2012

Nostalgia: Board Games

CLUEDO is one of the most popular board games in the world, selling millions in over 40 countries and spawning a film, stage play and TV series.
And yet, its creator remains a much bigger mystery than the game is to solve.
Unlike his multi-millionaire contemporaries who invented Monopoly and Scrabble, Anthony Pratt, from Kings Heath, died without fame or fortune in 1994.
His idea was to create a board game came about during the war when he was missing being able to socialise.

Read More - http://www.sundaymercury.net/lifestyle-news/nostalgia-history-midlands/2012/01/08/nostalgia-board-games-66331-30077548/