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1	Monopoly	17	The Pennsylvania, the Short Line, the B&O & the Reading
2	Twister	15	It's "the game that ties you up in knots"
3	Scrabble	15	It's the popular game invented in 1948, and what do you mean "Trebek" isn't allowed?
4	backgammon	12	In "Love's Labour's Lost", a character "plays at tables", an old term for this board game played with counters & dice
5	poker	10	Type of poker in which the 1st & often the last cards are dealt face down & the others face up
6	a Slinky	10	Invented in 1943, this toy was flung over tree branches by soldiers in Vietnam & used as a makeshift radio antenna
7	checkers	9	Guinness says Con McCarrick once played 154 games of this, also called draughts, simultaneously
8	Clue	8	An early edition of this game that debuted in 1949 says that it's "the great new Sherlock Holmes game"
9	Play-Doh	7	For many adults, the scent of this soft Hasbro modeling compound is the smell of childhood
10	dice	7	Knucklebones, made from the ankles of sheep, are considered the earliest of these
11	blackjack	7	Edward Thorp's 1962 book "Beat the Dealer" introduced many to the idea of card counting in this game
12	bingo	7	This game often sponsored by charities has 75 numbers compared to lotto's 90
13	Barbie	7	"Life in the Dreamhouse" is the subtitle of an online show named for this doll
14	a View-Master	7	The Sawyer photo company invented this device that allows kids to see images in 3-D slide form
15	solitaire	6	Get your aces up top 7 try to unlock the deck in the Klondike version of this single-player game
16	Operation	6	(Jimmy of the Clue Crew plays a game with Sofia.) Eight years of studying medicine have prepared me to perform delicate surgery on Cavity Sam in this ...
17	G.I. Joe	6	Released in the U.K. in 1966, Action Man was a British version of this toy figure
18	dominoes	6	Thought to have derived from dice, you can play "sniff" or "Bergen" with these B & W "bones"
19	charades	6	This is a game of guessing words or phrases acted out, sometimes syllable by syllable
20	Canasta	6	Bolivia & samba are variations of this game that originated in South America
21	bridge	6	You have to bid and take all 13 tricks to make a grand slam in this game
22	Pong	6	Regulation size for this piece of equipment is 9' x 5', 2'6" high, with a 6" high net
23	Trivial Pursuit	5	2 friends inspired by the success of Scrabble created this wedge-fest with 6,000 questions in its original version
24	roulette	5	If you're betting on red or black, or odd or even, you're playing this game
25	Mahjong	5	Bamboos & winds are names for some of the tiles called pais in this game
26	Lego	5	This classic toy company has "block"ed out a new area with its Mindstorms robotic kits
27	baccarat	5	Chapter 9 of Ian Fleming's "Casino Royale" is called "The Game is" this
28	a royal flush	5	With no wild cards in use, the best hand you can get in poker
29	10	5	In pinochle, this card ranks next to the ace
30	Sorry!	4	The New Yorker once joked that this game's moral lesson is "Never apologize for your success, unless doing so sarcastically"
31	Silly Putty	4	Invented to be a synthetic rubber compound during WWII, it was first sold as Gooey Gupp
32	Raggedy Ann	4	This doll first came out way back in 1915; Andy soon followed
33	Mr. Potato Head	4	In 1987 he lost his pipe & became the official spokespud for the American Cancer Society's Great American Smokeout
34	mah-jongg	4	There is a penalty in this Oriental game for calling a false woo
35	Lionel	4	Joshua Cowen gave his middle name to this brand of model trains
36	hangman	4	TV's "Wheel of Fortune" is based on this pencil & paper game
37	Go	4	This ancient Chinese game is played with 361 pieces called stones
38	croquet	4	This lawn game was once called pall mall, from Italian words meaning "ball" & "mallet"
39	cribbage	4	This card game is known for its pegboard that's used to keep score
40	Cootie	4	The "giant" version of this game contains 2 plastic bugs which double as banks
41	chess	4	In "The Tempest", Ferdinand plays this board game with Miranda, whom he plans to promote to queen
42	Candy Land	4	Peppermint Stick Forest & Molasses Swamp were 2 tasty locations in the classic version of this board game
43	12	4	It's an automatic pass line loser if I get a 2, 3 or this total on my come out roll
44	the king	4	It's normal chess move is one square in any direction
45	gin rummy	4	Once America's most popular card game, it's now #2, after poker
46	Etch A Sketch	4	The Telecran, a drawing toy with a joystick, glass & aluminum powder was the basis for this classic toy
47	a slot machine	4	It's the American equivalent of the British "fruit machine"
48	the Rubik's Cube	4	A Hungarian inventor is famous for this puzzling cube
49	whist	3	The game bridge developed from
50	the Magic 8 Ball	3	"Signs point to yes" that you might now this fortune-telling toy that began as the "Syco-Seer" in the 1940s

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Monopoly 17x $293 avg J:14 DJ:1 FJ:2

J $100 2001 Water Works, Luxury Tax, Short Line

J $500 1993 This game made rich Uncle Pennybags so famous you can buy a watch with his face on it

FJ 2002 It was inspired by support for economist Henry George's idea that only land should be taxed

Twister 15x 7.7% stumper $785 avg J:10 DJ:3 FJ:2

J $100 1989 It's advertised as "The Game That Ties You Up in Knots"

J $500 DD 1996 Game whose playing field is seen here:

J $1,000 DD 2021 Milton Bradley used a printer that normally made shower curtains to make this game's floor mat

Scrabble 15x $369 avg J:13 FJ:2

J $200 1992 Initially called Crisscross, this board game was renamed for the "digging" of letters during play

J $500 1997 In 1931 architect Alfred M. Butts developed this board-&-tile game, calling it Crisscrosswords

FJ 2019 The prototype for this game that was introduced in 1948 was called Lexiko

backgammon 12x 41.7% stumper $367 avg J:12

J $100 1987 In the middle ages this game's board was often on the back of a chessboard, so it was called the "back game"

J $500 1991 A variation of this board game, often played in the Navy, is called acey-deucey

J $100 1985 Featuring disks & a board with triangles, this popular game may be the oldest still played

poker 10x 10.0% stumper $270 avg J:8 DJ:2

J $200 1989 Type of poker in which the 1st & often the last cards are dealt face down & the others face up

J $100 1998 When playing the video form of this game, go for the big win, a royal flush

J $200 1996 Five-card draw & five-card stud are variations of this card game

checkers 10x 10.0% stumper $310 avg J:10

J $400 2004 Now called this, it was introduced around 1928 as Hop Ching checkers

J $600 2011 They'll treat you like a "king" in Petal, Mississippi, home to the International Hall of Fame for this board game

J $100 1996 Terms in this board game include king & double jump

a Slinky 10x $562 avg J:6 DJ:2 FJ:2

J $100 1993 This toy which has entertained generations of kids is nothing more than 67' of coiled steel

J $500 2001 "What walks down stairs, alone or in pairs...everyone loves" this wonderful toy

DJ $1,200 2008 "What walks down stairs, alone or in pairs... Everyone loves" this wonderful toy

Clue 8x $443 avg J:5 DJ:2 FJ:1

J $200 2004 Mr. Boddy is the victim whose murder you try to solve in this classic board game

DJ $800 2011 Anthony Pratt, a solicitor's clerk, invented this classic whodunit board game

J $1,000 DD 2006 Hint (4)

blackjack 8x $257 avg J:7 FJ:1

J $100 1995 In this game the dealer usually takes an additional card if his total is 16 or less

FJ 1986 Next to slots, Nevada casinos make more money from this game than any other, nearly $3/4 billion in 1985

J $100 1988 In this game, there are 64 possible 2-card combinations that add up to 21

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Play-Doh 7x $543 avg J:5 DJ:2

J $200 2014 This soft modeling compound was originally offered in off-white; the red, yellow & blue 3-pack came in 1957

DJ $600 1998 Introduced in the 1950s, this "modeling compound" began as a cleaning product for wallpaper

DJ $1,600 2008 For many adults, the scent of this soft Hasbro modeling compound is the smell of childhood

dice 7x $186 avg J:5 DJ:2

J $100 1988 In haunted houses, rattling bones are skeletons; in casinos, rattling "bones" are these

J $100 1988 Pieces of game equipment you shouldn't shoot if they're "loaded"

DJ $200 1991 Loaded ones have been found in ancient Egyptian ruins

bingo 7x 14.3% stumper $257 avg J:6 DJ:1

J $100 1997 This game often sponsored by charities has 75 numbers compared to lotto's 90

DJ $800 1988 Game whose operator is often called "the caller"

J $100 1995 On this game's card, the smallest numbers line up under B; the largest under O

Barbie 7x $343 avg J:7

J $100 1993 This Mattel doll has her own Ferrari—don't you wish you did?

J $500 1984 She's been a teenage fashion model for over 25 years

J $1,000 DD 1985 Although only 25, she has had 40 face-lifts & 4 complete face changes

bridge 7x $314 avg J:5 DJ:2

J $100 1992 Whist was the forerunner of the auction & contract types of this game

DJ $800 1987 Among the different versions of this game for which Hoyle gives rules are cutthroat & honeymoon

J $200 2013 ( I'm Anderson Cooper.) I trick you not, one of my ancestors, Harold Stirling Vanderbilt, is known for creating the "contract" type of this game

a View-Master 7x $633 avg J:6 FJ:1

J $400 1993 This stereoscopic toy with 3-D reels made its debut at the 1939 New York World's Fair

J $600 2015 This handheld device made its debut at the 1939 World's Fair & hit it big when it started showing Disney images

J $1,000 2024 This 3-D viewer was introduced at the 1939 World's Fair but hit it big in the 1950s when it acquired the rights to Disney characters

solitaire 6x 33.3% stumper $317 avg J:6

J $100 1991 This game is also known as patience; you may need a lot of it to play by yourself

J $600 2004 It's the card game the British call patience

J $200 1992 Russian Bank is a 2-person game that resembles this game for 1 player

Operation 6x $483 avg J:5 DJ:1

J $200 2018 This classic game's Cavity Sam has been given a new ailment: Brain Freeze

J $500 2001 Tweezers, funny bone, wish bone, Adam's apple

DJ $1,200 2009 A surgical procedure

G.I. Joe 6x 25.0% stumper $425 avg J:4 FJ:2

J $100 1990 Corporal Dave Breger gave this name to a soldier in a comic strip he did for "Yank" in 1942

J $800 2017 This action figure with 21 moving parts & "life like hair" stepped up for a different kind of induction in 2004

FJ 2021 Introduced in 1964, he fell out of favor in changing times & in 1970 was marketed as a "Land Adventurer"

dominoes 6x 16.7% stumper $283 avg J:6

J $100 1988 In this game, a player must draw from the boneyard until he is able to play his turn

J $600 2013 Also called "bones", these game pieces each have 0 to 6 pips on each end

J $100 1987 One version says this game was created by monks & named after 1st line of Psalm 110, "Dixit Dominus meo"

charades 6x 16.7% stumper $333 avg J:5 DJ:1

J $100 1996 This is a game of guessing words or phrases acted out, sometimes syllable by syllable

J $600 DD 1989 One of the most often played parlor games, according to Hoyle it's sometimes just called "the game"

J $100 1988 The current game rage, "Pictionary", is this popular party game with pictures, not pantomime

Canasta 6x 50.0% stumper $500 avg J:5 DJ:1

J $400 DD 1986 About 30 years ago, this South American game created the biggest fad in card history

J $500 1996 Bolivia & samba are variations of this game that originated in South America

J $500 1992 Bolivia is a variation of this card game that originated in Uruguay

Pong 6x $650 avg J:2 DJ:2 FJ:2

J $500 1995 Resembling table tennis, the 1st successful electronic video game was known by this name

DJ $1,000 DD 1998 This game, seen here, was the first successful video game

FJ 2025 A 2022 article titled this "At 50: The Video Game 'That Changed the World"' also said, "it may be 'the most boring... game of all time'"

a royal flush 6x $283 avg J:6

J $100 1990 The chances of drawing this poker hand are 649,739 to 1

J $200 1989 In a poker game without wild cards, it's the highest hand you can draw

J $200 1985 With no wild cards in use, the best hand you can get in poker

Trivial Pursuit 5x $600 avg J:3 DJ:1 FJ:1

J $200 2026 2 friends inspired by the success of Scrabble created this wedge-fest with 6,000 questions in its original version

J $800 2011 The Master Edition of this question-&-answer board game lets you "reveal your inner genius"

J $1,000 2002 Among its editions are Genus IV, Junior & Millennium

roulette 5x $520 avg J:4 DJ:1

J $200 2012 If you're betting on red or black, or odd or even, you're playing this game

DJ $800 1991 In a casino this game is operated by a croupier

J $1,000 2021 A "red snake" bet in this wheel game winds through 3 columns from 1 to 34

Mahjong 5x $580 avg J:4 DJ:1

J $500 1995 The Chinese call the sound made by tiles in this game the twittering of the sparrows

J $500 1993 In this game a complete hand of tiles usually consists of 4 chows, pungs or kongs & a pair

J $500 1991 In Hong Kong the shuffling of the tiles in this game is known as "the twittering of the sparrows"

Lego 5x $550 avg J:3 DJ:1 FJ:1

J $200 2020 In 1949 this toy company produced its first plastic brick

J $600 2011 Technic & Mindstorms are 2 of the lines of building sets from this brand

DJ $1,200 2012 Based in Denmark, this company has been built block by block since its 1932 founding

baccarat 5x $480 avg J:5

J $200 1996 Of boccie, bagatelle, & baccarat, the one that doesn't use balls

J $500 1995 In this fancy card game, a 2-card total of 9 is a natural & cannot lose

J $400 1985 Card game in which the desired total value is 9

Mr. Potato Head 5x $500 avg J:4 DJ:1

DJ $200 1987 If you miss a letter in "hangman", this is the part of the anatomy you draw first

J $500 1986 Aptly, this toy got 4 write-in votes in Boise, Idaho's 1985 mayoral election

J $1,000 2021 George Lerner originally had trouble selling this toy because after WWII it seemed wasteful to make toys using veggies

10 5x 20.0% stumper $500 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $100 1993 In blackjack, it's the point value held by the most cards

DJ $800 1986 In pinochle, this card ranks next to the ace

DJ $1,000 1987 According to Hoyle, up to this many people can play stud poker with a single deck

the Rubik's Cube 5x $300 avg J:1 DJ:1 FJ:3

J $200 2015 A Hungarian professor designed the prototype of this puzzle in 1974; by the 1980s, it was a sensation

FJ 2017 When it was first marketed in the late 1970s, this toy was given the Hungarian name "Buvos Kocka"

DJ $400 2008 A Hungarian inventor is famous for this puzzling cube

Sorry! 4x $525 avg J:4

J $300 1987 Of "Sorry", "Yahtzee", or "Shogi", the game which takes an "!" with its name

J $600 2018 To avoid getting bumped back to start, you can hide in your color's safety zone in this board game

J $400 1990 The "apologetic" name of Parker Brothers' "Slide Pursuit Game"

Silly Putty 4x $375 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $100 2001 Peter Hodgson Sr. saw the appeal of synthetic rubber that bounced & sold it in a plastic egg under this name

DJ $800 2008 Peter Hodgson Sr. saw the appeal of synthetic rubber that bounced & sold it in a plastic egg under this name

J $200 2010 Invented to be a synthetic rubber compound during WWII, it was first sold as Gooey Gupp

Raggedy Ann 4x $950 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $400 2015 This smiling gal with yarn for hair was the subject of a U.S. patent issued in September 1915

J $1,000 2019 She was born when cartoonist Johnny Gruelle drew a face on an old doll his daughter owned

J $400 2011 This doll was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2002; her brother Andy didn't join her until 2007

mah-jongg 4x $825 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $500 1987 There is a penalty in this Oriental game for calling a false woo

DJ $1,200 2002 ( Cheryl of the Clue Crew sits at a game table with tiles.) I'm setting up to play this popular tile game imported from China

J $800 2019 Seen here are tiles & dice for this game

Lionel 4x 25.0% stumper $1,000 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $200 2011 Joshua Cowen gave his middle name to this brand of model trains

J $800 2011 This toy train was created in 1901 as an animated ad for a toy store window display

J $1,000 2021 Founded in 1900, this model train company introduced its switch tower accessory & its porthole window caboose in the '50s

hangman 4x $225 avg J:4

J $200 2007 You don't have to buy a vowel, but you do begin this word game by drawing a gallows

J $200 2002 Stretch your neck out & name this word game on which TV's "Wheel of Fortune" is based

J $200 1991 You begin this word game by drawing a scaffold

Go 4x $450 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $100 1995 Name of the square on which you start

J $500 1986 Some ancient Chinese battles were halted & played out with this complex board game

J $1,000 2026 This ancient Chinese game is played with 361 pieces called stones

croquet 4x $375 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $200 1996 The object of this outdoor game is to maneuver your ball through a circuit of wickets first

J $800 2011 This lawn game was once called pall mall, from Italian words meaning "ball" & "mallet"

J $200 1987 Reportedly, President Hayes got in trouble when he spent $6 of public funds for a set of this lawn game

cribbage 4x 50.0% stumper $500 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $300 1998 This card game is known for its pegboard that's used to keep score

J $500 1985 Card game where your opponent may shout "Muggins" if you've failed to count "his knobs"

J $400 1991 For this game you need a deck of cards, a noddy board & some pegs to mark your points

Cootie 4x 50.0% stumper $400 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $200 1988 To win this game, your bug must have 1 body, 1 head, 2 antennae, 2 eyes, 1 tongue & 6 legs

J $500 1992 In the 1940s Minnesota mailman Herb Schaper created this "lousy" game

J $300 1998 "Piece" together your memory of this insect toy, seen here

chess 4x 50.0% stumper $425 avg J:4

J $100 1997 Experts suggest you begin this game by moving 1 or 2 pawns before bringing knights into play

J $600 2007 The first important U.S. tournament in this board game took place in New York City in 1857

J $900 DD 1985 Game the following, by Murray Head, is about: "One night in Bangkok makes a hard man humble Not much between despair and ecstasy One night in Bangkok and the tough guys tumble Can't be too careful with your company..."

Candy Land 4x $400 avg J:4

J $200 2024 Players in this board game once navigated the Molasses Swamp & Ice Cream Floats on a rainbow path

J $600 2017 2 of the characters in this game are Cutie Cone & Giggly Gumdrop

J $400 2021 While recovering from polio in 1948, teacher Eleanor Abbott invented this "sweet" board game for the children in the ward to play

4 4x 25.0% stumper $250 avg J:4

J $100 1986 Number of potential royal flushes in a standard deck

J $500 1985 Number of cards in a bridge trick

J $200 1995 It's the maximum number of houses you can have on a property

12 4x $450 avg J:4

J $200 1985 Number of red checkers in a checkers game

J $1,000 2013 It's an automatic pass line loser if I get a 2, 3 or this total on my come out roll

J $300 1990 At the start of a game of checkers, each player has this many pieces

the king 4x $375 avg J:4

J $100 1985 It's normal chess move is one square in any direction

J $600 2008 In checkers this piece can move forwards & backwards

J $200 1989 This chess piece can move in any direction but only 1 square at a time

gin rummy 4x 25.0% stumper $500 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $100 1993 The Liverpool form of this game isn't quite as popular as the gin type

J $500 1989 In a famous scene from "Born Yesterday" Judy Holliday outplayed Broderick Crawford in this game

DJ $1,000 1986 Once America's most popular card game, it's now #2, after poker

Frisbee 4x $275 avg J:4

J $100 1992 The idea for this toy came from watching students throwing empty pie tins

J $200 2021 Seen here is a tin from this pie company; Yale students repurposed it later

J $400 2017 Sometimes, simple is simply best; this 1-word disc made the Hall in 1998

Etch A Sketch 4x $975 avg J:4

J $100 1998 [Red-squared, shakeable drawing toy]

J $1,000 2010 The Telecran, a drawing toy with a joystick, glass & aluminum powder was the basis for this classic toy

J $400 2025 Original inductees in 1998 included Barbie, Play-Doh & this mechanical drawing toy with a screen & control knobs

a slot machine 4x $325 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $200 1992 It's the American equivalent of the British "fruit machine"

J $500 1985 555 cubic-foot "Super Bertha" in the Four Queens Casino is the world's largest

DJ $200 1989 In 1895 Charles Fey of San Francisco invented this machine that has a lot of pull in Vegas

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whist 3 the Magic 8 Ball 3 Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots 3 pinochle 3 Lincoln Logs 3 Jacks 3 Hungry Hungry Hippos 3 hearts 3 green 3 darts 3 craps 3 clubs 3 chemin de fer 3 authors 3 = 3 6 3 5 3 2 3 the yo-yo 3 the Joker 3 Rook 3 Nerf 3 Marco Polo 3 Magic 8-Ball 3 Go fish 3 21 3 the Nerf ball 3 yellow 2 Yahtzee 2 Webkinz 2 War 2 Uno 2 trump 2 Trouble 2 Trolls 2 Tonka 2 Tinker Toys 2 tiddlywinks 2 Three-card Monte 2 Thomas the Tank Engine 2 the shooter 2 the Queen of Spades 2 the queen 2 the knight 2 The Game of Life 2 tetherball 2 suits 2 slot machines 2 rubber 2 roller skates 2 red 2 progressive 2 pinball 2 Pin the Tail on the Donkey 2 Parker Brothers 2 Parcheesi 2 Old Maid 2 Nintendo 2 Monaco 2 Mediterranean 2 Matchbox 2 Marvin Gardens 2 Mah Jongg 2 Lite-Brite 2 Life 2 Jenga 2 jai alai 2 horseshoes 2 hopscotch 2 Ghost 2 Free 2 Capture the Flag 2 Cabbage Patch Kids 2 bowling 2 bocce 2 Battleship 2 Barrel of Monkeys 2 Atari 2 a poker face 2 a kaleidoscope 2 a full house 2 a diamond ring 2 a Cabbage Patch Kid 2 a ball 2 9 2 8 2 7 or 11 2 7 2 the Etch-a-Sketch 2 the daily double 2 queen's bishop 2 knife 2 crazy eights 2 Dungeons and Dragons 2 a casino 2 7 and 11 2