We had 6 kids in my house when I was growing up, so money was not plentiful. Because we were on a budget, we were not able to go to the movies or other outside activities very often. Instead, we would spend nights inside with a bowl of popcorn, some soda and our favorite board games. We were fiercely competitive, especially between my 3 older brothers. Things could get pretty heated, especially when we played Monopoly! While the kids and I were stuck inside because of the harsh winter weather, we were playing a game of Clue and I wondered how the game got its name. I looked it up and found some great information. Here is just a snippet of cool factoids and history I gathered!
Interesting Facts About Board Games You Didn’t Know
- Monopoly: is the classic game about money, property and real estate power. The game was created back in 1934 and as of this printing, there have been 1240 different versions made. Fun Fact: According to ABC News, During World War II, “special edition” Monopoly games were used to help the POWs escape by including hidden maps, compasses and other tools within the game.
- Scrabble: is the classic game of words and one I love to use when I home school Henry. The game was originally created by an out-of-work architect back in 1948. Teachers enjoy tapping into The National School Scrabble Program, which is a creative way for them to help students learn vocabulary, spelling and math skills. Fun Fact: There are 84 words in the English language that include a “Q” with no “U”.
- Yahtzee: is the game of dice which uses poker-themed combinations which adds up to points for the win. Originally, the game, which was invented in 1956, was called “The Yacht Game.” This was because it was created by a Canadian couple aboard their yacht. The game was later patented by a toy entrepreneur and made for sale to the public.
- The Game of Life: is a favorite of my sister and I, is about life! It is often referred to simply as Life, but was initially called The Checkered Game of Life when it was created in 1860. The modern version now known as The Game of Life was made in 1960.
- Clue: is the classic murder mystery game and it was my moms ultimate favorite . The game was first introduced in England in 1949, where it is known as Cluedo. There have been 8 different editions of Clue in the US and 3 different editions in the UK, as well as several different spin-offs of the original game. Fun Fact: Clue was originally named Murder! and was created to pass the time during the war when troops were stuck in underground bunkers during long air raid drills.
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So, my favorite games are Clue, Monopoly and Life and I love the facts I learned about them! What are your favorite games and which fact about them did you find most interesting?
I love Monopoly!
I like to play Clue with the children and scrabble.
I like Classic Sorry
trivia pursuit.
My Family loves Monopoly but I am a Boggle fan!
I love Twister!
Monopoly.
mine is Trouble I love playing this game
Crocodile Dentist. My daughter would love it!
Classic Trouble is my favorite product.
i like the game scattegories categories 🙂
I like Monopoly.
I like Payday
My favorites are Clue and Yahtzee!
monopoly is our family favorite, especially with all the themes they have.
I’m a big fan of Clue 🙂 I loved playing it as a kid 🙂
I really love the game of life!
My favorite is the Classic Trouble.
Monopoly
My Favorite product is Monopoly!! Played for hours growing up. Something about owning land and making money has always pleased me!!
I love Life!
I like JENGA THROW ‘N GO. 🙂
I always love clue!
I love Classic Trouble®
I like the Crocodile Dentist.
We like Monopoly
Monopoly is a classic favorite and Apples to Apples is a new favorite.
I love Classic Twister!
I guess Monopoly is my favorite!
I love the game of Life because I still remember playing it as a child with my entire family. Clue is a close second.
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my favorite product is the throw n go jenga.
I like Twister
We love life, love imagining all those things actually happening to us.
I love the TROUBLE Board game! So much fun!
My kids would love crocodile dentist
clue!!
We love to play aggravation, lost our marbles, really, need to get a new one! lol
My favorite is Bunco!
I like the Classic Sorry game, we played Sorry all the time growing up, it’s a great game.
Twister is my favorite product!
I like the Tile Lock Super Scrabble!
the game of Life!!!
We like Boggle
TWISTER
twister has been my favorite since i was a kid.
I love the Aggravation game!
Trouble has always been a favorite in our house. The kids love to pop the bubble.
the game of life classic edition
Twister and Trouble were always favorites in our house!
Love Clue!
I like the Parcheesi Royal Edition
I used to love Racko. haven’t played it in years
I like Clue.
monopoly for me
Trouble was always lots of fun.
Clue has always been a family favorite.
My favorite game has always been Monopoly.
We love the Game of Life!
my favorite is twister! such a fun game!
Trouble is my favorite.
I like the Clue® Classic Edition
We like the game Trouble!
My favorite is scrabble.
Monopoly
I think my favorite out of these to play is Clue. 🙂 We’re trying to build our board games collection at my house because my daughter is getting older and likes to play.
Good ‘ol Classic Trouble
I love both Yahtzee and Scattergories!
I like Yahtzee, played that a lot growing up!
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I love most of the games but yahtzee because it reminds me of the many nights I spent playing this game with my Granny. We had so much fun!!!
My favorite of all time is monopoly and still play every now and then.
Classic Sorry!
Scattergories Categories sounds fun!
we love trouble!
I like Pente and Mah Jongg™ The Card Game.
Trouble was my favorite game growing up.
Oh found where to comment…. oh for sure Monopoly it is the most Iconic Boardgame Ever Made…:)
I’m a word whiz so Scrabble is MY game!!
My favorite product is Monopoly. I have played that game for many years and now play with my grandchildren.
Scrabble. It was created by an out-of-work architect back in 1948.
CLUE!
Racko, don’t understand the fascination, but that is our go-to game.
I love Monopoly but also like playing other games as well
My favorite is the Monopoly game.
Love Playing with my Mom ever since I was a child.
My favorite is the Super Scrabble.
5ive Straight
I love the game Aggravation
definitely Twister!
i love the game of life of course! its such a fun game to play with family
Yahtzee is always popular in our house!
Crocodile Dentist looks fun!
Clue is by far the best. A classic game! (entry facebook name Mon Doodlez Inabnit-Battle)
trouble and sorry. love them both
Classic Trouble
Classic Twister
crocodile dentist looks super fun
Bunco!
I love gestures!!
Connect 4 and More looks fun
I’d love to have the The Game of LIFE® Dogs Edition
Super big boggle!
I love taboo and guesstures
We like the game Jenga. It’s so good for childrens balancing skills using hand/eye coordination
game of life. Priceless
Clue was always my favorite! Life would be my next favorite!
I like the Cathedral Snow – 1000 Pieces puzzle
Love Clue, but we play lots of Phase 10 and Uno.
I’ve always liked Trouble.
I love monopoly
My absolute favorite is Classic Clue. You can’t beat the original.
I like the Clue Classic Edition. I haven’t played it in years!!
I like Classic Yahtzee.
Scrabble!
Yahtzee
My families favorite is Skip-o and Yahtzee
I have always love to play PayDay! I even bought it for my kids so they could play with me.
scatter glories looks like a great game
We love the game of Life and we also love the game Payday
Clue is my favorite. Also like Boggle.
Thanks for the contest.
I like Twister!
Box of Bunco
Monopoly
i like pass the pigs, it looks fun….
Monopoly is classic
i love jenga!
I love connect4
I like Big Boggle.
I like Jenga 🙂
Jenga is my favorite game!
jenga!!
I love Jenga
I like Classic Twister®.
Monopoly
I love Twister!
Love Monopoly!!
Trouble!
my favorite is the Winter Homecoming – 1000 Pieces puzzle
I love aggravation!
Box of bunco looks fun!!
I like Touring the Auto Racing game.
I think I would have to say Monopoly, Yahtzee, and Pass the Pigs are my favorite all time classic games!!! I love playing games! My kids are finally getting older to where they can start learning some of my favorites! Thank you for the chance to win these awesome games! Good luck to all!! 🙂
I love the game trouble.
My favorite was Monopoly and clue the great museum caper,
My favorite is scrabble.
I like the Classic Trouble game
I have always loved Monopoly.
I like Super Big Boggle.
Monopoly!!!
Favorite is Yahtzee.
Yahtzee is my favorite game. My family loves it!
I like the Classic Yahtzee. I love to play any of the Yahtzee with my grand-kids!
I like No Stress Chess.
Monopoly is my favorite
Monopoly
I always love clue!
Monopoly is our family classic!
I love to play Tile Lock Super Scrabble®
I still love Boggle!
Monopoly was my favorite board game when I was growing up, although clue was a top favorite as well. We played board games a lot….I’d love to win these classics to start playing board game with my family….with everything so electronic these days, it would be nice to step back and relax with a few great board games.
The boys would like the classic sorry. Thank you
I love playing Yahtzee
Trivial Pursuit was always a fave
My favorite is the Classic Yahtzee Game
Pit! But not with my Dad, it makes him cranky! 😛
I like the classic trouble game.
I like the Classic Trouble. I remember my sister and I would always play it.
My favorite product is Classic Trouble! Such a fun game!
I like Trouble
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I love CLUE!!
Clue and Sorry! They are all fun though!
Classic Sorry, reminds me of the old Carol Burnett Shows.
our favorite is pass the pigs pig party!!
Monopoly for sure. Love to watch as the houses get built and the men get greedy….lol
I would have to say monopoly is my favorite.
My grandson and niece like to play Chutes & Ladders with me.
The “Super Big Boggle” would be fun with the family.
I really like Monopoly. It has always been my favorite board game. Thank you for the super giveaway opportunity. Keep up the terrific blogging.
We like left right center, Dominoes (Mexican Train), Life and Sorry
I love classic Trouble, and Life!
I love most board games and the one we played the most was monopoly but my favorites were yahtzee and scrabble
I like the game Trouble
My favorite is the classic Monopoly game it’s still the best!
For me, it would be Parcheesi…for my hsuband, the tile-lock scrabble…he’d love that! His biggest complaint w/ scrabble is the shimmying tiles. lol
Boggle is my favorite!! I so rock at that game lol 😀
I would like Yahtzee!
We love playing Sorry and Yatzee, actually played them last night for ours
Mine is the game of CLUE
Monopoly 🙂
Monopoly and Scrabble equally
I always liked the game sorry. You can play it with kids and adults and it’s and easy fun game.
My favorite is the Classic Sorry.
Game of life!
Canasta Caliente
One of my favorite board games was Sorry.
I always liked Life
Clue
I love Clue! And I’d love to have the vintage Sorry! I used to play with my grandma all the time, but we had a newer version. 🙂
Classic Sorry is one of my favorite games! Love it.
Love Scrabble and Clue.
My favorite game is The Game of Life. I used to play it all the time as a kid. I can’t wait for the kids to be old enough to play board games.
i love scrabble!
I love Scrabble!
I LIKE SORRY
I’ve always loved monopoly
Monopoly
I like scrabble
I like Classic Sorry the most
my fave game is Yahtzee.
We like Classic Trouble.
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LOVED Life when I was little! Always tried to fill up my car with kids! hahaha
I miss playing Yahtzee
My oldest is 6 so we are just getting big into board games. Our favorite right now is ZINGO!
sorry
I love card games — I think I might have played Pit before but can’t remember how to play.
My fave product they have that I need to replace from a flood (parent’s) is the Classic Yahtzee game.
Risk is our favorite
My favorite product from Winning Moves Games is Rubik’s Cube.
My brothers, sister & I used to play Monopoly every day we didn’t have school. My sister & I would set the game up, counting out all the money, then wake the boys up & play. Lots of games of Life played with the whole family, but dad wan’t allowed to sit next to the banker, because he was caught helping himself to extra cash one time too many. lol
I love Scrabble.
I like playing Clue.!
Trouble is always fun 🙂
My husband and I are big Scrabble fans!
We love playing Trouble!
Monopoly® Classic Edition
Totally Crazy Eights would be fun with my granddaughter.
We like scrabble
YATZEE
Fun facts and I love board games. Scrabble is my favorite. We have like 10 different versions and editions of it.
I also come from a large family and we played lots of board games. Yahtzee is still one of my faves.
Monopoly is such a classic! It always ends up being a long game but is so much fun. It stands the test of time!
This is fantastic. I love game night at our home and found this post very interesting. Thank you!