Battleship was one of the first games to be developed into a computer game in 1979…and it inspired a less than inspirational movie in 2012.

It is impossible to play the “F” and “K” at the same time in Boggle…we wonder why?

The phrase “Back to square one” may have been inspired by Chutes and Ladders, which was originally called Snakes and Ladders...decidedly less kid friendly.

The first board game sold on Amazon…Cranium.

Spaces for suicide, disgrace, poverty and prison were spaces on the original Game of Life…fun for the whole family.

The longest recorded Monopoly game ever went on for seventy days…at which time the board was undoubtedly flipped in rage, bringing the game to a successful conclusion.

Jake the Jailbird is the name of the prisoner on the jail space in Monopoly, while the patient in Operation is named Cavity Sam.

One in three American households has a Scrabble game...unless you are my grandma and have three partial sets.

Yahtzee was invented by a Canadian couple who liked to play the game on, where else…their yacht.

The original Mr. Potato Head was just a collection of limbs and eyes, as well as a mustache and corn cob pipe. Kids were meant to push them into a real potato…that was until the 1960’s when safety concerns caused Hasbro to include a plastic potato in the box. Seems the accessories had sharp metal spikes to insert into the spud.

Their have been 6 billion green houses and 2 billion red hotels for Monopoly made. Many are still under couch cushions & backs of closets today.

Fun facts are great, now play more games!