Waddingtons was a publisher of card and board games in the United Kingdom. The company was founded by John Waddington of Leeds, England and Wilson Barratt, under the name Waddingtons Limited. The name was changed to Waddington's House of Games, then John Waddington Limited, then Waddington Games, and finally just Waddingtons. The company was initially established as a printing business, entering into game production in 1922, due to a boom in demand for playing cards during World War I.

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  • 19th Century
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  • Waddingtons was a publisher of card and board games in the United Kingdom. The company was founded by John Waddington of Leeds, England and Wilson Barratt, under the name Waddingtons Limited. The name was changed to Waddington's House of Games, then John Waddington Limited, then Waddington Games, and finally just Waddingtons. The company was initially established as a printing business, entering into game production in 1922, due to a boom in demand for playing cards during World War I. Waddingtons subsequently sold both original games (especially tie-ins for UK television programmes) and games licensed from other publishers. Waddingtons became the UK publisher of Parker Brothers' Monopoly, while Parker licensed Waddingtons' Cluedo. In 1941, the British Secret Service had the company create a special edition of Monopoly for World War II prisoners of war held by the Germans. Hidden inside these games were maps, compasses, real money and other objects useful for escaping. They were distributed to prisoners by the International Red Cross. The company was eventually bought by Hasbro in 1994. Among the games published by Waddingtons were: Air Charter Battle of the Little Big Horn Blast Off! Buccaneer Campaign Careers Cluedo Escape from Atlantis Formula 1 Game of Nations Go (not the Chinese game of Weiqi, but based on world travel) Golfwinks Key to the Kingdom Kimbo Lexicon Lost Valley of the Dinosaurs Monopoly Mine a Million Purple People Eater Railroader Ratrace Risk Scoop! Sorry! Spy Ring Subbuteo The Vampire Game Totopoly Ulcers
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  • 19th Century
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  • Board & Card Games
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  • Leeds & London
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  • Waddingtons was a publisher of card and board games in the United Kingdom. The company was founded by John Waddington of Leeds, England and Wilson Barratt, under the name Waddingtons Limited. The name was changed to Waddington's House of Games, then John Waddington Limited, then Waddington Games, and finally just Waddingtons. The company was initially established as a printing business, entering into game production in 1922, due to a boom in demand for playing cards during World War I.
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