My Favorites: My Facts:

• Sequence 1) The word ‘Checkmate’ comes from the Persian phrase ‘Shah Mat’, meaning ‘The King
• Yahtzee Is Dead’.
• Chess 2) More than 5,120,000,000 green houses have been made since the game’s debut in 1935.
• Monopoly More Monopoly Riches: The total amount of money in a regular Monopoly game is $15,140
• Checkers 3) Scrabble is the world’s best-selling game (Alongside Monopoly which sold in 103
• Scrabble countries and 37 different languages) and Scrabble has sold more than 1 million sets in 29
• Battleship languages
• Clue

Visit all the Major Game Companies on the Web:

Hasbro:

Parker Brothers: Sub-Company of Hasbro

Milton Bradley: Sub-Company of Hasbro

Jax

Mattel

Game Books:

Acker Backa Boo! : Games to play from around the world / By Opal Dunn ; illustrated by Susan Winter.

Jared, Age 11, Plymouth, MN

I like to read, draw, and go on the computer.

January 3, 2008