Reputation management was center stage in Milton Bradley’s Branded, a game based on the NBC series of the same name.

Released in 1979 by Parker Brothers, the Frosty the Snowman game tasked kids with bringing Frosty back to life by being the first player to reach his Magic Hat.

Released in 1981 by Parker Brothers, the Strawberry Shortcake Berry-Go-Round game appealed to young fans of the whimsical characters first established by American Greetings in the 1970s.

The Bat Masterson race game was based on the TV series of the same name and took place in the fictional Western town of Dry Gulch.

Released in 1969 by Ideal, Hurry Waiter! tested memory, nerves, and patience as players took on the role of waiters racing to complete the orders of anxious guests.

Released in 1971 by Milton Bradley, The Funky Phantom Game invited players to explore a spooky home in an effort to release the Funky Phantom ghost from the grandfather clock.

Released in 1974 by Milton Bradley, the King Oil board game challenged players to acquire land, drill for oil, and financially decimate opponents. 

A famished frog demanded feeding in Milton Bradley’s now-classic Mr. Mouth game from 1987.

Released in 1979, Stop Thief was a cops-and-robbers-themed board game that used an electronic crime scanner to help players track down invisible thieves and collect the reward money.

In 1975, Ideal controversially released The Sinking of the Titanic, a board game that re-framed the real-world disaster as a roll-and-move fight for survival between players.

Twelve years after the Steve Canyon comic strip debuted in newspapers, Lowell Toy Mfg. released the eponymous board game, allowing players to take on the role of the globe-trotting adventurer.

Released in 1973, the Scooby-Doo Where Are You! board game from Milton Bradley invited players to adventure through a haunted castle and be the first to discover the hidden treasure.