The board game Risk was invented by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Albert Lamorisse in 1957.

“There are only three forms of high art: the symphony, the illustrated children’s book and the board game.”

The British and World Marbles Championship tournament dates back to 1588.

“I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles.”

“There’s an emotional benefit to completing a 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle. You did something concrete and that rewards your brain.”

Established in 2019, the World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship is an annual competition organized by the World Jigsaw Puzzle Federation.

“Cozy Coupe was an opportunity for little ones to experience what adults do. Kids love to mimic mom and dad. It was perfect for toddlers.”

The New York Times in 1998 declared the Cozy Coupe to be the “world’s best-selling car for much of this decade”.

The original Scrabble television game show, hosted by Chuck Woolery, ran from July 1984 to March 1990.

“Children are the most desirable opponents at Scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat.”

Microsoft Flight Simulator (1982), Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (1985), Starcraft (1998), and Animal Crossing (2001) are the 2021 inductees into the World Video Game Hall of Fame.

“Video games are no substitute for real-world pleasures (marriage, the birth of a child, spiritual enlightenment, what have you), but they do provide a nice reprieve from real-world woes.”