Explores how an iconic name in gaming came to be, from its humble beginnings in an 1880s card shop, to single-handedly resurrecting the video game industry.
When Mattel opened their doors as a picture frame company, they had no idea they'd become the empire behind the world's most popular toys, but Mattel didn't get to be number one without a few wild cards and intergalactic battles.
Since its founding in 1923, Hasbro has grown from a modest textile and school supplies business into the biggest toy company in the world. Yet one of their most successful toys got started from old tin cans.
Three brothers from Massachusetts help turn an obscure form of entertainment into a billion-dollar global industry. But their rise to a board game monopoly is packed with risks that boggle the mind.
Milton Bradley goes from making lithographs in 1860 to making some of the most popular games of all-time. But their most iconic game wouldn't exist without the polio epidemic.
Brooke Townsend
Producer
Jim Pasquarella
Keith McKay
Kristine Sabat
Mary Donahue
