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Waddingtons
Fate Acquired
Successor Hasbro
Founded 19th Century
Defunct 1995
Location Leeds & London
Industry Board & Card Games
Products Monopoly
Cluedo

Waddingtons was a publisher of card and board games in the United Kingdom. Hasbro ( is an American Toy company It is one of the largest toy makers in the world second only to the toy giant Mattel. Monopoly is a Board game published by Parker Brothers, a subsidiary of Hasbro. Cluedo ( Clue in North America) is a Mystery Crime fiction Board game originally published by A card game is any Game using Playing cards either traditional or game-specific A board game is a Game in which counters or pieces that are placed on removed from or moved across a "board" (a premarked surface usually specific to that game The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The company was founded by John Waddington of Leeds, England and Wilson Barratt, under the name Waddingtons Limited. Leeds ( is located on the River Aire in West Yorkshire, England 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. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All [1] 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. Parker Brothers is a Toy and Game Manufacturer and Brand. Over nearly 115 years the company published more than 1800 games among their Monopoly is a Board game published by Parker Brothers, a subsidiary of Hasbro. Cluedo ( Clue in North America) is a Mystery Crime fiction Board game originally published by [1] 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 Nazis. The Secret Intelligence Service ( SIS) colloquially known as MI6 is the United Kingdom 's external Intelligence agency. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including [2] 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 International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is an International humanitarian movement with approximately 97 million volunteers worldwide who stated

The company was eventually bought by Hasbro in 1994. Hasbro ( is an American Toy company It is one of the largest toy makers in the world second only to the toy giant Mattel. [3]

Among the games published by Waddingtons were:

References

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