Jun 262024
Candy Land Board
Candy Land was trademark registered in 1951. Teacher Eleanor Abbott invented the game in 1948 in San Diego, California, when a group of children and she contracted polio. Many of the children were in iron lungs, and they had few activities of interest or fun. She tested the game at the hospital, and the children suggested she contact Milton Bradley. The company bought the wildly successful game. In 1984 Hasbro bought Milton Bradley and now owns the game. The game has gone through several iterations, but about a million games are sold every year.