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List of Milton Bradley Board Games

Milton Bradley board games include classic board games like Battleship, Connect Four, Hungry Hungry Hippos, The Game of Life, and Axis & Allies. The Milton Bradley Company was founded in 1860 in Springfield, Massachusetts. At one time, Milton Bradley was probably the largest publisher of boardgames and family games in existence. In addition to the games listed above, Milton Bradley bought Selchow and Righter and took ownership of Scrabble and Parcheesi too. Milton Bradley is now wholly owned by Hasbro, but it's still in existence as one of their brands, just like Wizards of the Coast and Parker Brothers.

Milton Bradley games usually (but not always) fall into one or more of five categories:

1. Children's games
2. Three dimensional games
3. Licensed games
4. Board game versions of tv game shows
5. Dexterity games

Here's a list of Milton Bradley board games. I've included brief descriptions of the games, and linked to our full info page on each game that we have a page for. (In a couple of places I linked to a page on another one of our websites which had information about the game.)

1. 13 Dead End Drive - This one has been published in many editions, one of the most common of which is the 1993 edition from Milton Bradley, which sells for around $25 or $30 on eBay. The game takes place in a 3 dimensional house and has bluffing and deduction elements.
2. Animorphs: The Invasion Game - A licensed board game based on the Animorphs intellectual property. It's somewhat collectible, and you can expect to pay at least $40 for a good condition copy of the game.
3. Ants in the Pants - A game for toddlers where they try to land their ants into Fido's pants.
4. Axis & Allies - A classic World War II themed board game with countless variants and expansions. We have a full page about Axis & Allies.
5. Bargain Hunter - A 1981 Milton Bradley release for 2-4 players. Each player starts with $1000 in game money and has to furnish an apartment as nicely as possible for as little money as possible.
6. Barrel of Monkeys - A toddler's game that depends mostly on dexterity. Players try to pick up plastic monkeys.
7. Battle Cry - Recreates several Civil War battles, but it's not a complicated game at all. This was originally a Milton Bradley game, but it's now branded as an Avalon Hill game. (Both companies were bought by Hasbro though.)
8. Battle Masters - A fantasy themed miniatures game from 1992.
9. Battleship - This was originally a pencil and paper game, but Milton Bradley tricked it up a little bit with some game pieces. Electronic Battleship was a popular variant when I was younger.
10. Beat the Clock - A board game version of the game show, which is one of the niches Milton Bradley specializes in.
11. Bermuda Triangle - A thematic game from 1976 in which the players try to operate ships in and near the Bermuda Triangle. (At the time, the "mystery" of the Bermuda Triangle was a pretty popular topic of discussion.)
12. Blockbusters - Another game show themed board game, this one from 1982.
13. Break the Bank - Based on the game show of the same name.
14. Breaker 19: The CB Trucker Game - A 1976 board game attempt to cash in on the CB craze from the 1970's. Players pick up and deliver goods in their "trucks."
15. Broadside - A game of naval combat. Like most Milton Bradley games, it's pretty straightforward and simple. 1962.
16. Broadsides and Boarding Parties - Players control ships during the age of sail, and they try to position themselves so that they can hit their opponent with cannonballs.
17. Buckaroo - Like many Milton Bradley games, this one has a strong dexterity component, and it's aimed at children.
18. Candyland - The classic children's board game in which the players race to the end of the board. Games don't get any simpler than this, and any child older than about four will get pretty bored with Candyland pretty quickly.
19. Catnip - One player is a cat, while the other players are mice, trying to escape from the cat. A children's game.
20. The Checkered Game of Life - The forerunner of The Game of Life, and one of the earliest board games published by Milton Bradley.
21. Cheyenne - A children's board game from 1958, based on the television show of the same name.
22. Chicken Limbo - A children's game version of the limbo dance, where the players try to limbo underneath the legs of a chicken.
23. Concentration - One of the more popular game board versions of a television game show, this one has been published in at least two dozen editions.
24. Connect Four - A two player board game that's played with a vertical board. It's played with colored disks, which are inserted at the top of the grid. Your goal is to get four of your disks adjacent to each other before your opponent is able to do so.
25. Conquest of the Empire - A Roman Empire themed game from 1984. Players try to conquer their neighbors' areas.
26. Conspiracy - A 1973 spy game with economic aspects. A revised version called Casablanca was published in 1991, but that version is NOT a Milton Bradley product.
27. Cootie - A simple roll and move game for kids from the 1940's. Milton Bradley bought the rights to the game in 1986.
28. Crack the Case - A party game where the players try to solve one of several mysteries by asking questions.
29. Crocodile Dentist - Similar to Operation, only instead of a surgeon operating on a patient, you're a dentist pulling teeth from a crocodile.
30. Crossfire - A 1971 board game where players try to knock pucks into the opponent's goal.
31. The Dark Crystal Game - A 1982 game based on the eponymous movie. It's a straightforward roll and move race game, but there is a timed aspect to the game.
32. The Barnabas Collins Dark Shadows Game - A 1969 game based on the cult television show. The player's goal is to assemble a skeleton from various game parts.
33. The Dark Tower - A 1981 board game with an electronic tower. Players assemble an army, gather keys, and defeat the evil in the dark tower.
34. Dogfight - A rules light World War I aerial combat game published originally in 1962.
35. Don't Break the Ice - A game for kids where you tap out blocks of ice without knocking the polar bear down.
36. Don't Spill the Beans - Another kids' game. There's a pot, and each player takes a turn adding a bean to the pot. The goal is to add beans to the pot without making it tip over.
37. Downfall - Players manipulate colored disks by turning knobs, but they're also manipulating their opponents disks at the same time. A two player board game.
38. Easy Money - A 1935 game that's very similar to Monopoly.
39. Eye Guess- Based on the late 1960's game show.
40. Family Feud - The board game was almost as popular as the television game show on which it was based, and it was published in at least eight different editions.
41. Fireball Island - Another 3 dimensional children's game. Players are trying to reach the top of a mountain.
42. Fortress America - Set in an alternate future where all of the other countries in the world attack the United States. (This is also listed in our science fiction board games section.)
43. Fraggle Rock - A children's game that uses a spinner. Published in 1984.
44. Fraidy Cats - A 1994 children's game where players manipulate cats on a fence. Muggs the Motorized Mutt tries to knock the cats down.
45. The Game of Life - A board game simulation of an entire person's life, from their education to retirement. Based on The Checkered Game of Life from 1860.
46. The Game of Life: A Jedi's Path - A Star Wars themed version of The Game of Life. Players can choose between the light side and the dark side.
47. The Game of Life: Pirates of the Caribbean - This version of The Game of Life is based on the Disney park attraction, not the movies.
48. The Game of Life: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - And this version of The Game of Life is based on the movies, not the Disney park attraction.
49. The Game of Life: Twists and Turns - A new edition of The Game of Life that focuses less on money and more on life experiences.
50. Game of the States - An educational game for children that teaches them about the states. Originally published in 1940.
51. Go for Broke - Players start with $1 million, and their goal is to spend all of it. The first player to spend all his money wins.
52. Go to the Head of the Class - A 1936 game where players answer questions about various academic subjects like language, science, art, etc.
53. The Goonies - A 1985 game based on the eponymous movie.
54. Guess Who? - A guessing game for kids where they can use the process of elimination.
55. Hands Down - A 1964 board game similar to the card game slapjack.
56. The Harlem Globetrotters Game - A 1971 licensed board game featuring the basketball team. The game uses a cardplay mechanism to simulate scoring baskets in a basketball game, but it doesn't actually require any basketball knowledge in order to play.
57. Headache - A board game similar to Trouble, complete with a pop-o-matic dome in which you roll dice.
58. HeroQuest - A Dungeons & Dragons style adventure game where players take the roles of adventurers exploring an underground maze.
59. Heroscape - A fantasy battle game with painted miniatures. Numerous expansions exist, and the game is very popular.
60. High Rollers  - Based on the mid 1970's game show hosted by Alex Trebek.
61. Hollywood Squares - There was a board game version of this game who in the 1970's, which is appropriate, since that was really the hey-day for this show. (The later editions of Hollywood Squares were pretty lame.)
62. Hit the Beach - A 1965 board game with a World War II theme. The player's goal is to defeat the Japanese forces.
63. Hungry Hungry Hippos - A game of interest to children, mostly. Almost entirely random. The board consists of plastic hippos who try to gobble up tiny balls.
64. Jackpot - Based on the television game show from the 1970's.
65. Jenga - An example of a game with a large dexterity requirement. Players take turns moving pieces of a tower and trying to avoid knocking down the structure as they do so.
66. Jeopardy! - Believe it or not, Jeopardy! wasn't always hosted by Alex Trebek. The original version of this board game dates back to when Art Fleming hosted the show.
67. The Joker's Wild - Based on the television game show with the same name.
68. King Oil - A 1974 board game in which the players buy properties and drill for oil.
69. KooKooNauts - A light-hearted game where players try to escape from a kooky planet.
70. Laser Attack - A 1978 science fiction board game in which the players are trying to defeat an alien ship that's shooting lasers at earth.
71. Let's Make a Deal - A board game version of the television game show that made Monty Haul famous.
72. Littlest Pet Shop - A children's board game with Pet Shop miniatures.
73. Mall Madness - A roll and move children's game with a shopping mall theme from 1988.
74. Marvel Comics Superheroes Strategy Game - A 1980 abstract strategy game with Marvel Comic book trappings.
75. Match Game - Another Milton Bradley board game version of a televised game show.
76. Matchwitz - A 1970 version of an Asian game called NIM.
77. The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Game - A 1994 board game based on the children's show.
78. The Moon Mullins Game - A 1938 board game based on the comic strip.
79. Mouse Trap - Players build a mousetrap, then they try to capture each others' mice with the trap.
80. Mr. T - A board game based on the 1980's cartoon show starring Mr. T.
81. My Little Pony - A board game based on the 1980's cartoon.
82. Mystery Mansion - A 1984 children's game where you search a mansion for treasure.
83. Mystery Date - A 1965 board game aimed at young girls.
84. Name that Tune - Based on the television game show.
85. New Kids on the Block - A themed game from 1990 based on the band.
86. Now You See It - Another game show inspired board game.
87. Omega Virus - Players explore a space station to try to stop the Omega Virus.
88. Operation - Another example of a game with a dexterity element. Players try to remove objects from a "patient." The game uses metal pincers and electronic pieces of metal on the body parts, which the "surgeon" is supposed to avoid touching. Lots of fun for little kids.
89. Park and Shop - In this board game, you drive your car to a shopping mall, and then you visit all the stores on your shopping list. Sounds like my wife's entire life.
90. Pass the Pigs - This is really a dice game, but it's played with miniature pigs, not dice. You get points based on how the pigs land. Fun, but entirely random.
91. Password - A board game version of the popular game show from the 1960's and 1970's. (There was also a version called Password Plus.)
92. Perfection - A timed game where players put pegs in holes in the game board.
93. Pirate and Traveler - Originally published in 1936. Players travel and eventually battle pirates.
94. Posse Thirteen against One - A strategy game from 1970 where one player takes the role of the bad guy being chased by the posse of thirteen (the other player). The "characters" are represented by colored pegs, white and red.
95. Pretty Pretty Princess - A roll and move game for little girls where you get to put on costume jewelry when you land on certain spaces.
96. The Price Is Right - A boardgame version of this most popular and venerable of television game shows.
97. Pyramid - Multiple versions of both the television game show and the board game based on the show exist, the most famous being $20,000 Pyramid.
98. Rack-O - More of a card game than a board game. Players arrange cards in numeric order in a rack.
99. Real Ghostbusters - A themed version of Which Witch? based on the cartoon.
100. Rock-Jocks - A dexterity board game where players control mountain climbers with super stretching arms.
101. Sale of the Century - A 1970 board game based on the television game show.
102. Scattergories - A popular party game and word game.
103. Scotland Yard - One player takes on the role of a criminal while the other players portray the police who are chasing him through the streets of London.
104. Sealab 2020 - A 1973 board game based on the television show.
105. Shark Attack - A 1988 children's board game with a shark theme. (The shark eats other fish, not people, unfortunately.)
106. Shenanigans - A three dimensional carnival themed board game for kids.
107. Shogun - A 1986 board game set in feudal Japan. The name was later changed to Samurai Swords, and then it was later changed again to Ikusa.
108. Skirmish - Recreates the American War of Independence in a board game format.
109. Slide 5 - Similar to Connect Four, but with a changeable game grid.
110. The Smurf Game - A 1981 children's board game based on the cartoon.
111. Space Crusade - Space marines battle aliens. Co-produced with Games Workshop.
112. Spider-Man - A 2002 board game based on the comic book. Features Spider-Man and several of his traditional villains, like the Vulture.
113. Splat! - A children's racing board game, but with play-dough pawns that you get to smash in certain situations.
114. Square Mile - A 1962 board game from Milton Bradley with a real estate development theme.
115. Star Trek - A 1979 board game base on Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
116. Star Trek: The Next Generation - A Klingon Challenge - A VCR board game. (For those of you who don't remember VCR's, that was yesterday's version of the DVD. The game included a video component.)
117. Star Wars Epic Duels - Recreates light sabre battles in a board game format.
118. Stratego - A classic two player board game version of capture the flag. The game is played on a grid with each player having 40 pieces.
119. Street Fighter II - A 1994 board game based on the video game.
120. Stump - A 1968 board game played with cards and rings.
121. Sweet Valley High - A 1988 board game based on the novels.
122. Three on a Match - A game show based game.
123. Thundarr the Barbarian - A 1982 children's game based on the cartoon series.
124. Thundercats - A 1985 children's game based on the cartoon series.
125. Thunder Road - A board game knockoff of Car Wars from Milton Bradley.
126. Times to Remember - A trivia type game, where players read about events on cards and then guess during which year those events took place.
127. Trouble - A race game with a pop-o-matic dice roller.
128. Tuba Ruba - More of a party game and a dexterity game than a board game.
129. Twister - This isn't really a board game at all, but it's a lot of fun. Players put their hands and feet on various colors on a mat. The appendage and the color are determine at random with a spinner.
130. Uncle Wiggily - This game was first published in 1916, and it's based on the Howard Roger Garis childrens books.
131. Upwords - A game that's very similar to Scrabble, only played in 3 dimensions instead of 2. Upwords has recently been rebranded as Scrabble Upwords, since the games are so similar.
132. Voice of the Mummy - A 3 dimensional board game where players move around a pyramid collecting gems.
133. Wheel of Fortune - Was there a game show on the air in the 1970's that Milton Bradley DIDN'T produce a board game version of?
134. Where's the Beef? - A 1984 board game inspired by the then-famous Wendy's advertising campaign.
135. Which Witch? - Another 3 dimensional kids game, this one features a haunted house that the players are trying to escape from.
136. The Who, What, or Where Game - Another tv game show converted into a boardgame.
137. Why - A 1958 board game based on an Alfred Hitchock television show, Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
138. Win, Lose, or Draw - Based on the game show, this one has been published in multiple editions.
139. Yahtzee - A classic dice rolling game with poker aspects. Multiple variants were published over the last few decades.
140. You Don't Say! - A 1963 game based on a game show.

This isn't a complete list of Milton Bradley board games, but we think it comes pretty close. Contact us if we left off any notable games, and we'll update the page.