![]() ![]() ![]() During the Great Depression, a time when many companies went out of business, Parker Brothers released a new board game called Monopoly. In 1906, Parker Brothers published the game Rook, their most successful card game to this day, and it quickly became the best-selling game in the country. The game industry was growing, and the company was becoming very profitable. Many games were based on important events of the day: Klondike was based on the Alaskan gold rush, and War in Cuba was based on the impending Spanish-American War. For many years, George designed most of the games himself, and wrote all the rules. When George's brother Charles joined the business in 1888, the company's name was changed to its more familiar form. ![]() Parker Company and was founded in Salem, Massachusetts. The company was originally called the George S. Parker, who published his first game in 1883 at the age of 16. Parker Brothers is currently a subsidiary of Hasbro. The company has published more than 1,800 games since 1883 among their best known products are Monopoly, Cluedo (known as Clue in North America), Risk, Trivial Pursuit and Probe. Parker Brothers is a game and toy manufacturer and brand. Parker Brothers is a game publishing company. ![]()
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