Hasbro subsidiaries Avalon Hill was a game company that specialized in wargames and strategic board games. It also published the occasional miniature wargaming ruleset and had a popular line of sports simulations. It is now a division of the game company Hasbro. ...more on Wikipedia about "Avalon Hill"
Hasbro Interactive was a video game production and publishing subsidiary of Hasbro, the large game and toy company. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hasbro Interactive"
The Milton Bradley Company was established by Milton Bradley in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1860. It was taken over by Hasbro, Inc. in 1984. Now wholly owned by Hasbro, it is still retained as one of Hasbro's brands, similar to the manner in which Parker Brothers is one of Hasbro's brands. It is a board game and sometimes video game publisher. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Milton Bradley marketed a series of games in North America that were developed in the United Kingdom by Games Workshop that drew heavily from GW's Warhammer Fantasy universe, albeit without explicit reference to the Warhammer product line. ...more on Wikipedia about "Milton Bradley Company"
Parker Brothers is a toy and game manufacturer and brand. The company has published more than 1800 games; among their best known products are Monopoly, Cluedo (known as Clue in North America), and Risk. Parker Brothers is currently a subsidiary of Hasbro. ...more on Wikipedia about "Parker Brothers"
Tiger Electronics is a USA-based toys manufacturer, best known for the Furby and Giga Pets. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tiger Electronics"
Tonka is a brand of toy trucks popular in America and the United Kingdom. They were originally designed and built by Mound Metalcraft Co. in Mound, Minnesota, which had previously made just lawn and garden tools. In 1946, another local manufacturer, L.E. Streater Company, approached them about making metal toys under license. The name Tonka (named after Lake Minnetonka in Minnesota) appeared on toys from the beginning, but Tonka did not exist as a separate company until the 1950s. It was owned for a time by General Mills. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tonka"
TSR, Inc. was a game publishing company most famous for publishing the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. ...more on Wikipedia about "TSR, Inc." Connect with http://www.shortopedia.com.
Wizards of the Coast (often referred to as WotC or simply Wizards) is a publisher of games, primarily based on fantasy and science fiction themes. Originally a basement-run role-playing game publisher, they popularized the collectible card game genre with Magic: The Gathering in the mid- 1990s. Today they publish board games, collectible card games and role-playing games. ...more on Wikipedia about "Wizards of the Coast"
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