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5 Episodes 2021 - 2021
Episode 1
Wed, Feb 18, 202630 mins
From its beginnings in an 1880s card shop, to resurrecting the video game industry, learn about an iconic name in gaming. Before creating video games with two Italian plumbers, this icon once tried making soup, vacuum cleaners, and hotels.
Episode 2
Wed, Feb 18, 202630 mins
When Mattel opened their doors as a picture frame company, they had no idea they'd become the empire behind the world's most popular toys. But Mattel didn't get to be number uno without a few wild cards and intergalactic battles.
Episode 3
Wed, Feb 18, 202630 mins
Since its founding in 1923, Hasbro has grown from a modest textile and school supplies business into the biggest toy company in the world. One of their most successful toys got started from old tin cans.
Episode 4
Wed, Feb 18, 202630 mins
Three brothers from Massachusetts help turn an obscure form of entertainment into a billion-dollar global industry. But their rise to a board game monopoly is packed with risks that boggle the mind.
Episode 5
Wed, Feb 18, 202630 mins
Milton Bradley goes from making lithographs in 1860 to making some of the most popular games of all-time. But their most iconic game wouldn't exist without the polio epidemic. And the entire Milton Bradley company wouldn't exist without Abe Lincoln's beard. Choose your game piece and get ready, because this one is filled with twists, hits and misses.