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The first player to discard their whole hand wins. Right? Wrong.

It was no mystery to movie-goers when this 1985 movie about a board game flopped at the box office. But time has been kind to “Clue,” and you can discover more fun facts about the cult classic here.

Whether you're a pinhead or prone to panic flips, make sure you know what you're talking about during your next turn at the pinball machine.

John Koza decided to reinvent the lottery—from scratch.

Most humans make moves that are, to some degree, predictable.

Make a game pad out of Play-Doh, bananas, or your own hand.

The show didn't have the budget to let too many kids win.

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Some of these have been around for over 4000 years—which is about the length of the average Monopoly game.

In the 1930s, Five of a Kind was a distinct possibility.

Send your 'snownations' to help make it happen.

By typing “@fbchess play” into the chat window, users can challenge any of their Facebook friends to a game of digital chess.

The only winning move is not to play (because the game is rigged).

Here are 14 fun facts about the Milton Bradley Company to break out at your next board game night.

You were not hallucinating: There was an episode that guest-starred E.T.

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Who needs a Game Boy when you could have a remote-controlled vaccuum?

Over the centuries, an English parlor game gradually transformed into a global sport.

Look, it's Super Mario Bros. 3 running on a PC in 1990! Sort of.

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Competitors rely on audio cues to play.

The creators of "MolCraft" hope it will be used as a new type of education tool.

If you're the type of mibster that has knuckled down with a taw and shot for an aggie duck, then you already know quite a bit about mibs. If you're among the many people who have no idea what any of that means, stick around as we explore the history of ma