The Game Makers: The Story of Parker Brothers® from Tiddledy Winks to Trivial Pursuit®
Philip E. Orbanes, Harvard Business School Press, 2004. ISBN 1-59139-269-1.
This book tells the story of the company from its founding by George Parker, through growth and management by others in the family, to its purchase by other companies. The company formerly tended to buy and publish games developed by others (though I guess that’s changed in current times). The book is much more about people and business than the games themselves, though lots of familiar names came up: Ping-Pong, Diabolo, Monopoly, Rook, Clue, Risk, Nerf, and many others. (All names TM their trademark holders.) (Reviewed August, ’04)