Candy Land (1949)
Candy Land
Candy Land is a simple racing board game created by Eleanor Abbott and published by Milton Bradley in 1948. The game is popular and significant because it was initially designed for children who were quarantined due to the polio epidemic in the 1940s and 1950s. Eleanor Abbott, a schoolteacher, created the game to entertain and engage young children during their recovery. The game has since become a classic and is one of the top-selling children’s board games of all time, selling an average of one million units per year.
Game Components of Candy Land
– Board
– Pawns (originally wooden, later changed to plastic gingerbread men)
– Color cards
Game Setup of Candy Land
Place the board on a flat surface.Shuffle the color cards and place them face down next to the board.Each player chooses a pawn and places it on the “Start” square.
Gameplay Mechanics of Candy Land
Players take turns drawing color cards.Players move their pawns to the square of the same color as the card drawn.The first player to reach the “Candy Castle” wins the game.
Game Objective of Candy Land
The goal of the game is to be the first player to reach the “Candy Castle” by following the color cards and moving along the board.
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