Scott takes us through the twisted history of the classic game Twister. How did it overcome its risqué premise to become a perennial favorite?
Bibliography of a Board Game:
Video - Twister was created 55 years ago Video - Ren Guyer: The Man Who Invented Twister & Nerf Video - Original Twister Commercial Video - Twister Mania for Xbox 360 review Text - Ren Guyer's story of Twister from his official website Text - Twister on Board Games Galore Fandom Wikia Text - Patent information on Twister Book - Timeless Toys: Classic Toys and the Playmakers Who Created Them, by Tim Walsh7m46: One interesting note is that Shuffle Twister's gameplay is similar to Bez Shahriari's independently-released In a Bind, but Shahriari released her game in 2015, one year earlier. In a Bind went on to be re-implemented by French publisher Gigamic as Yogi.
9m19s: To clarify, Monkey Auto Races wasn't #1 on the BGG Hot Games; as an April Fool's joke in 2007, a bunch of BGG users gave the game a high rating, and it was actually the #1 game on BGG for one day.
GameTek Classic 267.5 - Endowment
Ludology 267 - I'm Looking At You, 2022!
Biography of a Board Game Classic 266.5 - Operation
Ludology 266 - Getting Out Scott-Free
Ludology 265 - Hold Onto Your Hats!
Biography of a Board Game Classic 264.5 - Mystery Rummy
Ludology 264 - NIBCARD-ed
GameTek Classic 263.5 - Losing Levels
Ludology 263 - Keepsakes and Tokens
Biography of a Board Game 262.5 - Risk Legacy
Ludology 262 - This Guilty Podcast
GameTek Classic 261.5 - Rent
Ludology 261 - Tinner's Tips and Tricks
Biography of a Board Game Classic 260.5 - Risk
Ludology 260 - An App-titude for Game Design
GameTek Classic 259.5 - P-Hacking
Ludology 259 - Wheels Down
Ludology 258.5 - Quirkle
Ludology 258 - Fun with Facehuggers
GameTek 275.5 - Pop-O-Matic
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