Waddingtons

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Waddingtons
Fate Acquired
Successor Hasbro
Founded 19th Century
Defunct 1995
Location Leeds & London
Industry Board & Card Games
Products Monopoly
Cluedo

Waddingtons was a publisher of card and board games in the United Kingdom. The company was founded by John Waddington of Leeds, England and Wilson Barratt, under the name Waddingtons Limited. The name was changed to Waddington's House of Games, then John Waddington Limited, then Waddington Games, and finally just Waddingtons.

The company was initially established as a printing business, entering into game production in 1922, due to a boom in demand for playing cards during World War I.[1] Waddingtons subsequently sold both original games (especially tie-ins for UK television programmes) and games licensed from other publishers.

Waddingtons became the UK publisher of Parker Brothers' Monopoly, while Parker licensed Waddingtons' Cluedo.[1] In 1941, the British Secret Service had the company create a special edition of Monopoly for World War II prisoners of war held by the Nazis.[2] Hidden inside these games were maps, compasses, real money and other objects useful for escaping. They were distributed to prisoners by the International Red Cross.

The company was eventually bought by Hasbro in 1994.[3]

Among the games published by Waddingtons were:

  1. ^ a b Jason M. Brown, "The Tabletop Trio," Knucklebones magazine, November 2006.
  2. ^ Brian McMahon (November 29, 2007). How board game helped free POWs. Mental Floss magazine. Retrieved on 2007-12-07.
  3. ^ Tunbridge Wells Borough Council

2. In Avid Merrion's Bo! In The USA during a conversation with Justin Timberlake, Avid claimed that "He'd get in touch with Waddingtons" when Justin said that he'd enjoyed Avid's idea for a board game, Avid Meats Justin.

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