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wanted to create

Civil War dominating America

counteract the dour national mood

provide both factual instruction and moral advice to young people.

Bradley sold 40,000 copies of the game in the first year.

invented other games, including The Smashed-Up Locomotive, Croquet Bridge, and mechanical puzzles. Additionally, he printed manuals for games, and the rules he established are still used today.

Milton Bradley Company prospered until the late 20th century

1984, Hasbro, Inc. acquired the company and its subsidiary, Playskool, Inc

Born in Vienna

, Maine

mechanical draftsman and patent agent, but became interested in lithography, he opened his own business – the Milton Bradley Company – in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1860.