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.
Ludology 231 - STEAM Engine
GameTek Classic 230.5 - Implicit vs. Explicit
Ludology 230 - Design Re-Verb
Biography of a Board Game 229.5 - Vinci/Small World
Ludology 229 - Hit the Deck!
GameTek Classic 228.5 - Fairness and Bag-Building
Ludology 228 - The Roles We Play
Ludology 227 - Respect the X
Ludology 226.5 - Counterfeiting
Ludology 226 - Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo
Biography of a Board Game 225.5 - Mousetrap
Ludology 225 - A Study in Emma-rald
GameTek Classic 224.5 - Game Balance and AI
Ludology 224 - Putting the Fun in Funko
Biography of a Board Game 223.5 - The Game of Life
Ludology 223 - Kick Out the Jams
GameTek Classic 222.5 - Alpha Zero, Part 2
Ludology 222 - Johnny Fairplay
Biography of a Board Game 221.5 - The Game of the Goose
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