19th century in games

Games released or invented in the 19th century

• The Mansion of Happiness ~ the first commercially produced game in the US
• The Game of Authors
• Snakes and ladders
• Game of the District Messenger Boy, or Merit Rewarded
• Messenger Boy
• Game of the Telegraph Boy
• Chinese Checkers ~ derived from Halma
• Ludo
• Reversi also branded as Annexion or Annexation.

  Significant games-related events in the 19th century

• The Milton Bradley Company is founded in Springfield, Massachusetts.
• E.G. Selchow & Co. founded, later changing its name to Selchow and Righter.
• Parker Brothers founded by George S. Parker.