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Missing Tiles
Two Montreal newspapermen, Chris and Scott, found their Scrabble game was missing tiles, so they invented a new game over a few beers.
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Trivial Pursuit
Talking to experts helps but you have to rely on you own instincts too.
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Chris & Scott did.
In 1979, Chris and Scott worked for the Montreal Gazette and the Canadian Press respectively … and, over a few beers, were trying to play a game of Scrabble. But the Scrabble box was missing some tiles so … they decided to come up with their own game. And within an hour had a rough idea on paper. But knowing they knew little about creating a successful game they decided to
After two long years of pursuing their dream, they launched the game with a thousand copies and attended various trade shows across North America … but got no real interest from buyers. But then word of mouth started and sales grew and grew and grew … eventually Hasbro brought all the rights for $80 million.
Today, the game Chris and Scott created over a few beers has sold well over 100 million copies.
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