19th century in games explained

see also: 18th century in games, 1900s in games

Games released or invented in the 19th century

• The Mansion of Happiness (1843) ~ the first commercially produced game in the US
• Bell and Hammer
• The Game of Authors (1861)
• Snakes and ladders (1870)
• Game of the District Messenger Boy, or Merit Rewarded (1886)
• Messenger Boy (1886)
• Game of the Telegraph Boy (1888)
• Chinese Checkers ~ derived from Halma
• Ludo (1896)
• Reversi (1898) also branded as Annexion or Annexation.

Significant games-related events in the 19th century

• The Milton Bradley Company is founded in Springfield, Massachusetts (1860).
• E.G. Selchow & Co. founded (1867), later changing its name to Selchow and Righter (1880).
• Parker Brothers founded by George S. Parker (1883).