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Board & Card Games Manufacturers
A curated directory of 23 board game and card game publishers who defined family game night for generations. Every maker below has a full profile covering its history, founding, notable toys, and collecting notes.
23 manufacturers listed.
Bliss Manufacturing Co.
Bliss was a major 19th-century toy maker known for colorful lithographed-paper-on-wood dollhouses, boats, games, and building bloc…
Built-Rite (Warren Paper Products)
Built-Rite (Warren Paper Products) produced inexpensive cardboard and paper playsets, dollhouses, and games sold through dime stor…
Chad Valley Toys
Chad Valley was one of Britain's most beloved toy companies. It held a Royal Warrant as toymakers to the Queen from 1938, and prod…
FAO Schwarz
Frederick August Otto Schwarz opened his first toy store in Baltimore in 1862 before settling in New York, where FAO Schwarz becam…
Halsam Products Company
Halsam produced wooden toys and building blocks under a range of brands, eventually acquiring the rights to American Logs (a Linco…
Hasbro
Founded as Hassenfeld Brothers, Hasbro grew into one of the world's largest toy corporations. The company introduced the first toy…
Ideal Toy Corporation
Morris Michtom founded Ideal after producing what many consider the first Teddy Bear in 1902. Ideal went on to produce some of the…
Jaymar Specialty Company
Jaymar produced a wide range of children's puzzles, board games, and character toys under license from Disney and other properties…
Kenner Products
Kenner introduced the Easy-Bake Oven in 1963 and the Spirograph in 1966 before becoming synonymous with the Star Wars toy line fro…
Mattel, Inc.
Harold 'Matt' Matson and Elliot and Ruth Handler founded Mattel in a garage. Ruth Handler created Barbie in 1959 — the first mass-…
McLoughlin Brothers
McLoughlin Brothers was the dominant American game and toy publisher of the Victorian era. Their colorful lithographed board games…
Milton Bradley Company
Milton Bradley invented the American board game industry. His 1860 'Checkered Game of Life' was the first widely sold board game i…
Parker Brothers
George Parker founded his game company at age 16 convinced that games should be entertaining rather than moralistic. Parker Brothe…
Poynter Products
Poynter Products produced novelty outdoor toys and games. They are best known for popularizing Boomerangs and Frisbee alternatives…
Pressman Toy Corp.
Jack Pressman founded Pressman Toy Corporation in 1922, producing an enormous range of board games, puzzles, and educational toys.…
R. Bliss Manufacturing Co.
Bliss was a major 19th-century toy maker known for colorful lithographed-paper-on-wood dollhouses, boats, games, and building bloc…
Remco Industries
Remco produced innovative battery-operated toys and games marketed aggressively through TV commercials. Their battery-operated toy…
Saalfield Publishing Co.
Saalfield was a major publisher of children's books, coloring books, paper dolls, and games. Their licensed paper doll books featu…
Selchow & Righter Company
One of America's oldest game publishers, Selchow & Righter — frequently misspelled as Richter — are best known as the original US …
Topper Toys (DeLuxe Reading Corp.)
Topper Toys (a division of DeLuxe Reading) produced innovative and TV-marketed toys including the Johnny Seven OMA (One Man Army) …
Transogram Company
Transogram was a prolific producer of board games, card games, puzzles, and toy sets sold through mass retailers. They produced ma…
Tyco Toys
Tyco produced HO-gauge trains, slot car racing systems, and action figure lines across 70 years. Their HO trains were a more affor…
Whitman Publishing Co.
Whitman Publishing produced a vast range of children's coloring books, paper doll books, jigsaw puzzles, and games. Their licensed…