#Charades

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Video thumbnail — Cranium Board Game TV Ad - Nov 30, 1998
Tabletop Games 1998–present

Cranium

The party game that let everyone shine — one box combining sculpting, sketching, humming, acting, trivia, and word puzzles so the artist, the know-it-all, and the ham all got a moment. Famously sold at the Starbucks counter before it ever hit a toy-store shelf.

Video thumbnail — Guesstures Milton Bradley Board Game Ad (1991)
Tabletop Games 1990–present

Guesstures

Milton Bradley's card-eating Mimer-Timer made charades brutal: load four cards, mime frantically, and the instant a teammate shouts the right answer, lunge to snatch the card before the machine swallows it. Swallowed cards score nothing.