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The board game that made you turn on the TV: pop in the DVD, watch a movie clip, and be the first to yell the answer. For a few years in the mid-2000s, every family game night and every dorm shelf had a Scene It? box — and probably three editions of it.
Konami's trading card game swept US schoolyards in the early 2000s, rivaling Pokémon for card-game dominance. Players dueled with powerful monsters — Blue-Eyes White Dragon, Dark Magician, and the feared five-piece Exodia combo — and the phrase "It's time to duel!" echoed through lunch periods. Teachers confiscated decks, and schools debated bans.