Password (game)
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Password is a board game based on the television game show Password developed by Goodson-Todman Productions.
Password is a vocal team game in which all players play at the same time.[1] One member from each team gets the same word.[1] The players with the "password" from each team take turns giving clues to their partners, who try to guess the "password".[2][1] A correct guess wins that round and scores points for the team, and the total points awarded decreases based on how many guesses it took to get the correct word.[2] The game can be played until one team reaches a certain point total, or until players go through all the words on one pair of cards.[2]
Publication history
Milton Bradley published the board game version of Password in 1962.[3] The game was republished in 1979 under the title Password Plus, and in 1984 using the title Super Password.[3] The Silver anniversary edition was solid by Hasbro starting with the 25th anniversary of the show in 1986.[4] More than two million copies were sold by 2000, with more than 25 different editions after the success of the first edition.[3]
The home version was released by the Milton Bradley Company in 1962, the year after the series premiered on CBS. 24 editions of the original home game (numbered 1-12 and 14-25) were produced from 1962 through 1986. Milton Bradley also released several editions of a Password Plus home game.
A newer version of the game is currently in its seventh edition by Endless Games. Endless Games has also released a home version of 2008's Million Dollar Password.
