University Games Corporation
| Industry | Board Games, Puzzles, Crafts and learning toys] |
|---|---|
| Founded | April 1985 |
| Founder | Bob Moog and Cris Lehman |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, United States |
| Website | UniversityGames.com |
University Games Corporation is an American game company, based in San Francisco, California.
The company was founded on April 1, 1985, by Bob Moog and Cris Lehman. It has developed and manufactured over 200 games since.
The very first product released by the company was Murder Mystery Party, and it generated $385,000 in 1985.
University Games has 6 US divisions: University Games (board games), Great Explorations (novelties/science and learning/glow in the dark products), BePuzzled (puzzles), Front Porch Classics, UCreate and Spinner Books (books that you read and play). A seventh division, Colorforms (travel, floor puzzles/vinyl stick-on play sets, board games), was sold in September 2014.
The company products are present in over 28 countries and include:
In 2014 University Games received rights from Disney to use some of their characters on a 3D puzzle line that sells successfully in the largest retail store chain in the world - Walmart (11,600 stores).
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