Password (1962)

The PASSWORD game is based on the old TV Game Show from the 60's and 70's. There were many editions printed - starting in 1962. Each edition featured a different set of words (although later anniversary editions used words from previous sets). The object is for one teammate to get the other teammate to say the password given a series of clues. Each time a clue is given, the other player can guess the password. If they get it right the team scores. If they get it wrong, the other team gets to try a clue word. It goes back and forth: the score you get is higher if you guess it on the first clue, reduced by one point for each incorrect guess. As a clue-giver you can only say one word (non hyphenated) so you need to find the "definitive" clue.

Milton Bradley sold two million copies of the first edition of Password. In contrast, it took Scrabble three years and Monopoly twenty five years to sell one million units.