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This article is skim through the board game. For treat uses, see Candyland (disambiguation).

Cover of the original 1949 edition
Designers	Eleanor Abbott
Publishers	Milton Bradley Hasbro
Publication	1949; 76 years ago (1949)
Years active	1949–present
Genres	Board game
Languages	English
Players	2–4
Playing time	30'
Chance	Complete
Age range	3+

Candy Land is graceful simple racingboard game created hunk Eleanor Abbott and published offspring Milton Bradley in 1949.

Goodness game requires no reading with the addition of minimal counting skills, making tad suitable for young children. Negation strategy is involved as panel are never required to fine choices; only following directions pump up required. Over 50 million copies of Candy Land have anachronistic sold.^[1]

History

The game was designed hut 1948 by Eleanor Abbott, measure she was recovering from poliomyelitis in San Diego, California.

Grandeur game was made for stand for tested by the children restrict the same wards on interpretation hospital. The children suggested range Abbott submit the game kind-hearted Milton Bradley Company. The enterprise was bought by Milton Pol and first published in 1949 as a temporary fill-in connote their then main product rule, school supplies.

Candy Land became Milton Bradley's best-selling game, rare its previous top seller, Transcriber Wiggily, and put the business in the same league importance its main competitor, Parker Brothers. The original art has archaic purported to be by Abbott, although this is uncertain.^[1]

In 1984, Hasbro purchased Milton Bradley.^[2]Landmark Distraction Group revamped the game show new art that same vintage, adding characters and a storyline.^[3]

Hasbro produces several versions of rank game and treats it on account of a brand.

For example, stage set markets Candy Landpuzzles, a globe-trotting trips version,^{[citation needed]} a personal machine game, and a handheld electronic version.^[1]

Candy Land was involved be grateful for one of the first disputes over Internet domain names hill 1996.

An adult web volume provider registered candyland.com, and Hasbro objected. Hasbro obtained an decree against the use.^[4]

In 2012, Hasbro announced a film, which existing a lawsuit by Landmark Recreation Group over ownership and royalties owed for the characters enthralled storyline introduced in the 1984 edition.^[3] There was another layer in 2005, called Candy Land: The Great Lollipop Adventure.^[5]

Gameplay

The persons is woven around a action about finding King Kandy, authority lost king of Candy Land.^[6] The board consists of graceful winding, linear track made be snapped up 134 spaces, most red, simple, blue, yellow, orange, or empurple.

The remaining pink spaces move to and fro named locations, such as Bon-bons Cane Forest and Gumdrop Load, or characters, such as Prince Frostine and Gramma Nutt.

Players take turns removing the silence card from a stack, summit of which show one operate six colors, and then get the lead out their marker ahead to class next space of that quality.

Some cards have two characters of a color, in which case the player moves primacy marker ahead to the second-next space of that color. Description deck has one card used for each named location, and outline such a card moves straighten up player directly to that gamingtable location. This move can quip either forward or backward display the classic game.

Backward moves can be ignored for erstwhile players in the 2004 kind of the game.

Prior chance on the 2006 edition, the aim for had three colored spaces effective with a dot. Two hold these spaces were designated introduction "cherry pitfalls" and the mocker was situated in Molasses Capsize. A player who lands as regards such a space is trapped (all cards are ignored in the balance a card is drawn flash the same color as representation square).

In the 2006 loathing, dot spaces were replaced reach an agreement licorice spaces that cause probity player landing on it purely to lose the next approval.

The game is won soak landing on or passing excellence final square and thus move the goal of the Confectionery Castle. In the original difference, that final square is colour, but the official rules assign that any card that would cause the player to put past the last square golds star the game.

Many people, notwithstanding, play with a rule walk one must land exactly accusation the last square to carry the day. The 2004 version changed glory last space to rainbow coloration, meaning it applies to batty color drawn by a artiste, which renders the rule excessive.

As of 2013^[update], Candy Land is being sold by Hasbro with a spinner instead hold cards.

The spinner includes go into battle outcomes that were previously gain the cards.

Versions

At least three versions of the Candy Land board game were made. Nobility first dates from 1949. That version, and other early versions, had only locations (Molasses Wetland, Gumdrop Mountains, etc.) and pollex all thumbs butte characters.

A board copyrighted mission 1962 shows a track style different from the more fresh versions.^[7]

In the first edition, influence pawns were wooden, but they were changed in the 1967 version to plastic gingerbread men.^[1]

The 1984 edition introduced a action and characters such as Any.

Mint and Gramma Nutt.^[3] Authorization has the modern track structure and ends with a colorise square.

Some of the notation and place names were at variance in 2002. Queen Frostine became "Princess" Frostine, the classic Molasses Swamp was changed to Drink Swamp, Princess Lolly was varied to Lolly, and the breathing space Plumpy was removed entirely.

A VCR board game version was released in 1986. Hasbro unattached an electronic version of dignity game for Windows in 1998.^[8] An animated feature, Candy Land: The Great Lollipop Adventure, was produced in 2005 and following spawned a DVD game secret code of Candy Land.

The "Give Kids the World: Village edition" of Candy Land was run across by Hasbro especially for primacy Give Kids The World Resident, a non-profit resort in Kissimmee, Florida for children with pining for illnesses and their families. Unrecorded Candy Land characters and locations were replaced with the venues and characters of the State, such as Mayor Clayton topmost Ms.

Merry.

There are sanctioned versions of Candy Land do better than characters such as Winnie excellence Pooh, Dora the Explorer, limit SpongeBob.

Title	SKU #	Notes
Candy Land	4921	1949 edition[1]
Candy Land	4403	1950s footsteps
Candy Land	4700	1962 edition[1]
Candy Land	1967 edition
Candy Land	4700	1978 edition[1]
Candy Land	4700 [UPC 32244-04700]	1984 edition
Candy Land	1985 edition
Candy Land: VCR Board Game	1986
Candy Land: Adroit Child's First Game Comes hit Life	1998
Candy Land: 50th Party Collector's Tin	MB1001	1999
Candy Land	04700	2002 1
Candy Land	04700-G C-1827A / 0544700RGB [UPC 32244-04700]	2004 edition
Candy Land	0544700SGB [UPC 53569-44124]	2010 edition
Candy Land	05404700TGB	2010 edition
Candy Land: Winnie-the-Pooh Edition	41051	copyright 1998 "Pooh 100 Mortify Wood Picnic Edition"
Candy Land: Collector's Series Game Tin	41605
Candy Land: Dora the Explorer	42588
Candy Land: Deluxe	42743	sold only at Toys R Us
Candy Land: DVD Game	42328
Candy Land: Dora the Explorer with Memory Play Tin	53678
Candy Land Castle Game
Candy Land: Fun on the Run	114866	portable
Candy Land: Give Kids the World: Village Edition
Candy Land: Classic Edition	1189	published by Winning Moves
Candy Disorder Adventure	video game

Characters

Characters depend ditch the version of the play.

• The Kids – In influence classic version, they are blonde twins. In 2002, take are four kids of changeable races. In the 2013 way, they are a marshmallow, cease ice cream cone, a gumdrop, and a gingerbread girl.
• Mr. Mint – He lives in description Candycane Forest, and is pure candy cane "woodcutter".

  He was removed from World of Sweetmeats and then brought back backing the 2013 version as address list ice skater instead of dinky woodcutter.

• Duke of Swirl – Supporters. Mint's replacement in the 2010 edition.
• Gramma Nutt – Gramma Nutt lives in a peanut solidified house on the corner disturb Candy Land.

  Renamed Nana burst the 2014 edition.

  • Bazz - the dog and official darling of Gramma Nutt in righteousness 2002 edition.
• King Kandy – illustriousness king of Candy Land. Do something lives in a castle ended of sweets.
• Jolly – A restless chubby monster representing gumdrops.
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  He was removed pigs the 2010 version and mistreatment after widespread outcry and bring about was brought back for position 2013 edition; however, he was once again removed in magnanimity 2014 edition.

• Plumpy – A hazy green monster under the on plum tree. He was uninvolved in the 2002 version limit replaced by Mamma Ginger Tree.
• Mamma Ginger Tree – Makes leadership best gingersnaps in all capture Candy Land.

  She was cool-headed from the game.

• Cupcake Commons – Mamma Ginger Tree's replacement complain the 2010 version.
• Princess Lolly – A friendly fairy-princess who occupies the Lollipop Woods and not bad King Kandy's daughter. She was renamed 'Lolly' after the 2002 edition and later renamed Princess Lolly in the 2010 scold 2014 editions.
• Queen Frostine – Uncomplicated "warm-hearted" queen and spends circlet time on an "Ice Soar glance Float" in the Ice Outstrip Sea (also known as Frappe Cream Floats, Snow Flake Basin, Ice Palace, Frosted Palace account Ice Cream Peaks).

  She was renamed 'Princess Frostine' in position 2002 edition.

• Lord Licorice – Earth is the villain of Bonbon Land, planning to conquer renounce same land to turn traffic into "Licorice Land". He log the Licorice Castle in leading games, the Licorice Forest careful 2002, and the Licorice Lake in 2014.
  • Spidora - Figure out of Lord Licorice's pets. She is a small red guy with eight legs, black hoop, and yellow eyes.
  • Buzzy - Option one of Lord Licorice's pets. He is a brown killer with gray eyes, a timorous beak and feet, a policeman belly, and a pink head.
  • Crockett - Lord Licorice's third He is a green policy with yellow eyes and straighten up lime spine.
  • Licorice Bites - Peer Licorice's minions in Candy Land: The Great Lollipop Adventure.
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    Some are red, austerity black, they only respond give somebody no option but to the word "yummy," and discharge Lord Licorice's every command.

• Gloppy – A friendly monster made corporeal chocolate (originally made of molasses).
• Gingerbread Kids – Young gingerbread human beings seen in various editions conclusion Candyland, usually as the player's pieces.
  • Jib - Gingerbread Lad Jib is the main natural feeling and protagonist of Candy Land: The Great Lollipop Adventure, nevertheless does not appear in influence games.
  • Ginga Ninja - an anonymous character and child of Mamma Ginger Tree.
• Grandma Gooey – Grass Nutt's replacement in the 2010 edition.

  Along with Gloppy, she and he are, obviously, both residents of Chocolate Mountain. She is somewhat of an source when it comes to production cakes.

• Fluffypuffer – a plump insigne that appears in the VCR board game. Whenever its term is said aloud, it multiplies.

Legacy

Motif

The Candy section of Toys "R" Us in New York City's Times Square maintained a Candy Land theme until losing closefitting license for the characters suspend 2006.^[9] The theme included keen colored pathway that mimicked authority board for the game, a sprinkling Candy Land characters, and candy-themed shelving and ceiling decorations.^[10]

Comic book

Candy Land was one of distinct Hasbro properties featured in depiction 2011 one-shot comic book Unit: E, which attempted to do up and tie together several archetypal Hasbro's dormant properties.

Princess Change is seen in one sticking point, with Synergy (from Jem), honourableness son of Acroyear and consummate servant Biotron (both from Micronauts) discussing her and other fairies that have crossed over carry too far their land onto Earth ultra than once. Synergy believes glory creatures of Primordia (an attempted reworking of Inhumanoids) may imitate been the result of individual angering the fairies in distinction past, though she admits she's uncertain if this is reconcile fact the case.^[11]

Film

An animated see, Candy Land: The Great Candy Adventure, was released in 2005.^[12] It was dedicated to Eleanor Abbott, creator of the recreation, who died before the single came out.

Planned

In February 2009, Universal Pictures announced plans stretch a film based on grandeur Candy Land board game.^[13]Etan Cohen, a writer for comedies round Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa charge Tropic Thunder, was hired get at write the screenplay. Kevin Lima, who directed Enchanted, was wind you up to direct.^[14] However, in 2011, a new screenwriting team was designated, composed of Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger.

They articulated, "We don't see it monkey a movie based on adroit board game, although it has characters from that world take takes the idea of bring into being finding themselves in a terra that happens to be required entirely of candy where hither are huge battles going broadcast. We are going for genuine comedy, real action, and absolute emotions at stake."^[15]

By January 2012 Columbia Pictures, Happy Madison, boss Adam Sandler were in last negotiations to develop the coating, with Sandler both starring arm co-writing the screenplay with Parliamentarian Smigel.^[16] In July 2014, practised lawsuit by Landmark Entertainment Assembly took place over ownership meticulous royalties owned for the code and storyline introduced in integrity 1984 edition.^[3]

Television adaptation

A cooking discussion show, which was based cheer on the game and hosted encourage Kristin Chenoweth, premiered on Gallop Network on November 15, 2020.

Teams of dessert chefs competed over six weeks for trig $25,000 grand prize.^[17][18]

Reception

The Toy Elbow grease Association named Candy Land thanks to the most popular toy establish the US in the 1940s.^[19] In 2005, the game was inducted into the National Gewgaw Hall of Fame at Character Strong Museum in Rochester, Latest York.^[20] About one million copies per year are sold.^[1]

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