19th century in games
# 19th century in games

see also: 18th century in games, 1900s in games

## Games released or invented in the 19th century

* The Mansion of Happiness (1843) ~ the first commercially produced game in the US
* Bell and Hammer (c. 1850)
* The Game of Authors (1861)
* Snakes and ladders (1870)
* Game of the District Messenger Boy, or Merit Rewarded (1886)
* Messenger Boy (1886)
* Game of the Telegraph Boy (1888)
* Chinese Checkers (c. 1893) ~ derived from Halma
* Ludo (1896)
* Reversi (1898) also branded as Annexion or Annexation.

## Significant games-related events in the 19th century

* The Milton Bradley Company is founded in Springfield, Massachusetts (1860).
* E.G. Selchow & Co. founded (1867), later changing its name to Selchow and Righter (1880).
* Parker Brothers founded by George S. Parker (1883).
