Game Information
Milton Bradley Co. (publisher) AGPI # · P-1086Full Publisher Info
Blackout (game) AGPI # · G-824
Title Source · 
cover
Title, Preserving Case · 
BLACKOUT
Title Language · 
English
Date · 
1959 
Date Source

handwritten note by collector under box lid

Copyright on Game · 
© 1939 by Milton Bradley Co.
Publisher Name on Game

Milton Bradley Company

Publisher Catalog #

4041

Publisher Mark

vertical rectangle with black outline of chess knight with white inside on vertical red rectangle, above "MILTON" above "BRADLEY" in white on black rectangle

Cover Text

Today's
Game
of Thrills

[logo MILTON
BRADLEY]

[title BLACKOUT]

Image (1)
Blackout
Blackout
Variant Description

The cover shows two spotlights intersecting at top center, revealing a 4-engine airplane. Dark skyscrapers appear at upper left.

Made In Location Marked · 
USA
Game Type · 
Number of Players · 
2, 3, or 4
Price · 
$1.00 (Hobby Land retail store price sticker, year 1959)
Rules Format

leaflet (4 sides)

Rules · 
Container Type · 
cardboard box
Container Size · (measured in inches)

21¼ inches wide — 15¾ inches high — 1½ inches deep

54 cm wide — 40 cm high — 3.8 cm deep

Cover Description

Wraparound label. The majority of the cover is black. One spotlight is beaming from left center to top right-of-center, and another two spotlights are beaming from just right of center up to top-center.

Very dark skyscrapers are shown at upper left. A dark bridge outline appears across the upper center.

At right-center is a red trapezoid with "Today's" above "Game" above "of Thrills".

Below that is the logo with a chess knight (black outline, white interior, on a red vertical rectangle) above "MILTON above "BRADLEY" in white on a black rectangle.

At bottom center is the title, "BLACKOUT", in yellow.

In Collection · 
Trademark Registration Information
Country · 
USA
Device · 
Blackout Game
Item · 
board game
TM Registration Date · 
30 April 1940
TM Registration # · 
TM Application Date · 
14 October 1939
TM Serial # · 
71,424,538
First Use Date · 
9 October 1939
Trademark sources · 
Database Update Date · 
2021-04-17 11:03:52

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