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

BLACKOUT

Title Language · 
English
Date · 
1959 
Date Source(s)

handwritten note by collector under box lid

Copyright on Game (Most Recent)

© 1939 Milton Bradley Co.

Trademark Registration Information
Country · 
USA
Mark · 
Blackout Game
Device · 
Blackout Game
TM Registration Date · 
30 April 1940
TM Registration # · 
377,307 ⇱
Item · 
board game
TM Application Date · 
14 October 1939
TM Serial # · 
71,424,538
First Use Date · 
9 October 1939
Trademark sources · 
trademark-source-1 ⇱
Publisher Name on Game

Milton Bradley Company

Publisher Catalog #

4041

Publisher Mark(s)

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

«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 · 
board game
Keywords

blackout, spotlight, skyscraper, city

Number of Players · 
2, 3, or 4
Price

$1.00 (Hobby Land retail store price sticker, year 1959)

Rules Format

leaflet (4 sides)

Rules · 
rules-1
Container Type

cardboard box

Container Size · (measured in inches)

21 ¼ inches wide — 15 ¾ inches high — 1 ½ inches deep

134 cm wide — 97.2 cm high — 14 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.

Collection • Individual(s)

Rick Tucker

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