Word Master Mind
Board Games
1975 (manufactured)
1975 (manufactured)
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| Place of origin |
Master Mind was invented in 1970-71 by Mordecai Meirowitz. A small English company, Invicta Plastics Ltd bought the rights to the game, refined it, and released it in 1971-72. It was an immediate hit, and went on to win the first ever Game of the Year Award in 1973. It also received a Design Centre Award, and the Queen's Award for Export Achievement. It became popular all over the world with many different variations being made including one for people with visual impairments.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 7 parts. (Some alternative part names are also shown below)
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| Title | Word Master Mind (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Printed card and moulded plastic |
| Brief description | Word Master Mind, a boxed word game, made in England by Invicta Plastics in 1975 |
| Physical description | Boxed word game, the box has a white front and black sides with a large amount of text on it. The game title Word Master Mind appears diagonally across the top. The manufacturers logo appears in the top right hand corner. At the bottom is a photograph of a man in a chair and a woman in white standing behind him. Inside the box is a brown plastic tray that holds all the plastic letters and pegs. Some of the letters are still attached to the grids they were moulded on. There is a brown plastic playing board, two plastic pieces to shelter the letters from your opponent and a printed set of rules. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
| Credit line | Given by Ruth Savage |
| Production | Could have been manufactured in Holland |
| Summary | Master Mind was invented in 1970-71 by Mordecai Meirowitz. A small English company, Invicta Plastics Ltd bought the rights to the game, refined it, and released it in 1971-72. It was an immediate hit, and went on to win the first ever Game of the Year Award in 1973. It also received a Design Centre Award, and the Queen's Award for Export Achievement. It became popular all over the world with many different variations being made including one for people with visual impairments. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | B.17:1 to 7-2004 |
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| Record created | February 18, 2005 |
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