The Mansion of Happiness 1843
Designed by George Fox
What it is
A moral spiral-track race in which players advance on virtue spaces and retreat on vice spaces toward the Mansion of Happiness.
Why it matters
One of the earliest mass-produced American board games (W. & S.B. Ives, 1843), it helped launch the U.S. commercial game industry.
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How to play The Mansion of Happiness
The Mansion of Happiness is a game that plays with 2–4 players. It's a Children's Game and Racing game where the core of play revolves around Roll / Move. A moral spiral-track race in which players advance on virtue spaces and retreat on vice spaces toward the Mansion of Happiness. One of the earliest mass-produced American board games (W. & S.B. Ives, 1843), it helped launch the U.S. commercial game industry.
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