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Sean Bala (seanbala@mas.to)'s status on Thursday, 27-Jun-2024 00:02:37 JST Sean Bala
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@skullvalanche I once read that there was an attempt to make an actual "Candyland" film that was, as described by one writer, going to be "LOTR but set in a world of candy." I never heard anything about it after that.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy_Land#Planned
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  Candy Land
  
  Candy Land (also known as Candyland) is a simple racing board game created by Eleanor Abbott and published by Milton Bradley in 1948. The game requires no reading and minimal counting skills, making it suitable for young children. No strategy is involved as players are never required to make choices; only following directions is required. About one million copies per year are sold. History The game was designed in 1948 by Eleanor Abbott, while she was recovering from polio in San Diego, California. The game was made for and tested by the children in the same wards on the hospital. The children suggested that Abbott submit the game to Milton Bradley Company. The game was bought by Milton Bradley and first published in 1949 as a temporary fill-in for their then main product line, school supplies. Candy Land became Milton Bradley's best-selling game, surpassing its previous top seller, Uncle Wiggily, and put the company in the same league as its main competitor, Parker Brothers. The original art has been purported to be by Abbott, although this is uncertain. In 1984...
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  Skullvalanche (skullvalanche@gladtech.social)'s status on Thursday, 27-Jun-2024 00:02:39 JST Skullvalanche
  
  I was having a discussion with a teammate about movies adapted from board games.
  Clue is clearly the best one.
  Battleship is probably number 2.
  Jumanji doesn't count since it wasn't a board game before the movie came into existence (that I'm aware of anyway).
  I did a quick search and found a movie called Candy Land. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13857556/
  I'm really hoping it's just a *very* liberal adaptation of the board game. Though I think someone should backport some of the aspects of that movie back to the board game.
  I'm struggling to imagine how to incorporate truck stop sex workers into the board game. :blobcatlaugh:
  #movies #boardgames
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