I was born in 1953 and my great uncle had polio as a child, so I've always known about polio and it's effects on society. Your video expanded on what I knew! My first contact with Candyland was as an adult, and I thought it was ridiculously simplistic, but my children enjoyed it. A couple of years ago, my daughter found an old copy of the game at a thrift store and brought it home. We had fun playing a few rounds of it, then put it away. Looking at new copies of it in Walmart last week, we were outraged to see that they have removed the characters from the game! No Princess Lolly or Lord Licorice! It looks like they have reduced it to it's most basic, boring level.
@@dansmith1661 Mostly the habitat of countless species and a once thriving earth climate, but yeah my condolensces on behalf of Milton Bradley's new marketing department. Being a boomer these days is just so hard.
Born 1954-- I never saw the version with all the characters. I was kind of groaning at them being put in the game. Not that I have any memory of the game being at all interesting. I think I was already too old when my parents gave it to me. I had learned my colors, numbers, and ABCs long before kindergarten.
I wouldn’t call this the dark side, but rather the light side :) I’m glad someone cared about the kids enough to make a game specifically for them. I loved this game as a kid!
My mother and her younger brother had polio. He was in his early teens but she was a married woman with three small children. They separated you from your families because they had no idea how it was being transmitted. My mother was in an iron lung for sometime. She went on to have three more of us kids but polio damage helped end her life as her lungs started giving out. It took a doctor from India who recognized the damage from an xray for them to know what the problem was. India still has polio. I grew up playing the same early version of the game that was played by my eldest brother who was born in 1949
Huh and to think this game kept me company during nap time in Kindergarten when I couldn't get to sleep like all the other kids because of my ADHD and anxiety related insomnia :) that's really sweet actually. I also had the DOS video game variation which was baller in the 90's
💗🩷💓Wonderful video! Thank you. Candy Land was my favorite game in childhood. I remember seeing people in real life wearing braces because of polio. I myself almost died of measles. I wish more people understood how vaccines and quarantines saved so many lives. We all knew someone, or had a family member - often a child - who died of these terrible diseases before vaccines. My cousin died of polio and my family never got over it.
Thank you for the comment & so sorry for your loss. The impact these diseases have stay with us forever long after a vaccine or eradication and this was an important reminder of that & how critical vaccines/quarantines are.
Oh my god this was so polished I expected this to be a video with millions of views from a channel that has at least hundreds of thousand subscribers, truly an underrated channel!
Eleanor Abbott didn't create Candy Land out of thin air. It was heavily based on the old Uncle Wiggily board game from the teens. Her main contribution was the concept of color matching so no counting was required. (Uncle Wiggiliy cards had little verses describing the movement, plus numbers and symbols for children who couldn't yet read.)
Thanks for this. I grew up with a version quite similar to the one you were able to find. It was a nice trip down memory lane, as well as an informative video. Good job!
While some have issues with its simplicity, more game designers and fans of board games in general more have an issue with it solely being up to random chance of the draw (or cheating of someone who shuffles the cards a particular way that benefits them, etc), versus most other board games having at least a modicum of skill in knowing the rules and how to best use them. Some variant rules I've seen played are to increase the randomness with bag drawing out the cards (removes the shuffle cheats), reshuffling after a singular round, or even to have a hand of two or three cards, but need matching pairs to move forward, and choosing which to discard before drawing again.
I never understand why people complain about Candyland being so simple. It's for 3 year olds. It's like complaining that Barney doesn't have the pathos and nuance of The Sopranos.
The most terrifying thing about Candy Land is the Adam Sandler has been trying to turn it in a movie for years. Look how well converting other games to movies has gone.
Very interesting history lesson. I love learning the actual history behind the things in my past. Much more enjoyable than any game of Candy Land I remember. My little sister always liked it, but by the time she was old enough to speak and give opinions, I wanted to play Monopoly, or Chess or something.
As I always say, "Literally everything has a dark/evil side/history." If something as seemingly innocent as Candy Land has a dark side, anything can and does!
Well Ive never heard of Candy land, not through any of the American media ive been consuming this whole time despite hearing of many others, and growing up in France, but oh... oh, oh yes, id recognize that evil laugh anywhere, that Lord Licorice is none other than Lord Garmadon, Mark Oliver!
What a lovely essay :) I always enjoyed Candyland for the beautiful lands seemingly waiting for me and it brings me joy to know that it was created for that purpose.
I'm a board game designer by hobby. The old classics are a constant tool for mental exercises in how to and how not to do things. For example, everyone loves clue, but the movement mechanic in the game has no practical purpose. It adds no joy to the game and only serves to cause some players to not get to enjoy the game on some of their turns because they roll to short and end up in the hallway. Prior to this video I had a deep disdain for Candyland as the only mechanic of the entire game was "pure random chance". Mechanically there is no difference between playing Candyland and flipping a coin with you winning on heads and losing on tails. Both are random, both require zero input from the player, and both can be played independently of the player. I didn't even consider it a good game for kids because all it really does is show if they're color blind or not. Since it doesn't even require them to identify the color. It's just the pre-pre-school requirement of "are these things the same?" But this... this was incredibly heartwarming and has changed my view on the game. I still consider it mechanically garbage, even for children. But the history as to why it was made that way touched me.
This type of stories are an experience to research one book I read was a women telling her story as a refugee an her descriptions for the Hospitals one could only give poor bandages that would be crusty when torn off but a transfer to a German Hospital provided a bath that would sooth every part of her body a bit of care from the outside can do a lot for someone
I was born in 1953 and my great uncle had polio as a child, so I've always known about polio and it's effects on society. Your video expanded on what I knew! My first contact with Candyland was as an adult, and I thought it was ridiculously simplistic, but my children enjoyed it. A couple of years ago, my daughter found an old copy of the game at a thrift store and brought it home. We had fun playing a few rounds of it, then put it away. Looking at new copies of it in Walmart last week, we were outraged to see that they have removed the characters from the game! No Princess Lolly or Lord Licorice! It looks like they have reduced it to it's most basic, boring level.
Wow, really? Lord Licorice had the epitome bad guy design.
LL had drip. Remember what modernity has taken from you.
@@dansmith1661 Mostly the habitat of countless species and a once thriving earth climate, but yeah my condolensces on behalf of Milton Bradley's new marketing department. Being a boomer these days is just so hard.
Born 1954-- I never saw the version with all the characters. I was kind of groaning at them being put in the game. Not that I have any memory of the game being at all interesting. I think I was already too old when my parents gave it to me. I had learned my colors, numbers, and ABCs long before kindergarten.
I wouldn’t call this the dark side, but rather the light side :) I’m glad someone cared about the kids enough to make a game specifically for them.
I loved this game as a kid!
I came for Teotihuacán , ended up in Candyland. I did not expect to be so moved by this. 👏🏽👏🏼👏🏻
My mother and her younger brother had polio. He was in his early teens but she was a married woman with three small children. They separated you from your families because they had no idea how it was being transmitted. My mother was in an iron lung for sometime. She went on to have three more of us kids but polio damage helped end her life as her lungs started giving out. It took a doctor from India who recognized the damage from an xray for them to know what the problem was. India still has polio. I grew up playing the same early version of the game that was played by my eldest brother who was born in 1949
Huh and to think this game kept me company during nap time in Kindergarten when I couldn't get to sleep like all the other kids because of my ADHD and anxiety related insomnia :) that's really sweet actually. I also had the DOS video game variation which was baller in the 90's
This is an amazing dive into the genesis of what many in the us consider a staple of childhood. Thank you for this
Glad you enjoyed it!
The dark story behind Solitaire would be interesting.
Or Crazy 8's
💗🩷💓Wonderful video! Thank you. Candy Land was my favorite game in childhood. I remember seeing people in real life wearing braces because of polio. I myself almost died of measles. I wish more people understood how vaccines and quarantines saved so many lives. We all knew someone, or had a family member - often a child - who died of these terrible diseases before vaccines. My cousin died of polio and my family never got over it.
So sorry for your loss. It is indeed important for people to understand how life saving and lifechanging vaccines are.
Thank you for the comment & so sorry for your loss. The impact these diseases have stay with us forever long after a vaccine or eradication and this was an important reminder of that & how critical vaccines/quarantines are.
My older cousin was crippled by measles. I always thought that she had caught polio .
Oh my god this was so polished I expected this to be a video with millions of views from a channel that has at least hundreds of thousand subscribers, truly an underrated channel!
Thank you!! Quality vs quantity on this channel for sure 😅 please do share with anyone who may enjoy this story 🍭
"Imagine a world that is greater than the one you inherited" needs to be somebody's slogan.
This is amazing quality- only 3 thousand subscribers??? This is immaculate! 👏
Thank you! 🥲
I played the 1955 version as a very young child. No characters. Just colors. It was fun. And pretty.
Eleanor Abbott didn't create Candy Land out of thin air. It was heavily based on the old Uncle Wiggily board game from the teens. Her main contribution was the concept of color matching so no counting was required. (Uncle Wiggiliy cards had little verses describing the movement, plus numbers and symbols for children who couldn't yet read.)
Thanks for this. I grew up with a version quite similar to the one you were able to find. It was a nice trip down memory lane, as well as an informative video. Good job!
Thanks for watching!
While some have issues with its simplicity, more game designers and fans of board games in general more have an issue with it solely being up to random chance of the draw (or cheating of someone who shuffles the cards a particular way that benefits them, etc), versus most other board games having at least a modicum of skill in knowing the rules and how to best use them. Some variant rules I've seen played are to increase the randomness with bag drawing out the cards (removes the shuffle cheats), reshuffling after a singular round, or even to have a hand of two or three cards, but need matching pairs to move forward, and choosing which to discard before drawing again.
I'm glad the algorithm blessed me with your video! Found a new fun channel to watch!
Welcome aboard!
I never understand why people complain about Candyland being so simple. It's for 3 year olds. It's like complaining that Barney doesn't have the pathos and nuance of The Sopranos.
The most terrifying thing about Candy Land is the Adam Sandler has been trying to turn it in a movie for years. Look how well converting other games to movies has gone.
Also in its simplicity it can be played very easy by a mixed-age group of children you usually would find in a Hospital.
Exactly!
This was very well made and fascinating! I'm shocked you don't have more views and subscribers!
Thank you! The channel is less than a year old!
Very interesting history lesson. I love learning the actual history behind the things in my past. Much more enjoyable than any game of Candy Land I remember. My little sister always liked it, but by the time she was old enough to speak and give opinions, I wanted to play Monopoly, or Chess or something.
Thank you for such a great lesson; not only of history, but also a lesson of our present day and the future! This was brilliantly done!
As I always say, "Literally everything has a dark/evil side/history." If something as seemingly innocent as Candy Land has a dark side, anything can and does!
This is fascinating! Thank you for such an informative video!! You reeled me in with the teaser on TikTok
Your videos are always so interesting and original! Thank you for continuing to make such well done videos
Thank you very much!
0:17 You never want to get stuck in the molasses swamp! Uggggggggh!
I had that game when I was young. Me and my sister played that a lot along with Hi Ho Cherry O.
Well Ive never heard of Candy land, not through any of the American media ive been consuming this whole time despite hearing of many others, and growing up in France, but oh...
oh, oh yes, id recognize that evil laugh anywhere, that Lord Licorice is none other than Lord Garmadon, Mark Oliver!
What a lovely essay :) I always enjoyed Candyland for the beautiful lands seemingly waiting for me and it brings me joy to know that it was created for that purpose.
To know the purpose behind this seemingly simple children’s game makes it that much more beautiful
I have never heard of this game before
You deserve so many more subs! Love all your content, esp. on TikTok ♥️
Are those old versions of the games safe? For instance, is there no cadmium pigment in the plastics?
Tens of millions of children have managed to survive playing old versions of Candyland, I'll call that safe
I was born in 72. That version is the version of the game I had the board looks exactly the same.
I'm a board game designer by hobby. The old classics are a constant tool for mental exercises in how to and how not to do things. For example, everyone loves clue, but the movement mechanic in the game has no practical purpose. It adds no joy to the game and only serves to cause some players to not get to enjoy the game on some of their turns because they roll to short and end up in the hallway.
Prior to this video I had a deep disdain for Candyland as the only mechanic of the entire game was "pure random chance". Mechanically there is no difference between playing Candyland and flipping a coin with you winning on heads and losing on tails. Both are random, both require zero input from the player, and both can be played independently of the player. I didn't even consider it a good game for kids because all it really does is show if they're color blind or not. Since it doesn't even require them to identify the color. It's just the pre-pre-school requirement of "are these things the same?"
But this... this was incredibly heartwarming and has changed my view on the game. I still consider it mechanically garbage, even for children. But the history as to why it was made that way touched me.
What great insight from an expert perspective. Thank you
Gen-Xer here - the version you're using is the one I grew up with!
Such an interesting video! Love your channel ❤
0:36 Princess _Loli_ ? 🤭🤭🤭 ..me thinks the Princess enjoys a bit of _Licorice_ now and again.. 😆🤭 lol
Where are your links and resources? You reference a lot of sources, but don’t list them.
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This type of stories are an experience to research one book I read was a women telling her story as a refugee an her descriptions for the Hospitals one could only give poor bandages that would be crusty when torn off but a transfer to a German Hospital provided a bath that would sooth every part of her body a bit of care from the outside can do a lot for someone
IRON LUNG THE GAME!?
Amazing video! Many Thanks!!
Too simple?
It's a game for Toddlers. Being simple IS THE WHOLE POINT of the game.
excellent research. You will go far, but only if you keep with it even when you don't feel like it.
That’s the plan!
I mean, just because it has a good message, doesn't make it a good game
Just imagine the horror show that would transpire if the anti-vax movement had been around in the 40s and 50s!
the pandemic isn't over
If today's evangelicals were around then, we would still have polio now
… welp, I’m sad now. But happy too. 🥹🙏