Editing Cranium (board game) (section)

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{{short description|Party board game}}
{{other uses of|Cranium}}
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{{context|date=February 2016}}
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{{Infobox game
| subject_name= ''Cranium''
| image= Cranium game.jpg
| players= 4+ 
| ages=16+
| setup_time=approx. 2 minutes 
| playing_time=> 35 minutes 
| random_chance= Medium 
| designer = Whit Alexander, Richard Tait
| illustrator = [[Gary Baseman]]
| publisher = [[Hasbro]]
| date = {{start date and age|1998}}
|  skills= [[Creativity]], [[general knowledge]] 
| footnotes =
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'''''Cranium''''' is a [[party game]] created by Whit Alexander and [[Richard Tait (executive)|Richard Tait]] in 1998.<ref name=Metz>{{cite web|last=Metz|first=Cade|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/03/business/richard-tait-dead.html|url-access=subscription|title=Richard Tait, Co-Inventor of the Board Game Cranium, Dies at 58|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220803212033/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/03/business/richard-tait-dead.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=August 3, 2022|archive-date=August 3, 2022|accessdate=January 30, 2023}}</ref> Initially, ''Cranium'' was sold through [[Amazon.com]] and the [[Starbucks]] coffee chain, then-novel methods of distribution.<ref name=Metz/> After selling 44 million copies of ''Cranium'' and its sister titles,<ref name=Metz/> the game's manufacturer [[Cranium, Inc.]] was bought by [[Hasbro|Hasbro, Inc.]] for $77.5 million in 2008.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/nice-move-craniums-77-million-sale/#:~:text=1%20of%202%20%7C%20Cranium%2C%20launched,and%20tub%20of%20clay%20stay | title=Nice move: Cranium's $77 million sale | date=5 January 2008 }}</ref> Billed as "The Game for Your Whole Brain", ''Cranium'' includes a wide variety of activities, unlike many other party games. Murray Brand Commuications and brand strategist, Sonali Shah handled packaging and branding for the game, and the artwork is by cartoonist [[Gary Baseman]].