No Brainer: Hasbro Buys Cranium

January 4, 2009

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The maker of Monopoly is adding to its empire of board games.

Hasbro Inc., the world’s second-largest toy company, has agreed to buy privately held game maker Cranium Inc. for about $77.5 million, the companies said Friday.

Pawtucket-based Hasbro owns the board game brands Parker Brothers and Milton Bradley, which make perennially popular games including Scrabble, Clue and Battleship as well as Monopoly…

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