Mouse Trap

When Mouse Trap debuted in 1963, no game in the world looked quite like it. It used injection molded plastic to create a Rube Goldberg-esque contraption at the board’s center and blurred the line between board games and toys. Players construct the titular trap piece by piece, hoping to capture each other’s mice. Initially rejected by both Milton Bradley and Parker Brothers, it ultimately became a massive success under the Ideal Toy Corp. (now owned by Hasbro) and inspired other action board games with three-dimensional plastic pieces, such as Hungry Hungry Hippos.