Facts about Candy Land

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   A hallmark of Candy Land is the character King Kandy, the ruler of Candy Land whose kingdom players are trying to reach at the end of the board.

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   In Candy Land, players draw colored cards to advance along a winding path through locations like the Peppermint Forest and Gumdrop Mountains, with no dice involved.

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   Milton Bradley published Candy Land in 1949, and it became one of the best-selling board games in American history.

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   The board game Candy Land requires no reading or complex decision-making, making it one of the few games playable by very young preschool-aged children.

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   Originally designed in the early 1940s by Eleanor Abbott while recovering from polio, Candy Land was created to entertain hospitalized children.

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