Games / operation-board-game
Facts about Operation Board Game
- 05
A crowdfunding campaign was launched to help aging inventor John Spinello pay for dental surgery, drawing widespread attention to his story.
- 04
Each ailment slot in Operation has a humorous punny name, such as 'Wrenched Ankle' and 'Funny Bone,' adding wordplay to the dexterity challenge.
- 03
Operation was invented by John Spinello, who sold his rights to the game as a college student for a modest sum and a promise of a job.
- 02
Cavity Sam, the patient character in Operation, has a red light-up nose that flashes when players make contact with the metal-edged cavities.
- 01
The Operation board game, first introduced by Milton Bradley in 1965, challenges players to remove ailments from a patient using tweezers without touching the metal edges.