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• Twister is a popular party game that uses the players' body parts as the game pieces. One player spins a wheel that tells you where to move your hands and feet on the colored mat, which acts as a large playing board. The fun is in seeing how twisted up the players can get before getting stuck.

• Fast Facts

  1. Introduced: 1966
  2. Patented by: Charles F. Foley and Neil Rabens
  3. Manufactured by Hasbro
  4. Original manufacturer: Milton Bradley Company
  5. 2-4 players
  6. Ages 6 and up
  7. Price: $14
  8. Contents: Dial, mat
  9. Colors: Green, yellow, blue, red
  10. Requires some physical skill
  11. You lose when you fall or if you elbow or knee touches the mat
  12. Played without shoes
  13. Requires a referee
  14. The last person on the mat wins
  15. Twister tournaments are held worldwide
  16. Slogan: "The game that ties you up in knots"
  17. There is a High School Musical edition

• Twister Controversy

  After its quick rise to mainstream fame, owed in part to Johnny Carson playing it in 1966 on The Tonight Show with a beautiful female guest, Twister earned a reputation for have sexual overtones. Today, college campuses hold Twister parties, and some people play "naked Twister." The idea of humans as game pieces causes people to think of Twister as a sexual game; at one point it was called "sex in a box."

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