Board Games
May not strictly be called a board game, this electronic game from Marvin Glass based on memory-testing looks like a bit like the Chrome browser logo.
Simon
Freddy Krueger
A Nightmare on Elm Street
A soft round cap associated with all elite units, not just the 'green' ones.
Beret
Toyota
Toyota, Japan
The name of this June 17, 1775 battle fought during the Siege of Boston is a bit misleading as most of the action took place on the adjacent Breed's Hill. The result was a tactical but costly victory for the British.
Battle of Bunker Hill
Players roll dice to make certain combinations in this game which takes its name from the fact that a Canadian couple created it on their sailboat.
Yahtzee
Dorothy Gale
The Wizard of Oz
Similar to a fedora but with a narrower brim, this hat's name derives from a play based on a 1894 novel of George du Maurier.
Trilby
LG
Seoul, South Korea
Engagements of September 19 and October 7, 1777 that marked the end of the namesake campaign with a decisive American victory resulting from the surrender of John Burgoyne's army that invaded from Canada. This victory was instrumental in securing the support of France.
Battles of Saratoga
This party game in which players complete statements using raunchy and insensitive words has been called an adult version of Apples to Apples.
Cards Against Humanity
Ellen Ripley
Alien
A red felt hat in the shape of a truncated cone; also a city in Morocco.
Fez
Verizon
New York, USA
After this April 1775 battle that started the revolution, John Adams said, "The die was cast, the Rubicon passed". Ralph Waldo Emerson described the first shot fired by the American side as the "shot heard round the world" in Concord Hymn.
Battles of Lexington and Concord
This strategy board game has a layout that of a 1942 political map as it existed during WWII. Players take the role of one of the five major players of that conflict.
Axis & Allies
Jules Winnfield
Pulp Fiction
A traditional Scottish cap named after a castle that has a connection with British monarchy.
Balmoral
Pemex
Mexico City, Mexico
Last major land battle, this 1781 victory by the combined forces of George Washington, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette and Comte de Rochambeau over Cornwallis paved the way for peace negotiations and the end of the revolution.
Siege of Yorktown
Albert Lamorisse who won an Oscar for The Red Balloon in 1956 created this popular game of conflict and conquest in which the world is divided into 42 territories.
Risk
Carl Spackler
Caddyshack
This lace or silk scarf often worn over a high comb is popular with women in Spain and Latin America.
Mantilla
Nestlé
Vevey, Switzerland
A series of American victories along the waterways from Lake Champlain into Canada ended here on December 31, 1775 in what was the first major defeat of the war for the Americans.
Battle of Quebec