Waddingtons

Waddingtons
IndustryBoard & card games
Founded19th century (as a printing firm), 1922 (gaming company)
Defunct1994
FateAcquired
Successor
HeadquartersLeeds & London
ProductsMonopoly
Cluedo
Waddingtons Christmas Jigsaws
Playing cards

Waddingtons was a British manufacturer of card and board games. The company was founded by John Waddington of Leeds, England and the manager, actor and playwright Wilson Barrett, under the name Waddingtons Limited. The name was changed in 1905 to John Waddington Limited, then Waddington's House of Games, then Waddington Games, and finally just Waddingtons.