The Twister game has created a massive number of different merchandise which is still very popular today. The game itself is now well known as an “adult” game but that was not the original idea for the game. So whether you have played the original game, bought a Twister towel or even a Twister Duvet, there is no doubt that this game is here to stay!
So can you guess the history of Twister and some of the interesting facts we are going to show you?
1 Twister’s original name was Pretzel
2 Invented by Reyn Guyer
3 Originally created as a promotion for Johnson’s shoe polish company
4 Reyn Guyer realised it might be better as a game and tested it with his colleagues
5 The idea was allegedly stolen by “Milton Bradley Company” and released as the Twister Game
6 The game Twister was released in April 1966
7 First game where people used themselves as “pieces” in the game
8 Over 3 million versions of Twister were sold in its first year
9 1987 saw a record-breaking 4,160 play their part in the biggest ever Twister tournament
10 The largest single game of Twister occurred in April 2007 when 100 people turned up (200 individual Twister mats were used)
