Trouble, sold in the United Kingdom as Frustration and in Finland as Kimble, is a board game in which two to four players race four pieces each all the way around a shared track, aiming to be the first to bring every piece home. Developed by Frank Kohner, Paul Kohner, and Fred Kroll, it was first manufactured by Irwin Toy Ltd. before Milton Bradley Company launched the American version in 1965; the game is distinguished by its Pop-O-Matic die-rolling dome, built into the board, which players press to generate random rolls, with a roll of six needed to leave the home area and granting an extra turn. Pieces move clockwise, sending an opponent's piece back to its start by landing on it, and the design derives from the British game Ludo, itself based on the Indian game pachisi.
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1. Trouble (board game) (Wikipedia)
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launched in America in 1965
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Trouble ... is a board game in which players compete to be the first to send four pieces all the way around a board
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Players move their pieces around the board based on die rolls using a distinctive Pop-O-Matic container
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players compete to be the first to send four pieces all the way around a board
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