Mystery Date is a board game from the Milton Bradley Company, released in 1965 and conceived by Marvin Glass, with the design created by Henry Stan. It was marketed to girls aged 6 to 14 and was reissued in 1970, 1999 and 2005. Two, three or four players roll a die to move around the board, landing on spaces that tell them to draw, discard or trade cards, and use the cards to assemble a three-piece outfit in one of four colors. A player with a completed outfit may spin the knob of a plastic mystery door set in the middle of the board and open it to reveal one of five dates, among them a formal dance date, a beach date and a skiing date, and the poorly dressed dud the players want to avoid. The first player whose outfit matches the date behind the door wins. The game is also popularly referenced as a trope in television and film.
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Player CountSmall Group (3-6 Players) 1 Connections
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board game from the Milton Bradley Company released in 1965
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Mystery Date is a board game
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Mystery Date can be played with two, three, or four players.
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