Scruples (game)
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Scruples is a board game
based on ethical dilemma
s. Players are given five yellow cards with a moral dilemma such as "You accidentally damage a car in a parking lot. Do you leave a note with your name and phone number?" The player also has one red card, with either YES, NO, or DEPENDS written on it. The player must ask the question to the person who they most think will reply with the answer on the red card. If the answer matches the red card, the player asking the question gets rid of their yellow card and red card, and picks up a new red card. In this way, the game tests how well players know the other players. The game is over when someone gets rid of all five cards.
The game was invented by Henry Makow
in 1984 and developed by High Game Enterprises. It was later sold to Hasbro
, who marketed the game (partly through Parker Brothers
) for several years. The game has since sold over seven million copies worldwide and has been translated into five languages.
http://www.lemon64.com/games/details.php?ID=3538, ZX Spectrum
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0003976 and Amstrad CPC
http://www.cpczone.net/index.php?game=1173.
, "The Game".
Board game
A board game is a game which involves counters or pieces being moved on a pre-marked surface or "board", according to a set of rules. Games may be based on pure strategy, chance or a mixture of the two, and usually have a goal which a player aims to achieve...
based on ethical dilemma
Ethical dilemma
An Ethical dilemma is a complex situation that will often involve an apparent mental conflict between moral imperatives, in which to obey one would result in transgressing another....
s. Players are given five yellow cards with a moral dilemma such as "You accidentally damage a car in a parking lot. Do you leave a note with your name and phone number?" The player also has one red card, with either YES, NO, or DEPENDS written on it. The player must ask the question to the person who they most think will reply with the answer on the red card. If the answer matches the red card, the player asking the question gets rid of their yellow card and red card, and picks up a new red card. In this way, the game tests how well players know the other players. The game is over when someone gets rid of all five cards.
The game was invented by Henry Makow
Henry Makow
Henry Makow is a Canadian author, conspiracy theorist and the inventor of the boardgame Scruples.-Biography:Makow was born in Zürich, Switzerland and moved with his family to Canada as an infant, settling in Ottawa. At the age of 11, in 1960, he began to write the syndicated advice-to-parents...
in 1984 and developed by High Game Enterprises. It was later sold to Hasbro
Hasbro
Hasbro is a multinational toy and boardgame company from the United States of America. It is one of the largest toy makers in the world. The corporate headquarters is located in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, United States...
, who marketed the game (partly through Parker Brothers
Parker Brothers
Parker Brothers is a toy and game manufacturer and brand. Since 1883, the company has published more than 1,800 games; among their best known products are Monopoly, Cluedo , Sorry, Risk, Trivial Pursuit, Ouija, Aggravation, and Probe...
) for several years. The game has since sold over seven million copies worldwide and has been translated into five languages.
Original Version
The game was originally designed and marketed by Henry Makow in 1984, who later sold the rights to Hasbro Canada in 1986 for approximately one million dollars. Under Hasbro, the game sold over seven million copies. Hasbro later returned the rights to High Game Enterprises, who continues to market the game to this day.Millennium Edition
Due to the cultural aspect of the moral dilemma questions, Scruples is updated every five years. The Millennium edition is the latest version, which contains about 1/3 of the questions in the original Hasbro version and 2/3 new questions.http://www.scruplesgame.com/main.htmlComputer Versions
Popularity of the game led to several computer versions developed by Leisure Genius in 1987. Versions were released for the Commodore 64Commodore 64
The Commodore 64 is an 8-bit home computer introduced by Commodore International in January 1982.Volume production started in the spring of 1982, with machines being released on to the market in August at a price of US$595...
http://www.lemon64.com/games/details.php?ID=3538, ZX Spectrum
ZX Spectrum
The ZX Spectrum is an 8-bit personal home computer released in the United Kingdom in 1982 by Sinclair Research Ltd...
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0003976 and Amstrad CPC
Amstrad CPC
The Amstrad CPC is a series of 8-bit home computers produced by Amstrad between 1984 and 1990. It was designed to compete in the mid-1980s home computer market dominated by the Commodore 64 and the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, where it successfully established itself primarily in the United Kingdom,...
http://www.cpczone.net/index.php?game=1173.
In popular culture
The game was featured in the first season episode of Everybody Loves RaymondEverybody Loves Raymond
Everybody Loves Raymond is an American television sitcom that originally ran on CBS from September 13, 1996, to May 16, 2005. Many of the situations from the show are based on the real-life experiences of lead actor Ray Romano, creator/producer Phil Rosenthal and the show's writing staff...
, "The Game".