Universal Games is a Nevada

Nevada

Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...

 company that produced such board games as Merger, Titanic: The Board Game

Titanic: The Board Game

Titanic: The Board Game was a board-game created by Universal Games in America and was available in Great Britain and in France between 1998 and 1999...

, and the Apollo 13 edition of Solarquest

Solarquest

Solarquest is a space-age real estate trading game published in 1985. Patterned after Monopoly, the game replaces pewter tokens with rocketships and hotels with metallic fuel stations. Players travel around the sun acquiring monopolies and fending off attacks...

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In 1965, their address was in Houston, Texas

Houston, Texas

Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...

. Universal Games released Merger, a financial game for 2-4 players. This game simulated automobile production and stock manipulation. Each player is a plant manager. The goal of the game is to make the most money. The game is similar is style to many of the 3M bookshelf games.