Late for the Sky Production Company
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Late for the Sky Production Company is a U.S. based board game production and manufacturing company based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They were founded in 1984. They are best known for their manufacture and production of games based on Monopoly. The company's major product lines include "-opoly" games for nearly sixty major colleges and universities in the United States, and the "City in a Box" games, localized for major U.S. cities. They also have a line of specialty games, and produce custom games for other themes. In addition, they have licensed many of these games to Outset Media for sale in Canada. Outset Media also expanded on the "City in the Box" and -Opoly series in order to produce new games, exclusive to Canada.
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[edit] Example games
[edit] City in a Box
(City) in a Box is a series of Monopoly-inspired games, produced by Late for the Sky, with boards and rule variations based major cities through the United States. This theme was introduced in the 1990's. Cities include:
- Albany, New York- no longer manufactured
- Atlanta, Georgia- no longer manufactured
- Baltimore, Maryland- no longer manufactured
- Birmingham, Alabama- no longer manufactured
- Boston, Massachusetts- no longer manufactured
- Brooklyn, New York
- Charlotte, North Carolina- no longer manufactured
- Chicago, Illinois
- Cincinnati, Ohio - no longer manufactured
- Denver, Colorado
- Detroit, Michigan
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- New Orleans, Louisiana- no longer manufactured
- New York City, New York
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma- no longer manufactured
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania- no longer manufactured
- Rochester, New York- no longer manufactured
- San Francisco, California
- St. Louis, Missouri- no longer manufactured
- Syracuse, New York- no longer manufactured
- Washington, District of Columbia- no longer manufactured
[edit] College campus games
Some examples of Late for the Sky's college campus games include:
- University of Arkansas: Hog-opoly
- Boston College: B.C.-opoly
- Iowa State University: Cycloneopoly
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Illiniopoly
- Louisiana State University: LSUopoly
- Purdue University: Purdueopoly
- University of Tennessee: Vol-opoly
- Virginia Tech: VA Techopoly
- University of Georgia: Dawgopoly
[edit] Specialty games
Some examples of Late for the Sky's specialty games include:
- America in-a-Box
- Bible-opoly
- Bird-opoly
- Boo-opoly
- Book-opoly
- Brew-opoly (featuring the buying, selling and trading of beers)
- Bug-opoly
- Cat-opoly
- Chocolate-opoly
- Christmas in-a-box
- Cocktail-opoly
- College-opoly
- Dino-opoly
- Dog-opoly
- DIY-opoly
- Farm-opoly
- Fishin'opoly
- Garden-opoly
- Hold-em-opoly
- Horse-opoly
- Kiss-opoly (Based on the popular rock band)
- Lighthouse-opoly
- Motown-opoly
- Ocean-opoly
- Photo-opoly
- Rodeo-opoly
- Wild Animal-opoly
- Wine-opoly
[edit] External link
- Late for the Sky official homepage
