Cranium, Inc. Cranium, Inc. Cranium, Inc. was a toy and board game developer. The company was founded in 1998 by two former Microsoft executives, Richard Tait and Whit Alexander. They co-developed the "Cranium" board game. After realizing that he always won at the game "Pictionary", but lost more than frequently at the game "Scrabble", Tait decided to make a game where everyone could win at something. Drawing inspiration from the HBDI thinking styles assessment they completed at Microsoft, Tait and Alexander aimed to create a "Whole Brain" game. Taking certain aspects of other favorite games, "Cranium" requires players to spell, draw, mold
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