Late for the Sky Production Company
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 business traces its roots to the development and manufacturing of real estate trading games based on the themes, landmarks, and popular places specific to major U.S. universities. Today, the Company is a full game manufacturer. All manufacturing processes are performed in-house within a 60,000 square foot facility, including art and development, printing, finishing, and assembly.
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.
Example games
City-opoly
(City) -opoly games 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 1990s. Cities include or have included:
- Albany, New York
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Austin, Texas
- Baltimore, Maryland
- Birmingham, Alabama
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Brooklyn, New York
- Buffalo, New York
- Charlotte, North Carolina
- Chicago, Illinois
- Cincinnati, Ohio
- Cleveland, Ohio
- Dallas, Texas
- Denver, Colorado
- Detroit, Michigan
- Houston, Texas
- Los Angeles, California
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Nashville, Tennessee
- New Orleans, Louisiana
- New York City, New York
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Phoenix, Arizona
- Rochester, New York
- San Antonio, Texas
- San Francisco, California
- Seattle, Washington
- St. Louis, Missouri
- Syracuse, New York
- Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Washington, D.C.
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
- Ohio State University: Buck-opoly
- Iowa State University: Cycloneopoly
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Illiniopoly
- Louisiana State University: LSUopoly
- Miami University: Miami-opoly
- Purdue University: Purdueopoly
- University of Tennessee: Vol-opoly
- University of Virginia: UVA-opoly
- Virginia Tech: VA Techopoly
- University of Georgia: Dawgopoly
- Georgia Institute of Technology: Techopoly
- West Virginia University: West Virginiaopoly
Specialty games
Some examples of Late for the Sky's specialty games include:
- America-opoly
- Bible-opoly
- Bird-opoly
- Boo-opoly
- Book-opoly
- Brew-opoly (featuring the buying, selling and trading of beers)
- Bug-opoly
- The Cat-In-The-Hat-Opoly
- Cat-opoly
- Chocolate-opoly
- Christmas-opoly
- Cocktail-opoly
- Cycling-opoly
- Deep Sea-opoly
- Dino-opoly
- Dog-opoly
- DIY-opoly
- Earth-opoly
- Fairy-opoly
- Farm-opoly
- Fishin'opoly
- Garden-opoly
- Geek-opoly
- Hold-em-opoly
- Horse-opoly
- Ice Cream-opoly
- Kiss-opoly (Based on the popular rock band)
- Lighthouse-opoly
- Monster-opoly
- Motown-opoly
- Ocean-opoly
- Photo-opoly
- Pirate-opoly
- Pony-opoly
- Princess-opoly
- Pug-opoly
- Puppy-opoly
- Rodeo-opoly
- Union Pacific-opoly
- White Flint-opoly (Based on Maryland's White Flint Mall)
- Wild Animal-opoly
- Wine-opoly
- Zombie-opoly
External links
- Late for the Sky official homepage
http://www.customopolygames.com