Late for the Sky Production Company

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 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 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 1990s. 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
* Buffalo, New York- no longer manufactured
* Charlotte, North Carolina- no longer manufactured
* Chicago, Illinois
* Cincinnati, Ohio - no longer manufactured
* Cleveland, Ohio
* Denver, Colorado- no longer manufactured
* Detroit, Michigan
* Los Angeles, California- no longer manufactured
* Milwaukee, Wisconsin- no longer manufactured
* New Orleans, Louisiana- no longer manufactured
* New York City, New York
* Oklahoma City, Oklahoma- no longer manufactured
* Philadelphia, Pennsylvania- no longer manufactured
* Phoenix, Arizona- no longer manufactured
* Rochester, New York- no longer manufactured
* San Francisco, California- no longer manufactured
* Seattle, Washington- no longer manufactured
* St. Louis, Missouri- no longer manufactured
* Syracuse, New York- no longer manufactured
* Washington, D.C.- no longer manufactured

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
* University of Virginia: UVA-opoly
* Virginia Tech: VA Techopoly
* University of Georgia: Dawgopoly
* Georgia Institute of Technology: Techopoly

pecialty 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
* Coffee-opoly
* College-opoly
* Cycling-opoly
* Deep Sea-opoly
* Dino-opoly
* Dog-opoly
* DIY-opoly
* Earth-opoly
* Fairy-opoly
* Farm-opoly
* Fishin'opoly
* Garden-opoly
* Hold-em-opoly
* Horse-opoly
* Ice Cream-opoly
* Kiss-opoly (Based on the popular rock band)
* Lighthouse-opoly
* Motown-opoly
* Ocean-opoly
* Photo-opoly
* Pirate-opoly
* Pony-opoly
* Princess-opoly
* Puppy-opoly
* Rodeo-opoly
* Union Pacific-opoly
* Wild Animal-opoly
* Wine-opoly

External links

* [http://www.lateforthesky.com/ Late for the Sky] official homepage


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