In the 1950s Parker Brothers took a French game called "Conquest of the World" & turned it into this
In 
the 1950s Parker Brothers took a French game called "Conquest of the World"... [DOC] [TLE] Albert Lamorisse - News - IMDb [PAR] Today we have a look at the balloon, called "B.Boy," that has the following 
backstory: He ... 4) has been hired on to turn the classic war strategy game into a 
contemporary, .... Two years later, Parker Brothers took the game to the United 
States.