We know because the game Twister has such recognition with most people that when an originator of the game passes away, it's news. Who hasn't either played the game, seen the game's playing sheet on a floor, or more likely seen it for sale in someone's driveway at a yard sale?
Margalit Fox, in a lively NYT obituary gives Chuck Foley proper recognition for a game that did not lead to an increased birthrate when it was played. Blackouts and hurricanes do that.
The game is internationally known, and adapted for local versions. As seen above, the U.K. version appears as the line of succession to the British throne. The twists and turns to this game change with Royal births and deaths. Thus, updated versions are periodically needed to be produced and stocked in stores.
The grey circle in the lower left is the third in line to the throne, the as yet unborn baby of Kate Middleton, Dutchess of Cambridge and her husband, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge.
Added offspring to this union will change the game again, as would some deaths of those connected above the grey circle. If the Royal family were to vacation near train tracks that petroleum carrying freight trains travel on, and there was another derailment, things might change more rapidly. Pilot error could also play a role.
Thus, the game of Twister will live on, in many versions, in many countries.
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