[1] The company was founded on April 1, 1985, by Alva Robert (Bob) Moog and Cris Lehman.
In 1986 and 1987, the company expanded its product line by adding more games including Twenty Questions.
A seventh division, Colorforms[2] (travel, floor puzzles/vinyl stick-on play sets, board games), was sold in September 2014 to Out of the Blue Enterprises.
[3] The company's products include: In 2011, University Games became the exclusive USA distributor of Hanayama co, LTD's cast metal brainteaser puzzles (Huzzle), and in 2012 became the exclusive North American distributor of the Original 3D Crystal Puzzles line.
In 2014, University Games received rights from Disney to use some of their characters on a 3D puzzle line.