Crystal ball:Crystal Ball

Though the Magic 8 Ball did not offer advice until its 1950 debut, other fortune-telling toys preceded it. The first tarot card games date back to the 14th century, and the mid-19th century rise of spiritualism, a religion postulating the belief that the spirits of the dead can communicate with the living, led to an influx of games and toys that the explored the occult. Games such as McLoughlin Brothers' "Chiromagica or the Hand of Fate" and Elijah Bond's Ouija board gained popularity. Another predecessor to the Magic 8 Ball, this fortune telling crystal ball claims to answer all questions about Love, Marriage, The Home, Finance, and more.