http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/03/arts/man-behind-operation-needs-one-himself.html 2014-11-03 00:13:22 Man Behind Operation Needs One Himself John Spinello, inventor of what became the board game Operation in 1965, is able to afford a $25,000 dental procedure because of a crowdfunding campaign. === Cavity Sam of the classic board game Operation recently got a makeover, and the man who helped create him will, too.