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Sheril Kirshenbaum Dec 28, 2023

Did you know Monopoly was invented by a woman named Elizabeth Magie in 1903?

Originally ‘The Landlord’s Game,’ it was designed as a protest against the big monopolists like Carnegie & Rockefeller.

But it was Charles Darrow, an unemployed salesman, who eventually sold it to Parker Brothers after playing a version.

Parker Brothers credited Monopoly with saving their company. Magie died in 1948 without recognition. Darrow became very wealthy & his legend lives on. #history

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David Brown

Dec 29, 2023

@Sheril monopoly is an evil game and in some weird way this is her penance for bringing it to the world.

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anubis2814

@superdavey @Sheril The landlords game was way shorter and quicker and then there was a socialist version to play after where everyone won together. The Quakers in Atlantic city loved it so much they added extra rules like hotels and free parking to make it last longer. This is the version The game company picked up, why all the streets are from Atlantic city. The Landlords game was never evil, it was to show how only one person one in a monopoly situation.