Who created the original Monopoly board game

mattwill

The first version of what is now known as Monopoly was created by Lizzie Magie. However, Monopoly, as we know it today, was created by Charles Darrow, who then sold the idea to Parker Brothers. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly_%28game%29> Jan 07 06, 9:26 PM

Arpeggionist

Darrow got his idea by synthesizing the basic principals of two different board games that were popular at the time. In Magie's game, the properties one landed on were immediately auctioned, no questions asked. There was another game in which there was no option of auctioning. (The names of the games escape me now, but can be found with the rest of Monopoly's history in the Monopoly Companion.) What Darrow did was create a game where one had the options of buying or auctioning, of building or holding back. He also created sets. In the hight of the Depression, these options were novel concepts. All those little "house rules" such as Free Parking and snake eyes are really contrary to the game's original intent. The object of the game is not to get rich, but to be the last player who deas not go bankrupt. Jan 08 06, 12:22 AM

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