Monopoly History
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 Landlord's Game to Monopoly If you've ever wondered where Monopoly got its roots, and the evolution of the game, check out this site. Very well done! |
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Monopoly: Present at the Creation A great article from National Public Radio. There is a lot of good infomation here, as well as a link to the audio version of the article. |
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The Facinating Game of Finance In 1932 Daniel W. Layman, Jr. and Knapp Electronic began marketing a game called "Finance", based on the original folk game "monopoly". Layman called it "Finance" because he knew that the real name was in the public domain. |
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Anti-Monopoly This site is dedicated to the legal battle between the REAL creators ofthe Monopoly game, and the original. |
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Who Invented Monopoly? Monopoly is a public domain folk game, that has been played since the 1920's, and based upon a game called the Landlord's Game. This page goes into detail about the history of the game. |
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The Monopolization of Monopoly A 1976 San Francisco Bay Guardian article by Burton H. Wolfe. |
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Monopoly History according to Hasbro The history of the game Monopoly, according to Hasbro. Curiously, they mentioned that Mr. Darrow "showed" the game to Parker Brothers, but didn't mention whether he owned the rights or not. |
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Monopoly rolls dice, changes look CNN Article discussing Hasbro's new Here and Now Edition of Monopoly. |
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Landlords Game and Properity Blog post with boardgame and rules PDF of the original Landlord's game (Monopoly predecessor). |