A Philadelphia department store bought 5,000 of the homemade Monopoly games and they flew off the shelves. Darrow, like so many others at that time, was out of work and all the more determined. However, they told him the game was too complicated and turned him down. Soon, Darrow’s Monopoly became so popular he couldn’t keep up production, and he offered it to Parker Brothers. The original 10 game pieces were an iron, purse, lantern, race car, thimble, shoe, top hat, battleship, cannon, and rocking horse. And his nieces suggested he use metal charms, like those on their bracelets, for the game pieces. He used leftover pieces of wooden molding for the houses and hotels. US #3185o – Mystic First Day Coverĭarrow’s original game consisted of a piece of oilcloth on the board and handwritten cards. Finally, these people could take their minds off their financial problems and remember what it was like to have money – even if only for a short time. When he was finished, Darrow had the makings of a new board game and a much-needed diversion for the millions of people who were jobless. Later, he added houses, hotels, and game tokens. Soon, he had a giant game board made out of a tablecloth. He then added four railroads and two utility companies. He began jotting down the names of streets that he remembered from his vacations. He called that one evening in 1930, he was sitting at his kitchen table reminiscing with friends when he remembered the glory days spent on vacation in Atlantic City.
US #3725 – Darrow’s gameboard included spaces inspired by his visits to Atlantic City, New Jersey.ĭarrow’s original account is a bit different. Darrow took a set of written rules and developed his own game based on The Landlord’s Game. The hosts introduced him to The Landlord’s Game, and they played it several times. Magie renewed her patent in 1923.Īccording to one account, one day in 1932, Charles Darrow went to a childhood friend’s house for dinner.
Some teachers taught their students the game and encouraged them to develop their own. Magie’s game was popular among college students and their professors. US #1577-78 – Lizzie Magie developed The Landlord’s Game to illustrate economic principles. The game offered two sets of rules – one in which everyone was rewarded when wealth was created, and another where players built monopolies to defeat their opponents. She patented the game in 1904 and began self-publishing it in 1906. She created the game for adults to illustrate Henry George’s single-tax theory and to show the negative side of large private monopolies. Some credit the invention of the Monopoly game to Lizzie Magie, who created The Landlord’s Game in 1903. That was the date they purchased the rights to the game, but its story began several years earlier… US #3185o – from the Celebrate the Century – 1930s stamp sheetĪccording to Parker Brothers, Mais the Monopoly board game’s official birthday.
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