Monopoly is a multiplayer board game in which players move around a board buying, trading and developing properties, aiming to drive opponents into bankruptcy through rents and fees. The commercial game traces back to Elizabeth Magie's 1904 patent for The Landlord's Game, intended to demonstrate the economic effects of land monopolism, which was reworked and popularized by Charles Darrow, who sold it to Parker Brothers in 1935. Since then it has been published in many licensed city, franchise and country editions and is regarded as one of the best-selling and most widely recognized board games in the world.
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Originating Region Game TypeBoard game, economic and property trading 1 Governing BodyNo independent governing body; Hasbro, successor to Parker Brothers since 1991, owns the game and organizes the World Monopoly Championship. 1 Classification
Player Count Sport
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Source Monopoly: North American Licensed Editions (Wikipedia)
Source Monopoly Deal (Wikipedia)
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1. Wikipedia, Monopoly (game)
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Monopoly is a multiplayer economics-themed board game.
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Parker Brothers was eventually absorbed into Hasbro in 1991.
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Monopoly Deal (Wikipedia)
Ancestor Of: Monopoly Deal, Lead sectionQuote, Ancestor Of: Monopoly Deal, Lead section
Monopoly Deal is a card game derived from the board-game Monopoly
Monopoly: North American Licensed Editions (Wikipedia)
Ancestor Of: Canadian Monopoly, Canada sectionQuote, Ancestor Of: Canadian Monopoly, Canada section
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