![]() ![]() This standard Monopoly is the updated, 2022 version of the original classic set and includes new tokens: Rubber Ducky, T-Rex and Penguin. Additionally, Hasbro have licenced the brand to other companies and just within Britain there are dozens of localised city & county editions. Monopoly is continually relaunched in different forms to take advantage of current trends. Monopoly has gone from being a fairly popular board game to being one of the all-time biggest brands in the world. ![]() Darrow eventually sold this version that he called 'Monopoly' to Parker Brothers - later to become part of Hasbro, the corporate giant. Ironically, the original game was designed to expose the greed and unfairness of the property business - not promote it! The game evolved over time through a number of versions including a variant based on Atlantic City that was copied by a man called Charles Darrow. Monopoly was originally invented by the American Elizabeth Magie in 1903 under the name 'The Landlord's Game'.
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