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Brief History Of Board Games: Monopoly
Everybody knows the board game of Monopoly.
Players control game pieces around a square property board, collecting and buying streets before buying houses and hotels to increase the value of them, and make money from other players.
The game is over when only one person remains due to the other players either running out of money, or when 1 player owns all the properties on the game board.
Monopoly can be traced all the way back to the 20th century. Created originally by an American named Elizabeth Magie somewhere around 1903, it required the purchasing, selling and developing of land.
This game changed over the years until around 1934 where a game based on a property board very similar to today's version was being played.
All through the 1970's there were lots of court battles over the Monopoly name and brand, many people credited Charles Darrow with the original creation of Monopoly, to so much extent that he had his name published with the game instructions. Even today hardly anyone before Charles Darrow are credited with helping contribute to the design and expansion of today's popular board game.
Monopoly tournaments started in the mid 1970's and continue to be very popular to the present day, with a Monopoly world tournament scheduled to begin sometime in 2013.
Monopoly has many official international spin-offs, and even games where players may create your own version based on your local town, or even make up your own places entirely.
Hasbro which is the current parent company who owns the Monopoly brand has also created interactive and electronic Monopoly games. Casino games and gambling machine games have been created over the years using the Monopoly game ideas, as well as smart phone versions.
In the UK, McDonald's (the fast food chain) have a game based on Monopoly that gets diners to collect properties off of drinks and food items in order to claim prizes.
One of the quite unique game play elements of Monopoly are the playing pieces moved around the game board. Items such as hats, boats, cars and boots are all unique items for the Monopoly brand. Many People Have a piece they like to always use to play with, even though this has no effect or outcome on any game.
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In my spare time as well as playing board games I enjoy playing Truck Games and enjoy many different Driving Games.