![]() Hers, known as The Landlord Game, came with two sets of rules, intended to instruct players in the theories of anti-monopolist Henry George, who advocated for the wealthy to pay more taxes (sound familiar?). Darrow’s game is generally considered a successor to one invented by Elizabeth Magie, a typist at the Dead Letter Office in Washington, D.C., and patented in 1903 - when less than one percent of all patent applicants were female. Here’s a quick breakdown, in honor of February 7th, the date on which the first game was sold more than 85 years ago.ġ. ![]() The history of the ultimate capitalist pastime is a lot more complicated than that rags-to-riches tale. Shades of Rich Uncle Pennybags!Įxcept - oh shucks, not. In the wake of the Great GameStop Rebellion, which pitted the proletariat against their hedge-fund oppressors, it’s worth hitting pause to reflect on the peculiar origins of what may be the world’s favorite board game: Monopoly, brainchild of an unemployed Germantown native, Charles Darrow, who would become the first game inventor ever to become a millionaire.
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