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Charles Darrow, American game designer, created Monopoly (died 1967)

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Charles Darrow

American board game designer (1889–1967)

Charles Brace Darrow is often credited as the inventor of the board game Monopoly, published by Parker Brothers in 1935. However, the game's origins trace back to The Landlord’s Game, created and patented by Elizabeth Magie in 1904 to illustrate economic inequality. Darrow…
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Monopoly (game)

Economics board game

Monopoly is a multiplayer economics-themed board game. In the game, players roll two dice to move around the game board, buying and trading properties and developing them with houses and hotels. Players collect rent from their opponents and aim to drive them into bankruptcy.…
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