A lot happened in between those dates, including other versions of the game showing up in homes and stores courtesy of other alleged or unknown inventors. What started as The Landlord’s Game, patented by Elizabeth Magie in 1904, eventually became a game called Monopoly that Charles Darrow sold to Parker Brothers in 1935. The Strong recently released an online exhibit on the early history of Monopoly, and it details the complex origins of one of the world’s most iconic games.
