Vintage 1985 Parker Brothers Monopoly

Vintage Parker Brothers Monopoly in excellent condition. 100% complete. See photos for details. In this competitive real estate market, there's only one possible outcome: Monopoly! In the USA in 1933, Charles Darrow devised Monopoly based on an earlier game by Elizabeth J. Magie. The patent was filed 31st August 1935 while the game was on sale in America. Based on an earlier game, The Landlord's Game, it was at first rejected by Parker Bros., as being too complicated to be a success. How wrong could they be! It came to the UK in 1936, made under by Wadding. Darrow died in 1967 having realized he had developed one of the most successful board games of all times. It was awarded as Game of the Century by the TRA (Toy Retailers Association). Monopoly was patented in 1935 by Charles Darrow and released by Parker Brothers. The game was actually one of a number of variants in existence at the time, all of which date back to an earlier, 1904 game by Elizabeth J. Magie called The Landlord's Game. The game was designed to show the evils of earning money from renting land (as it leads to the destitution of all but one player) and the virtues of the proposed Single Tax - players could choose to play under regular rules or alternate "Single Tax" rules. Stored in smoke free environment. Well packaged for shipping. We ship fast!