Invented When?

Question

Does anybody know when monopoly was invented? it is for my little brother who needs it for school! Thx!

Answer 1

Officially, it was invented in 1933 by Charles Darrow. It was heavily based (some say plagiarized) from an earlier game called "The Landlord's Game" that was first published in 1906.

Answer 2

This probably doesn't help much but I thought it was interesting.
I had a deluxe monopoly set growing up and in it was a little book explaining its origin.
It claimed that it was, indeed, invented during the great depression by a couple of guys who were out of work and bored.
the origional was actually on a table cloth. The first time they pitched the idea the publishing company said the game was too long and no one would like it.
the guys had a friend who owned a printing press and made them a copy. It took off from there.
That's according to that little booklet from the game.

Answer 3

Monopoly was actually invented in 1904 when Lizzie Maggie was granted a patent for "The Landlord's Game". Through the teens and twenties the game had sort of a cult following in the Northeast through the Midwest. In 1924 Maggie received a new patent for a revised "Landlord's Game". In 1932 Dan Layman sold a game named Finance (he was told by his lawyer that Monopoly was in the public domain and therefore couldn't be trade-marked) to Electronic Laboratories who in turn sold it to Knapp Electric (auction up for one of these on eBay now). Layman had played the game with Ruth Hoskins who then moved to Atlantic City and taught it to her Quaker friends. These Atlantic City Quakers moved some of the spaces around (or Ruth remembered the board incorrectly) and changed the property names to Atlantic City names. Most of the names came from the streets where the players lived (early boards are known to have Arctic Avenue instead of Mediterranean, and South Carolina instead of North Carolina). One of the people who learned the game in AC was Charles Todd who lived in Germantown, PA. He was a childhood friend of the woman who would become Mrs. Charles B. Darrow. The Todd's taught the game to the Darrows who fell in love with it. Charles Darrow had Todd print up several sets of directions for him and then never spoke to him again. Darrow made his own set, played with friends, and saw a demand for the game. He started making sets by hand for his friends but soon discovered demand far exceeded his ability to make them. Darrow copyrighted the name Monopoly in 1933 (apparently Layman's lawyer was incorrect) and in 1934, with the help of a printer, ramped up his production. As he saw demand growing he contacted Milton Bradley and Parker Brothers who both rejected the game as being too long and with no clear cut finish. In 1935 Darrow had another run made and this time got the attention of Parker Brothers who then bought the game from Darrow. Parker Brothers then bought Maggie's 1924 patent, bought Finance from Knapp, and found and bought up any other Monopoly games they could find. Then they applied for their own patent naming Darrow as the inventor (illegally?) Parker Brothers has been producing Monopoly ever since.
This is a simplified history of the game but should do for your brother. Check the link below for more details on pre Parker Brothers Monopoly games

Answer 4

Depends on whether you are referring to the actual game of Monopoly that Parker Brothers bought and then marketed, or the game(s) it is supposed to be based on.

Answer 5

in 1935 by Charles Darrow

Answer 6

It was invented in 1934, during the great depression.