The tale most commonly told about the origin of the board game was that an unemployed man named Charles Darrow dreamed it up in the 1930s, sold it and became a millionaire, saving both him and Parker Brothers from the brink of destruction. I hope you will enjoy both today’s and tomorrow’s.įirst, the Origin of the Monopoly board game In honor of the board game’s 80th anniversary, I want to show you how many versions of Monopoly exist, but I have to break this into two posts because there are so many. Maybe you received the board game Monopoly? If you did, which version? Did you know there are over 300 different versions of the official board game you can buy right now? OVER THREE HUNDRED?!
By now you’ve long unwrapped your Christmas gifts.