In the end, Parker Brothers purchased the original patent from Phillips for $500. Phillips’s previously-patented creation, The Landlord’s Game. During the acquisition, Parker Brothers learned that Darrow’s commercially-produced version of the board game was based on Elizabeth M. Parker about purchasing Monopoly from Charles Darrow in 1935. LeRoy Howard, a game designer and developer at Parker Brothers, advised George S. But, as the game’s popularity began to intensify, executives at Parker Brothers wanted to keep the origin of Monopoly a secret. ![]() Today, the “real story” behind the invention of Monopoly, America’s most iconic board game, is well-known. I recently stumbled upon a very interesting document on an obscure blog, where Brian Sutton-Smith explains:
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