Happy 80th birthday monopoly!

[marylander1940]

It was Nov. 5, 1935, when Parker Bros. began selling a game developed by Philadelphia’s Charles Darrow. Now, 80 years later, more than a billion people have played Monopoly, according to its manufacturers.

 

The game’s appearance has evolved over the years. The tokens, originally inspired by Darrow’s nieces charm bracelets, have been updated, and regions other than Atlantic City have developed their own licensed versions. But the game’s point remains exactly as Darrow first imagined it. “Idea is to force the other players into bankruptcy,” TIME explained in 1936, after the game had dominated the 1935 Christmas season, “leaving the winner with all the assets and no customers.”

 

Source: http://time.com/4093015/monopoly-boards-gallery/

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly_(game)

 

http://legionofleia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/monopoly1.jpg

[+ purplekow]

Interesting choice to use the British Version when celebrating the anniversary of the American original. How very international of you.

[+ Charlie]

I didn't realize there was a London version. Where can I get it?

[AdamSmith]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JIH26yGCaIQ/Ube1jmskaOI/AAAAAAAAGPI/7LwDOzhKnS8/s1600/GAY-MONOPOLY-BOARD-GAME-VINTAGE-1980S-RETRO-01.JPG

 

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-e-yMsHmqq-s/Ube1knTIlOI/AAAAAAAAGPQ/HGk-7ltRHnk/s1600/GAY-MONOPOLY-BOARD-GAME-VINTAGE-1980S-RETRO-02.JPG

 

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Sfdjg2gVxjk/Ube1mN9lJ1I/AAAAAAAAGPY/OoSHcH0I_2M/s1600/GAY-MONOPOLY-BOARD-GAME-VINTAGE-1980S-RETRO-05.JPG

 

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3wXdRp_uZF4/Ube1qhrIy4I/AAAAAAAAGPo/ioFCrXCrQWE/s1600/GAY-MONOPOLY-BOARD-GAME-VINTAGE-1980S-RETRO-04.JPG

[bigvalboy]

LMAO....Hairdryers, handcuffs, and a six inch pump. Butt of course.

[marylander1940]

Where would they be without the US?

 

 

 

Interesting choice to use the British Version when celebrating the anniversary of the American original. How very international of you.

[Kevin Slater]

 

Kevin Slater

[gp0560]

I wonder why the British version has "jail" instead of "gaol."

[+ Charlie]

I wonder why the British version has "jail" instead of "gaol."

I wondered about that, too.

[Kevin Slater]

Monopoly is...

 

 

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-worst-board-games-ever-invented/

 

Kevin Slater

[mike carey]

I wonder why the British version has "jail" instead of "gaol."

I had wondered that as well, but on closer investigation, is it British or does it just use the British real estate. The prices have a strike-through M rather than a pound sign (£).

[gp0560]

I had wondered that as well, but on closer investigation, is it British or does it just use the British real estate. The prices have a strike-through M rather than a pound sign (£).

 

Interesting. What does a strike-through M mean?

[mike carey]

Interesting. What does a strike-through M mean?

The letter M with a horizontal line through it.

[AdamSmith]

The letter M with a horizontal line through it.

 

Captain Obvious! but is it a symbol for currency (or anything else)?

[marylander1940]

http://jokideo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/534791_362007017205772_1860579571_n.jpg

 

http://www.hutton-web-design.co.uk/images/monopoly.jpg

 

http://pricepages.org/temp/disp_monopoly.jpg

 

 

http://www.kappit.com/img/pics/201501_1133_egici_sm.jpg

 

http://jokideo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Reasons-for-ending-a-game-of-monopoly.jpg

 

This last joke recognizes the origin of Monopoly in 1904. LOL

 

[mike carey]

Captain Obvious! but is it a symbol for currency (or anything else)?

Oops, I read it as 'What do you mean by a strike-through M'. Or more precisely 'What does "a strike-through M" mean?' And I took it as the currency because the property prices were written M400 or whatever.

[AdamSmith]

Oops, I read it as 'What do you mean by a strike-through M'. Or more precisely 'What does "a strike-through M" mean?' And I took it as the currency because the property prices were written M400 or whatever.

 

Oh! Of course -- symbol for British Monopoly-money. Sorry to be slow.

[mike carey]

Oh! Of course -- symbol for British Monopoly-money. Sorry to be slow.

Ok, I hadn't seen that before, I'd always seen £ signs on monopoly boards. (That dates me a little as it's 49 years since we went from £ to $, although there were a lot of monopoly boards around in the old money!)