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Several variant board games, based on her concept, were developed from 1906 through the 1930s; they involved both the process of buying land for its development, and the sale of any undeveloped property. Cardboard houses were added, and rents increased as they were added to a property. Magie patented the game again in 1923. [11]
U.S. patent 748,626 – Patent for the first version of The Landlord's Game, Issued on Jan 5, 1904; U.S. patent 1,509,312 – Patent for the second version of The Landlord's Game, Issued on Sep 23, 1924; U.S. patent 2,026,082 – Patent awarded to C.B. Darrow for Monopoly on December 31, 1935; The History of The Landlord's Game and Monopoly.
The game's first patent was the first issued for a game while claiming four features in the application, the most important feature was a continuous path game. At the time, most games had a start and end spot. [17] With the first patent having expired in 1921, Magie applied for another patent with five new claims. [citation needed]
The Monopoly board game, which Lizzie Magie claimed was similar to her patent, The Landlord's Game. Magie's game was becoming increasingly popular around the Northeastern United States. College students attending Harvard, Columbia, and University of Pennsylvania, left-leaning middle-class families, and Quakers were all playing her board game.
The game was originally created in 1860 by Milton Bradley as The Checkered Game of Life, and was the first game created by Bradley, a successful lithographer.The game sold 45,000 copies by the end of its first year.
More than 800 names of traditional mancala games are known, and almost 200 invented games have been described. However, some names denote the same game, while some names are used for more than one game. Today, the game is played worldwide, with many distinct variants representing different regions of the world.
In 1974, Parker Brothers sued Anspach over the use of the "Monopoly" name, claiming trademark infringement.While preparing his legal defense, Anspach became aware of Monopoly ' s history prior to Charles Darrow's sale of the game to Parker in 1935, and how it had evolved from Elizabeth Magie's original Landlord's Game into the version Darrow appropriated.
Player 1 or 2 counts each item down the page (starting with the MASH), and crosses off the answer that they land on. For instance, if four lines were counted in the swirl, every fourth answer is crossed off the list. This continues until there is only one item in each category.