The Monopoly story begins in the United States. Lizzie Magie was a writer and feminist who invented a new board game in 1903 called The Landlord’s Game. Magie’s game aimed to teach people about the ...

Yet, despite Darrow's claim to have invented it, most historians now agree that Monopoly borrows heavily from The Landlord's Game, invented by Elizabeth Magie Phillips in 1902. Don't miss the ...

Monopoly, arguably the most-famous board game, was invented by Charles Darrow. But many attribute the original idea to Lizzie Magie, a Quaker and the creator of the Landlord's Game, which bears ...