Property-trading board game

Record 049 · Games · 1935

50%35.49.G

Monopoly

Parker Brothers / Hasbro

“Depression-era property fantasy that became the default board game.”

Parker Brothers shipped Darrow's version in 1935 after rejecting it. Localized boards made it a global ritual despite its landlord-satire roots.

275–300 million sets

The world's favorite family board game. (later marketing)