Has anybody actually played a game to its completion? You could be surprised.īorne from a board game devised by Elizabeth ‘Lizzie’ Magie called ‘The Landlord’s Game’ to promote the Georgist idea of a single tax system for land owners, Monopoly has gone on to achieve worldwide success, acclaim and has most probably caused more arguments than any other family activity.ĭoes anybody actually know and play by the correct and full rules? Before you dig it out for a post lockdown car boot sale check out the value of it. Whether it’s at the back of a cupboard, on a shelf or in the attic. This board is one of the very rare earlier ones and is in pretty good condition.Most of you will have a copy of Monopoly of some form tucked away somewhere. Some of the later Trade Mark boards were printed Trade Mark on the inside while the label outside stated Patent Pending. The Income Tax square stated PAY 10% OR $300 instead of the later $200. The property prices were not printed on the property squares. The very first batch of boards that Parker Brothers produced (about 10,000 boards) had a Parker Brothers logo printed in the GO square. The Parker Brothers Trade Mark board was a copy of the Darrow board. 00 cents, while Parker Brothers dropped the 2 zero's on all the prices. Also, Darrow title deeds show the prices with. ![]() Other improvements were made over the next couple years, including changing the black text on dark colored banners to white, making them easier to read, and then placing the mortgage information on the back. When Parker Brothers redesigned the title deeds, they added the words 'Title Deed' to the banner. They have blank backs and the color banners simply state the property name. The title deeds for this game were also copied from the Darrow cards. As demand for the game increased, availability of metal player pieces dried up, so Parker Brothers used wooden pieces in some of these games. ![]() This game has 6 different player tokens, and each of these can also be found as period Cracker Jack prizes. When Parker Brothers redesigned them, they decided to make the hotels taller than the houses.ĭice were made out of Bakelite and were white when they were made, but turn yellow/brown with age.ĭarrow games did not include player pieces with the game but Parker Brothers figured that was a pretty important oversight so they bought metal tokens from the same folks who supplied metal tokens for Cracker Jack prizes. These Darrow style hotels are longer than the houses but are they are same height. The green houses and red hotels were all made of wood. The idea that it involved new concepts of play foreshadows the application for a patent. The ad wording is interesting, as it reminds us how different the game was from other games then on the market. Parker Brothers described Monopoly as "An entirely new game - New principles of play". Parker Brothers quickly redesigned the money, switching the colors of the $500 and $100 bills, making the $500 bills gold and the $100 bills pink, thinking gold should be reserved for the highest denomination. Parker Brothers money copied from Darrow's using the pink $500 and gold $100 bills. Pretty much, the rest of the cards remained the same for the later Parker Brothers printings. Parker Brothers later added DO NOT PASS GO / DO NOT COLLECT $200. In addition, both CHANCE and COMMUNITY CHEST cards say GO TO JAIL in this game. Also, Parker Brothers added text instructing players to collect $200 if they pass go, which these cards lack. It wasn't take long before Parker Brothers made a few changes in the wording, so instead of Advance to someplace, the Darrow style cards say Call at Illinois or Visit St Charles. The CHANCE and COMMUNITY CHEST cards in this game use the same wording as the Darrow cards. Measures about 8 3/16" wide by 9 1/16" tall #1 is very rare, #2 is also pretty rare, and #3 is the most common TM rule sheet, though it is also rare. ![]() Shown here are 2 of the 3 varieties, #2 and #3. ![]() Trade Mark games were made with 3 different instructions sheets. Game Board (with the Parker Brothers logo printed in blue on the GO square!)Ī full set of Money (Gold $100, Salmon $500!)ĭescribing Monopoly as a completely new game concept! As many as 25% of those games could still exist today, with most exhibiting heavy wear. Parker Brothers produced 24,000-25,000 games marked Trade Mark from June - August 1935, with the first batch of 10,000 game boards exhibiting the blue Parker Brothers overprint in the GO square. In 1935, Parker Brothers bought the rights to Monopoly from the 'inventor', Charles Darrow. PARKER BROTHERS 1935 TRADE MARK MONOPOLY GAME - SMALL BOX
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