Parker Brothers embarked on an extensive acquisition strategy, purchasing patents related to Magie’s game and its various spinoffs.
It quickly became evident that Charles wasn’t the sole inventor of the game. Monopoly is based on Landlord’s Game patented by Elizabeth Magie in 1904.Ĭharles Darrow’s Monopoly game, and in turn, the Parker Brothers version of it was based on Magie’s Landlord’s Game.
