In this post I will cover the history of three popular board games. Apples to Apples, MONOPOLY, and Trouble.
Monopoly was invented in 1904 by Elizabeth Magie. At first it was called the Landlords game, which she had a patent for. At first the game was made to be a tool to teach kids a lesson about tax theory. It didn’t have very good success, but it did have a following in the Northeast and Midwest by teenagers. The first games were all hand made. The Hasbro version of the game was made in 1935, and has sold 275 million copies have been sold since then. The game is available 111 countries, and is translated 43 languages. Here are some fun facts about the game. The longest MONOPOLY game ever lasted 70 straight days. The most expensive version of the game was produced by a very well known San Francisco jeweler named Sidney Mobell. The game is worth $2 million dollars. The game consists of a 23-carat gold board, and diamond-studded dice. Every few years, champions from around the world meet for the MONOPOLY World Championship tournament. World Champions have come from 10 different countries, including the United States, Ireland, Singapore, Italy, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Japan, Netherlands, Hong Kong, Japan and Spain.
Apples to Apples was originally published by Out Of The Box Publishing, it is now published by the company Matel. Apples to Apples was invented in 1999. It was named ”Party Game of the Year” in December of 1999, and received the National Parenting Center’s seal of approval in May 1999. The point of the game is to get as many green cards as you can. To get these green cards you have to secretly pick a red card that matches the best to the description of the green card. There are 10 variations of the game that you can play aside from playing the original version. There was no big reason to invent the game, it was made just to have fun.
Trouble is a board game where your objective is to get all of your your pieces, all the way around the board. T move your pieces you have to pop a dice. Trouble was developed by the Kohner Brothers, and was originally manufactured by Irwin Toy Ltd. It was later developed by Milton Bradley, who was part of the company Hasbro. The game was released to the United States in 1965. It is made for two to four players to play, and is made for the family. The main reason the game was made was for it to just be a game you play with your family and friends.
This has been history on three popular board games played around the world. I got all of my information from these sites.
http://www.worldofmonopoly.com/history/
http://www.hasbro.com/monopoly/en_US/discover/about.cfm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apples_to_Apples
http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/74/apples-apples
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trouble_%28board_game%29
Credit for picture www.worldofmonopoly.com