Which classic board game, first published in 1935, has players buying and trading properties to bankrupt their opponents?
Monopoly
The answer was Monopoly. Here's the why, the decoys, and the source trail.
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Monopoly was published by Parker Brothers in 1935 and became the best-selling board game in the world. Its origins trace back to The Landlord's Game, patented by Elizabeth Magie in 1904, which was designed to illustrate the problems with concentrating land ownership.
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- The Game of Life - a decoy; it may live near the same topic, but it does not answer this exact clue.
- Monopoly - correct answer.
- Risk - a decoy; it may live near the same topic, but it does not answer this exact clue.
- Clue - a decoy; it may live near the same topic, but it does not answer this exact clue.
Monopoly is the one to remember. Monopoly was published by Parker Brothers in 1935 and became the best-selling board game in the world. The street names in the original Monopoly are based on real streets in Atlantic City, New Jersey — and the most-landed-on space (besides Go) is Illinois Avenue.
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Sources: Wikipedia — Monopoly (game)