In 1904, Elizabeth "Lizzie" Magie designed a board game to demonstrate the tragic effects of land-grabbing. She named her grim reflection of life The Landlords’ Game, but you probably know it ...

Buying real estate and driving other players into bankruptcy— that's how the world-famous board game Monopoly works.

Elizabeth Magie set the game up so you could play it two ways. The monopolist way — like the version we know today, where you gather up as much property as you can and other players pay you rent.

Elizabeth Magie was born in Macomb on May 9, 1866, to James K. Magie and Mary Jane Ritchie. Her 783-square-foot childhood home and barn, now private property, ...

Elizabeth Magie, known to her friends as Lizzie, created the first version of Monopoly, originally called The Landlord’s Game, in the early 1900s as a way to reflect “the present system of ...

Elizabeth Magie about her game ‘The Landlord’s Game’ The Landlord’s Game to Monopoly Until the late 20th and early 21st Centuries, the same game under a different name—Monopoly— was ...

Elizabeth Magie, known to her friends as Lizzie, created the first version of Monopoly, originally called The Landlord’s Game, in the early 1900s as a way to reflect “the present system of ...

The original game was patented in 1935 by a Pennsylvania man, though some historical references say a version cropped up years earlier by a woman named Elizabeth Magie. The game remains equally ...

MACOMB, Ill. (AP) - The property-collecting board game Monopoly is a staple in many American homes today. However, the concept for the game was actually derived from the board game The Landlord's ...