A small Illinois town claims to be the 'birthplace of Monopoly' as the board game's original inventor got the idea for the game there. Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Magie-Phillips was born in Macomb ...

This Woman Invented Monopoly to Combat Greed Monopoly, arguably the most-famous board game, was invented by Charles Darrow. But many attribute the original idea to Lizzie Magie, a Quaker and the ...

Monopoly announced they are making a Des Moines edition board. Instead of the original squares, it will include iconic places like the Papajohn Sculpture Park, Iowa State Fairgrounds and other ...

I spent five years researching the game’s history for my new book, The Monopolists: Obsession, Fury, and the Scandal Behind the World’s Favorite Board Game, and found that Monopoly’s story ...

Mayfair is the most expensive property on both the original board and the 2016 board. Park Lane is in Westminster, central London, and Mayfair is located in the capital's West End, towards the ...

But perhaps no board game has as much name-brand recognition as Monopoly does. Hasbro absorbed the rights to Monopoly back in 1991. The original Monopoly board game first hit store shelves exactly ...

Iowans might soon have the chance to 'land' on the Iowa State Capitol and develop properties in the East Village neighborhood in a new Des Moines-themed Monopoly board game. Mr. Monopoly visited ...

MONOPOLY: Greensboro Edition is a new licensed edition of the popular board game and is being produced by Top Trumps USA. This particular version of MONOPOLY will replace the board game's normal ...