The original game Darrow sold to Parker Brothers contained items from his own home: A piece of oilcloth covered the board and the cards were handwritten. A stenographer and actress, Elizabeth Magie, filed a legal claim for her similar 'Landlord's Game' in 1903, but Monopoly's current owner, Hasbro, says: 'The Monopoly game as we know it today was designed by Charles Darrow.'Ģ. Charles Darrow of Philadelphia developed the game in 1933 and sold it to Parker Brothers on March 19, 1935.
