The Hidden Worlds of Monopoly
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In the 1930s, at the height of the Great Depression, a down-on-his-luck family man named Charles Darrow invented a game to entertain his friends and loved ones, using an oilcloth as a playing surface.
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How did Hasbro corner the board game market? And could a new wave of collaborative board games threaten to disrupt their dominance?
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Jimmie Tramel: Monopoly at 85: Board game was key to freedom during World War II. You sort of had to be there to realize just how big this was, but on Feb. 22, 1980, the Cold War came to life on ice. Bell said his family played a marathon game of monopoly while listening to audio of the hockey broadcast on the blacked-out TV. The Miracle on Ice was the lone upset that night.
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