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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This fall, Boston will have its own Monopoly board game — and you can send in your thoughts ... What I do know is that the original is based off streets in Atlantic City, New Jersey. This new edition, ...

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the Monopoly board game. Our friends over at Hasbro sent us over a list of facts you may not know about the Parker Brothers game to celebrate the beloved ...