Monopoly is an economic and strategic Board game for two or more people

1. MONOPOLY

2. History of creation

HISTORY OF CREATION
• Monopoly is an economic and strategic Board game for two or more people.
• In 1934, at the height of the great depression, Charles B. Darrow of Germantown, Pennsylvania, showed
representatives of Parker Brothers project of the game Monopoly. The project was rejected due to “52 de
sign errors”, but this did not stop the unemployed Charles, who decided to release the game on his own.
In 1935, with the help of a friend, Charles Darrow produced and sold 5,000 homemade copies of Monopo
ly in a Philadelphia Department store. After a while, he could not cope with the increased demand, and d
ecided to contact the representatives of Parker Brothers again. Monopoly went down in history —
in 1936, it became the best-selling game in the United States.

3. Goal  of    the   game 

Goal of the game
Rationally using the start-up capital, to achieve bankruptcy
of other players. In fact, the “Monopoly” is a playing field
consisting of squares that are passed around the circle by all
players in turn . The squares are divided into an enterprise, a
valuable item, and events . When a player gets a turn to walk, he
determines the number of steps he must take on the playing field during
this turn by throwing a die.

4. The basics

• Players take turns throwing dice
and making the appropriate number of moves on the playing field. By
entering a field with an asset, a player can purchase it if is free,
and if it belongs to another player, the player must
pay for visiting this field
according to the price list set by the rules. When visiting an
event field, the player is instructed to follow the event
that falls to them. Example: get additional funds from the Bank
(the Bank is another player who interacts with human players
through events occurring in the game), give some of
their funds to the Bank, move to another field, give some of
their funds to other players, skip their next move, get
an additional move, and others.

5. Why is monopoly popular ?

Why is monopoly popular ?
Monopoly makes you feel like the owner of hotels,
factories, teaches the basics of the economy, which
are necessary for any novice businessman. The game
gives you the opportunity to show the ability to be
far-sighted, not afraid to make profitable
investments. Also, this game it puts all the members
of the family together .

6. The end

The end