Board Games - The Best Selling Board Games Of All Time

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

It must have been a crushing blow. It was 1934, the depths of the Great Depression. Charles Darrow was unemployed. But, he had an idea. Actually, he had a board game. He called the game Monopoly. He liked the board game and felt it was his ticket to financial success and out of the desperation […]

McDonalds Monopoly Game 2006

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

An Introduction
The McDonald’s Monopoly sweepstakes game is based on the wildly popular board game Monopoly invented in the early 1900s by Charles Darrow. The purpose of the McDonald’s Monopoly game is to attract customers to its nation-wide chain of fast food restaurants.
How To Play
To play the game, simply collect stamp pieces on the back of […]

Monopoly - The Board Game

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

Monopoly is a real-estate trading game for two to eight players. Players move their piece around a board by rolling dice, the board being divided into various properties and special squares.
Players can acquire the properties, and once they have a set of related properties, improve them with houses or a hotel. When a player lands […]

The Story Behind Monopoly

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

As one of the most popular games eve, Monopoly has its own legend. Some say that it was invented by an engineer from German town, Pennsylvania ? Charles Darrow. The story tells that he designed the game by drawing a sketch of the board game on a dirty textile piece, while making plans for a […]