Guide Note

Monopoly is a board game that revolves around buying and selling properties. Due to the success of the Monopoly board game, it is offered in a large variety of themes and versions, including Monopoly Jr, collectors editions for numerous shows and movies, including Star Wars and The Simpsons.

Fast Facts

1. Created: 1934
2. Creators: Elizabeth Magie and Charles Darrow
3. Publisher: Parker Brothers
4. Players: 2-8
5. Playing Time: 180 minutes
6. World's best-selling board game

The Monopoly board is set up with 28 properties to purchase, three Chance spaces, three Community Chest spaces, a Luxury Tax space, an Income Tax space, and the four corner squares: GO, Jail, Free Parking, and Go to Jail. Players take turns rolling the dice and moving around the board. If you land on a Chance or Community Chest space, you must take a card and do whatever it says. If you land on a property space that is owned by someone else, you must pay them rent. If the property space is not owned by anyone, you have the chance to purchase it yourself. The object of the game is to have more money than other players, which can be accomplished by owning the highest rent properties or owning numerous properties.