From The Critic

A tidbit from blogcritics.


Philip Orbanes — the man who knows about all things Monopoly and the writer of The Monopoly Companion, a book primarily devoted to winning strategies for the game — is the perfect person to answer these questions. His book Monopoly: The World's Most Famous Game — And How It Got That Way is a rich history of this classic board game. He traces the game back to its earliest roots as The Landlord Game, which was created in 1903 as a way to teach students about progressive real estate tax policy.