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Vintage 2016 WS Game Company® Monopoly™ Vintage Bookshelf Edition #WSG21410A-RB

WS Game Company Monopoly Vintage Bookshelf Edition - Factory Sealed Game Pieces - Never Played - As NEW!

Have hours of fun with your family and friends playing the Linen Book Vintage Edition of the Monopoly Board Game

It features a board and cards that look almost just like they did in 1935, when it was being sold by the Parker Brothers. The monopoly game has been recreated with an elegant design that allows you to display it on a bookshelf for others to see. It is meant for ages 8 and up to play. The kids' monopoly game uses traditional looking die cast movers, with lovely houses and hotels made from wood. All of it can be stored in the removable bankers tray when not in use and set in the book for compact storage. Includes paper money in different colors and values. Pieces included are the thimble, car, hat, iron, dog, shoe, ship and the rider.

• For 2 to 4 players
• Age range: 8 years and up
• Linen-wrapped book holds monopoly game
• Inspired by the original edition
• Elegant design for open bookshelf display
• Vintage 1935 game board and cards
• Die cast movers, wood houses and hotels
• Deluxe removable bankers tray 

Product Description

These classic Hasbro editions are the perfect combination of form, function and fun! Each stylish fabric-wrapped book looks absolutely beautiful on display on your bookshelf. Open the book and it will reveal premium components inspired by the original editions of each game all stored neatly inside.

About this item

• Elegant Design for Open Bookshelf Display - Bookshelf case measures 10.63 x 8.38 x 2.63 inches
• Vintage game board with graphics inspired by the 1935 edition - Board measures 18.5 x 18.25 x 0.125 inches when unfolded for gameplay
• Six classic pewter player pieces (tokens) are included: Boot, Cannon, Iron, Race Car, Scottie Dog, Thimble, Top Hat
• Vintage Chance, Community Chest, and Title Deed Cards, MONOPOLY Money, Removable Bankers Tray, 32 Green Wooden Houses, 12 Red Wooden Hotels, 2 Ivory-Colored Dice, Instructions included
• For 2 to 8 Players, Ages 8 and Up - Officially licensed by Hasbro

What's in the box

• Bookshelf case, Vintage game board with graphics inspired by the 1935 edition
• Six classic player pieces: Boot, Cannon, Race Car, Scottie Dog, Thimble, Top Hat
• Vintage Chance, Community Chest, and Title Deed Cards, MONOPOLY Money, Removable Bankers Tray
• 32 Green Wooden Houses, 12 Red Wooden Hotels, 2 Ivory-Colored Dice
• Instructions included

Feature Bullets:

• Vintage 1935 game board and cards
• Deluxe removable bankers tray
• Die-cast movers
• Wood houses and hotels

Figure or Product Scale:

• 625" x 8.375" x 2.5"

Ages 8+

⚠️ WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD - Small parts. Not for children under 3 years.

Monopoly™ licensed by Hasbro

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Contents In Excellent NEW Vintage Condition - In NEW Open Box With Unopened Game Pieces - Some Images Are Stock Photos

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About this item:

Age: For Adults Collectors or 8 years and up

Contents: (1) Monopoly Vintage Bookshelf Edition 

Approx. Size: 18.5 x 18.25 x 0.125 inches when unfolded for gameplay

Box/Card Measures: 10.75" x 8.25" x 2.5"

Weight: 2 Lb. 7.5 Oz.  

Brand: Monopoly™

Manufacturer: WS Game Company® - Monopoly™ licensed by Hasbro®

MPN: 21410

UPC: 850580006318

Made In: China

Year: 2016

Condition: Contents In Excellent NEW Vintage Condition - In NEW Open Box With Unopened Game Pieces - Sold As Is - What You See Is What You Get - See Photos & Video for any Issues! 

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 WARNING: Freshwater Creek Pickers sells adult collectable products for purchase by adults 18 years and over. If any product you are purchasing is intended for a child please assume the following warning may apply to that product. WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD -- Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Monopoly (game)

Monopoly is a multiplayer economics-themed board game. In the game, players roll two dice to move around the game board, buying and trading properties and developing them with houses and hotels. Players collect rent from their opponents and aim to drive them into bankruptcy. Money can also be gained or lost through Chance and Community Chest cards and tax squares. Players receive a salary every time they pass "Go" and can end up in jail, from which they cannot move until they have met one of three conditions. House rules, hundreds of different editions, many spin-offs, and related media exist. Monopoly has become a part of international popular culture, having been licensed locally in more than 103 countries and printed in more than 37 languages. As of 2015, it was estimated that the game had sold 275 million copies worldwide. The original game was based on locations in Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States with the exception of Marven Gardens which is in adjacent Ventnor, NJ.

Monopoly is derived from The Landlord's Game, created in 1903 in the US by Lizzie Magie, as a way to demonstrate that an economy rewarding individuals is better than one where monopolies hold all the wealth. It also served to promote the economic theories of Henry George—in particular, his ideas about taxation. The Landlord's Game originally had two sets of rules, one with tax and another on which the current rules are mainly based. When Parker Brothers first published Monopoly in 1935, the game did not include the less capitalistic taxation rule, resulting in a more aggressive game. Parker Brothers was eventually absorbed into Hasbro in 1991. The game is named after the economic concept of a monopoly—the domination of a market by a single entity.

History

The history of Monopoly can be traced back to 1903, when American anti-monopolist Lizzie Magie created a game called The Landlord's Game that she hoped would explain the single-tax theory of Henry George as laid out in his book Progress and Poverty. It was intended as an educational tool to illustrate the negative aspects of concentrating land in private monopolies. She took out a patent in 1904. Her game was self-published beginning in 1906.

Magie created two sets of rules: an anti-monopolist set in which all were rewarded when wealth was created, and a monopolist set in which the goal was to create monopolies and crush opponents.

Several variant board games, based on her concept, were developed from 1906 through the 1930s; they involved both the process of buying land for its development, and the sale of any undeveloped property. Cardboard houses were added, and rents increased as they were added to a property. Magie patented the game again in 1923.

According to an advertisement placed in The Christian Science Monitor, Charles Todd of Philadelphia recalled the day in 1932 when his childhood friend Esther Jones and her husband, Charles Darrow, came to his house for dinner. After the meal, the Todds introduced Darrow to The Landlord's Game, which they then played several times. The game was entirely new to Darrow, and he asked the Todds for a written set of the rules. After that night, Darrow went on to utilize it to distribute the game himself as Monopoly.

The Parker Brothers bought the game's copyrights from Darrow. When the company learned Darrow was not the sole inventor of the game, it bought the rights to Magie's patent for $500.

Parker Brothers began marketing the game on November 5, 1935. Cartoonist F. O. Alexander contributed the design. U.S. patent number US 2026082 A was issued to Charles Darrow on December 31, 1935, for the game board design and was assigned to Parker Brothers Inc. The original version of the game in this format was based on the streets of Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Read More: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly_(game)

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