![]() ![]() ![]() Some have stuck around since the beginning, others have been given the boot, and one was just added earlier this year. Since the game was introduced in the 1930’s, pieces have come and gone. If Darrow didn’t give her a sizable paycheck for that advice, well, that’s a damn shame because she was really the genius behind perhaps the most iconic part of the most iconic board game ever created. ![]() It was at the suggestion of Darrow’s niece that the pieces be charms from a girl’s charm bracelet. ![]() Your sister could have been a button and you could have been a bottle cap or a lighter, for instance. When Monopoly was first concocted, the game’s inventor (although whether he stole the idea is highly disputed and probably true), Charles Darrow, envisioned players using small items from around their homes as playing pieces. You’ve probably played more than a few games with the little racecar or thimble but never stopped to think, “Why the hell am I a thimble?” While many board games use colorful little pegs as markers, Monopoly, the game with the unique power to unite and divide a family in the matter of an hour, has those o dd tokens you’re no doubt familiar with. ![]()
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