What would Elizabeth Magie, known as “Lizzie”, think if she saw us screaming with joy while collecting hotels and ruining our opponents in Monopoly?
She would probably think she lost the game.
His name probably means nothing to you.
Yet it was Lizzie Magie who invented, 120 years ago, the precursor to the most famous board game in the world, sold 275 million copies in 111 countries and translated into 43 languages.
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