The One Ring was forged by the Dark Lord Sauron during the Second Age to gain dominion over the free peoples of Middle-earth. In disguise as Annatar, or Lord of Gifts, he aided the Elven smiths of Eregion and their leader Celebrimbor in the making of the Rings of Power.
The Monopoly game's origin in 1935, started out when Charles Darrow drew a game board on a round piece of oilcloth that he had in his closet. His friends and family enjoyed the game, so he began to sell copies of the game for $4.00 each - an expensive cost for those days.
During the last few decades, details of how the game Monopoly came to be owned -- and the profits from sales monopolized -- have come to light because of circumstances that could not be controlled by Parker Brothers. Charles Darrow was the first to capitalize on the evolution and popularity of the game.