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 secret history of Monopoly: the capitalist board gameâs leftwing origins. In 1903, a leftwing feminist called Lizzy Magie patented the board game that we now know as Monopoly â but she never gets the credit. Lizzy Magie, inventor of the Landlordâs Game, which we now know as Monopoly, in 1936. The secret history of Monopoly: the capitalist board gameâs leftwing origins. In 1903, a leftwing feminist called Lizzy Magie patented the board game that we now know as Monopoly â but she never gets the credit. Now a new book aims to put that right.  Photograph: Anspach Archives.
They filed the first patent for a game they called the Ouija board, which looked and operated much like the talking boards in Ohio; the patent was granted in 1891. The name, according to Kennard, came from using the board, and was an ancient Egyptian word meaning âgood luck.â The Kennard Novelty Company manufactured the boards, which were made of five pieces of wood across the face braced by two vertical slats on the back; they retailed for $1.50.