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.
In 2007, Parker Brothers began releasing its standard version of Monopoly with the same die (originally in blue, later in red). First included in Winning Moves' Monopoly: The Mega Edition variant, this third, six-sided die is rolled with the other two, and accelerates gameplay when in use.