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.
On December 8, 1908, Simpson was granted U. S. Patent No. 905,941 for his patent âGame.â Simpson licensed the game to John W. Harper and William Nice Jr. who created the Skee-Ball Alley Company and began marketing the thirty-two foot games in early 1909. The first advertisement for Skee-Ball appeared on April 17, 1909, in The Billboard.