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.
The McDonald's Monopoly game is a sweepstakes sales promotion of McDonald's and Hasbro, which uses the theme of the latter's board game Monopoly. It first ran in 1987. The promotion has used other names, such as Monopoly Best Chance Game (2003â2005), Monopoly: Pick Your Prize!(2001), Monopoly/Millionaire Game, Prize Vault (2013-2014), Coast To Coast in Canada & Golden Chances in Great Britain (2015-) and a version based on the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire television show.n 2013, McDonald's allowed two Boardwalk pieces to be produced, normally there has been one. [*] Until 2007, Mediterranean and Baltic avenues were dark purple properties on the traditional Monopoly board; the color changed to brown in 2008.