Easy Money (board game) to continue production of the game. MB was forced by Parker Brothers to make changes for its 1936 "New Improved Edition" issued in three separate versions, so that it no longer played quite so similarly to "Monopoly". A design patent for "Easy Money" was applied for at the Patent Office and was either withdrawn or rejected. A new board was made for the 1940s edition with a new box design in the 1950s. A final Milton Bradley edition was printed in 1974; in this version all dollar amounts had been multiplied by ten, and the board had been further redesigned
History of the World (board game) History of the World (board game) History of the World (often abbreviated HotW) is a board game designed by Ragnar Brothers and originally published in 1991. It is played by up to six different players in seven different epochs; each player playing a different empire in each epoch. The first edition of "History of the World" by Ragnar Brothers was released in 1991 (with a tea-towel board). Following English, Dutch and German versions by various publishers, it was published by Avalon Hill in 1993. In 1994, "History of the World" won the Origins Award for "Best Pre-20th Century Boardgame of