Board game riches games that permitted players to emulate the capitalist heroes of the age. One of the first such games, "The Game of the District Messenger Boy", encouraged the idea that the lowliest messenger boy could ascend the corporate ladder to its topmost rung. Such games insinuated that the accumulation of wealth brought increased social status. Competitive capitalistic games culminated in 1935 with "Monopoly", the most commercially successful board game in U.S. history. McLoughlin Brothers published similar games based on the telegraph boy theme including "Game of the Telegraph Boy, or Merit Rewarded" (1888). Greg Downey notes in his essay, "Information
Shadowlord (board game) Shadowlord (board game) Shadowlord is a board game published by Parker Brothers in 1983. In it, two to four players, each representing a "master" of one of the four Greek elements (earth, fire, wind, and water) battle each other, and a non-player character called the Shadowlord, to become master of the universe. The object is to destroy the armies of opponents, and of the shadows, before the timer runs out and the shadowlord wins and the game is over. Below is a list of objects required to play the game and their purpose. "He ruled the galaxies of the Universe