History of the board game Monopoly to Magie is the concept of "ownership" of a place on a game board, such that something would happen to the second (or later) player to land on the same space, without the first player's piece still being present. A copy of Magie's game that she had left at the Georgist community of Arden, Delaware and dating from 1903–1904, was presented for the PBS series "History Detectives". This copy featured property groups, organized by letters, later a major feature of "Monopoly" as published by Parker Brothers. Although "The Landlord's Game" was patented, and some hand-made boards were made, it was
Gambler (board game) the game use a special "Dice Shaker", a device containing six dice with an area to shuffle the dice and a narrow handle that holds each of the dice in a line. In these contests, all players make some type of bet and then a player shakes the Dice Shaker and moves the dice into the handle. The order of the dice in the handle determines which (if any) player wins the contest. Gambler (board game) Gambler is a board game originally made by Parker Brothers in 1975. A redesigned version of the game was released in 1977. The game