History of the board game Monopoly why Parker rejected Monopoly, but this has more recently been proven to be part of the Parker-invented "creation myth" surrounding the game. In early 1935, however, the company heard about the game's excellent sales during the Christmas season of 1934 in Philadelphia and at F.A.O. Schwarz in New York City. Robert Barton, President of Parker Brothers, contacted Darrow and scheduled a new meeting in New York City. On March 18, Parker Brothers bought Darrow's game, helped him take out a patent on it, and purchased his remaining inventory. By April, 1935, the company had learned that Darrow was not the
Quicksand (board game) Quicksand (board game) Quicksand is a board game published in 1989 by Parker Brothers. Each player controls one of four explorers racing to discover an ancient temple. The object of the game is to be the first player to get your adventurer around the board from START to the finish line back at CAMP. The player pawns represent a mustachioed archetypical British explorer, and they're in parts. To represent your sinking into the quicksand, you remove his feet, then his waist, and so on until only the pith helmet remains. You actually start already partially mired (by an initial die