Easy Money (board game) rent value. Rather than the two card types in Parker Brothers' "Monopoly" (and early "Finance" sets) players draw "Give-or-Take" cards whenever they throw doubles on the dice, with similar rewards and penalties. Players start with $2,000 (rather than $1,500 as they do in "Monopoly"), and earn $250 (not $200) for completing a full circuit of the board. In the 1974 edition of the game, basic dollar amounts were multiplied by 10; consequently, these figures became $20,000 to start with and $2,500 for a full circuit, with commensurate increases in property values and rents. A game of "Easy Money" ends when
History of the board game Monopoly slightly higher (being $300 or 10%, instead of the later $200 or 10%). Some of the designs known today were implemented at the behest of George Parker. The Chance cards and Community Chest cards were illustrated (though some prior editions consisted solely of text), but were without "Rich Uncle Pennybags", who was introduced in 1936. Late in 1935, after learning of "The Landlord's Game" and "Finance", Robert Barton held a second meeting with Charles Darrow in Boston. Darrow admitted that he had copied the game from a friend's set, and he and Barton reached a revised royalty agreement, granting Parker