Two schoolgirls are looking at board games in the resale and creative reuse shop, and one of them asks: Do you know how to play this one, Monopoly? She says it like roly poly, that bug in the family of woodlice which lookslike a tiny armadillo with the … | By Luisa A. Igloria on September 23, 2024 | Two schoolgirls are looking at board games in the resale and creative reuse shop, and one of them asks: Do you know how to play this one, Monopoly? She says it like roly poly, that bug in the family of woodlice which looks like a tiny armadillo with the ability to roll itself into a ball. It's further classified as a terrestrial crustacean, so I guess that means it's related to crawfish, and to sidewise-walking crabs which you can find under the boardwalk though I don't recall if there are any properties in the Monopoly universe named after either bugs or shrimp. Lizzie Magie invented the game, originally called The Landlord's Game, to show the harmfulness of monopolies. She got a patent for it in 1904 before women were even allowed to vote. The Parker Brothers company altered it and sold it as Monopoly; and thirty years later, a man (so on-brand) named Charles Darrow claimed it was he who invented the game in his basement. Magie was not the type to roll up into a ball without a fight, but she received only post- humous recognition for her genius. She had one other version of her game, which she called Prosperity: players made things and found ways to interact productively with their opponents. She would have loved this kind of place and how it functions. Bins overflow with discarded items donated by the public: yes, used board games, but also crayons and paint, yarn and thread, scraps of fabric, buttons, stamps, modeling clay, children's toys, wood, metal, plastic—diverted momentarily from landfills. So much surplus, even here competing for another lease on life. | | | |
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