![]() ![]() ![]() DARK BLUE: Park Place (#621) and Boardwalk (#622): One prize of a million dollars cash will be awarded! Boardwalk is the rare piece, with odds of 1 in 513,591,720.North Carolina Avenue and Pacific Avenue are not rare and have odds of 1 in 10. RAILROADS: Reading Railroad (#623), Pennsylvania Railroad (#624), B&O Railroad (#625), and Short Line (#626).The odds of finding Park Place are 1 in 11. Short Line is the rare game piece, with odds of 1 in 2,567,959. You’ve probably played more than a few games with the little racecar or thimble but never stopped to think, “Why the hell am I a thimble?” Odds of finding the other three railroad game pieces are 1 in 11.While many board games use colorful little pegs as markers, Monopoly, the game with the unique power to unite and divide a family in the matter of an hour, has those o dd tokens you’re no doubt familiar with. When Monopoly was first concocted, the game’s inventor (although whether he stole the idea is highly disputed and probably true), Charles Darrow, envisioned players using small items from around their homes as playing pieces. Your sister could have been a button and you could have been a bottle cap or a lighter, for instance. It was at the suggestion of Darrow’s niece that the pieces be charms from a girl’s charm bracelet. If Darrow didn’t give her a sizable paycheck for that advice, well, that’s a damn shame because she was really the genius behind perhaps the most iconic part of the most iconic board game ever created. Since the game was introduced in the 1930’s, pieces have come and gone. ![]() Some have stuck around since the beginning, others have been given the boot, and one was just added earlier this year. Of course, if you are buying special editions, you may have encountered a few obscurities. For standard Monopoly players though, here’s the story behind each piece. Often considered the most recognizable icon of the game, the top hat is also one of the original pieces created in 1935. The token was based on the hat the game’s lead character, Mr. Of course, when the game was introduced, he was known as Rich Uncle Pennybags, and many have speculated the character was based on J.P. The piece of choice of US Monopoly champion, Richard Marinaccio, the thimble is another of the original pieces from 1935. Much like the top hat and shoe, the thimble has appeared in most versions of the game that have been released. It was voted out earlier this year.Įarlier this year, fans of Monopoly voted on a new token to add to the game. They also voted on which piece it would replace. With only 8% of the vote, the iron was the low man on the totem pole. Perhaps saddest to see it go is Monopoly World Champion, Bjorn Halvard Knappskog, who used the piece in his last championship match. ![]()
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