Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  (CNN) He aha te mea e kore e taea e te Monopoly? I roto i tōna 80 tau o te ora, kua takarotia i raro i te wai, i raro i te whenua, i roto i te mokowā (OK, ko ngā tohu anake) i runga i ngā papa kēmu nui. Kua whakamahia te tiakarete, ā, he moni tūturu. He kēmu e kore e roa i te pō, he whakataetae marathon e roa ana mō ngā wiki. Ehara i te kino mō tētahi kēmu, e ai ki te kōrero, i whakakahoretia e te kaihanga Parker Brothers i te tīmatanga nā te mea kei roto "52 hapa taketake". Ko te 19 o Poutu-te-rangi te tau 80 o te kēmu poari tino pai rawa atu o te ao, i hangaia e Hasbro. Ko tōna hītori, pērā ki tōna papa tākaro, kua whakakiia ki ētahi hurihanga whakamīharo. Anei ētahi: E ai ki te pakiwaitara, ko Charles Darrow, he kaihokohoko kore mahi, i waihanga i te kēmu i roto i tana kīhini i te tau 1930. Engari ko nga pakiaka o te Monopoly i ahu mai i etahi atu tekau tau, ki tetahi keemu i huaina ko te Keemu a te Kaituku i hangaia e Elizabeth Magie i te tau 1903. Ko te kēmu a te rangatira whare he mea whakaako, e whakaatu ana i te whakapono o te kaipōti o te ohaoha, a Henry George -- i whakaaweahia e te Tau Koura -- e kore e tika te mana o ngā tāngata takitahi ki ngā rawa. Ko te kēmu a Magie he angitu i raro i te whenua, e arahi ana ki te maha o nga peka, tae atu ki te mea i whakarerekehia e Darrow. I hokona e Parker Brothers tana mana mo te $ 500 i te 1935, ka kati te porowhita. Mo Darrow, i whakaaweahia ia i te tau 1932 e tetahi putanga i hangaia e te hapori Quaker o New Jersey i hanga i Atlantic City te waahi o te keemu. I taapirihia e Darrow nga tae me etahi atu waahanga hoahoa - "he ahua me te ahua ki tana papa e tino pai ana", e kii ana a Philip E. Orbanes i roto i te "Monopoly", he hitori 2006 o te keemu. I whakakahoretia te kēmu a Darrow e Parker Brothers mō ngā hapa e toru - ehara i te 52 - engari i te wa i rere ai ana hoko motuhake, ka hokona e Parker Brothers te kēmu i a ia. Ko te rā? Ko te 19 o Poutu-te-rangi 1935. He nui rawa nga tau. Kua whakamāoritia a Monopoly ki ngā reo e 47. E whakatangihia ana i roto i ngā whenua 114. Neke atu i te 275 miriona ngā kape i hokona. Ka tā Hasbro i te $30 piriona i roto i te moni Monopoly ia tau, ā, neke atu i te $3 piriona kua...
Ka whakanui a Monopoly i te huritau 80 i te Rāhoroi. Ko te kēmu poari rongonui i ahu mai i te tīmatanga o te rau tau 20. Kua whakauruhia e te kēmu ngā kīanga, kua rongonui ngā huarahi, kua puta he ture rerekē.