Chịkọta isiokwu ahụ:  (CNN) Onwere ihe Monopoly na-agaghị emeli? N'ime afọ iri asatọ ọ dị ndụ, a na-egwu ya n'okpuru mmiri, n'okpuru ala, n'ime mbara igwe (OK, naanị mkpụrụ ego) nakwa n'elu nnukwu bọọdụ egwuregwu. E ji chocolate mee ya, e nwekwara ezigbo ego n'ime ya. E nwewo egwuregwu ndị dịruru nanị otu abalị na asọmpi marathon ndị were ọtụtụ izu. Ọ bụghị ihe ọjọọ maka egwuregwu nke, dị ka akụkọ si kwuo, onye na-emepụta ya bụ Parker Brothers jụrụ na mbụ n'ihi na o nwere "njehie iri ise na abụọ". Machị 19 na-eme emume ncheta afọ 80 nke egwuregwu bọọlụ kacha ere ahịa n'ụwa, nke Hasbro na-emepụta ugbu a. Akụkọ ihe mere eme ya, dị ka bọọdụ egwuregwu ya, jupụtara n'ọtụtụ mgbanwe ndị na-adọrọ mmasị. Lee ụfọdụ n'ime ha: Akụkọ mgbe ochie na-ekwu na Charles Darrow, bụ́ onye na-ere ahịa na-enweghị ọrụ, chepụtara egwuregwu ahụ na kichin ya na 1930. Ma n'ezie, mmalite nke egwuregwu Monopoly malitere n'afọ ole na ole gara aga, n'egwuregwu a na-akpọ Landlord's Game nke Elizabeth Magie mepụtara n'afọ 1903. E bu n'uche ka Egwuregwu Onye nwe ụlọ bụrụ ihe mmụta, na-egosi nkwenye nke onye ọkà mmụta akụ̀ na ụba bụ́ Henry George - nke sitere n'ike mmụọ nsọ nke Gilded Age - na inwe ihe onwunwe n'aka ndị mmadụ n'otu n'otu bụ ihe na-ezighị ezi. Egwuregwu Magie bụ ihe ịga nke ọma n'okpuru ala, na-eduga n'ọtụtụ alaka, gụnyere nke Darrow gbanwere. Parker Brothers zụtara patent ya maka $500 na 1935, na-emechi akaghị. Maka Darrow, ọ sitere n'ike mmụọ nsọ na 1932 site n'ụdị nke obodo New Jersey Quaker mepụtara nke mere Atlantic City ebe egwuregwu ahụ. Darrow gbakwunyere agba na ihe ndị ọzọ eji emepụta ihe - "anya na mmetụta na bọọdụ ya nke ga-egosi na ọ na-adọrọ adọrọ", ka Philip E. Orbanes na-ede na "Monopoly", akụkọ ihe mere eme nke egwuregwu ahụ na 2006. Egwuregwu Darrow bụ nke Parker Brothers jụrụ na mbụ maka njehie atọ - ọ bụghị 52 - mana mgbe ahịa onwe ya malitere, Parker Brothers zụtara egwuregwu ahụ n'aka ya. Olee ụbọchị ọ bụ? Machị 19, 1935. Ọnụ ọgụgụ ahụ dị egwu. A sụgharịala egwuregwu Monopoly gaa n'asụsụ iri anọ na asaa. A na-egwu ya na mba 114. E rerela ya ihe karịrị nde abụọ na narị puku asaa na nde iri ise. Hasbro na-ebipụta ijeri $30 na ego Monopoly kwa afọ, na ihe karịrị ijeri $3 ka e...
Monopoly na-eme emume ncheta afọ iri asatọ ya n'ụbọchị Tọzde. Egwuregwu bọọlụ a na - ewu ewu malitere n'ezie ná mmalite narị afọ nke 20. Egwuregwu emeela ka e nwee okwu ndị e ji eme ihe, mee ka e nwee okporo ámá ndị a ma ama, mee ka e nwee iwu ndị dị iche iche.