▁March ▁ 2 0 2 1 . ▁ ▁Vari ants ▁Because ▁Mon opol y ▁evol ved ▁in ▁the ▁public ▁domain ▁before ▁its ▁commercial ization , ▁Mon opol y ▁has ▁seen ▁many ▁variant ▁games . ▁The ▁game ▁is ▁lic ensed ▁in ▁ 1 0 3 ▁countries ▁and ▁printed ▁in ▁thirty - se ven ▁languages . ▁Most ▁of ▁the ▁variants ▁are ▁exact ▁copies ▁of ▁the ▁Mon opol y ▁games ▁with ▁the ▁street ▁names ▁replaced ▁with ▁local es ▁from ▁a ▁particular ▁town , ▁university , ▁or ▁fict ional ▁place . ▁National ▁bo ards ▁have ▁been ▁released ▁as ▁well . ▁Over ▁the ▁years , ▁many ▁special ty ▁Mon opol y ▁ed itions , ▁lic ensed ▁by ▁Parker ▁Brothers / Has bro , ▁and ▁produced ▁by ▁them , ▁or ▁their ▁license es ▁( including ▁USA opol y ▁and ▁Win ning ▁Mov es ▁Games ) ▁have ▁been ▁sold ▁to ▁local ▁and ▁national ▁mark ets ▁world wide . ▁Two ▁well ▁known ▁" famil ies " ▁of ▁- opol y ▁like ▁games , ▁without ▁lic enses ▁from ▁Parker ▁Brothers / Has bro , ▁have ▁also ▁been ▁produced . ▁ ▁Several ▁published ▁games ▁like ▁Mon opol y ▁include : ▁ ▁Anti - Mon opol y , ▁one ▁of ▁several ▁games ▁that ▁are ▁a ▁sort ▁of ▁mon opol y ▁backwards . ▁The ▁name ▁of ▁this ▁game ▁led ▁to ▁legal ▁action ▁between ▁Anti - Mon opol ys ▁cre ator , ▁Ralph ▁An sp ach , ▁and ▁the ▁own ers ▁of ▁Mon opol y . ▁ ▁Business , ▁a ▁Mon opol y - like ▁game