▁child hood ▁friend , ▁Est her ▁Jones , ▁and ▁her ▁husband ▁Charles ▁D arrow ▁came ▁to ▁their ▁house ▁for ▁dinner . ▁After ▁the ▁me al , ▁the ▁Tod ds ▁introduced ▁D arrow ▁to ▁The ▁Land l ord ' s ▁Game , ▁which ▁they ▁then ▁played ▁several ▁times . ▁The ▁game ▁was ▁entirely ▁new ▁to ▁D arrow , ▁and ▁he ▁asked ▁the ▁Tod ds ▁for ▁a ▁written ▁set ▁of ▁the ▁rules . ▁After ▁that ▁night , ▁D arrow ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁util ize ▁this ▁and ▁dist ribute ▁the ▁game ▁himself ▁as ▁Mon opol y . ▁Because ▁of ▁this ▁act ▁the ▁Tod ds ▁refused ▁to ▁speak ▁to ▁D arrow ▁ever ▁again . ▁ ▁Parker ▁Brothers ▁bought ▁the ▁game ' s ▁copy right s ▁from ▁D arrow . ▁When ▁the ▁company ▁learned ▁D arrow ▁was ▁not ▁the ▁sole ▁invent or ▁of ▁the ▁game , ▁it ▁bought ▁the ▁rights ▁to ▁Mag ie ' s ▁pat ent ▁for ▁just ▁$ 5 0 0 . ▁ ▁Parker ▁Brothers ▁began ▁s elling ▁the ▁game ▁on ▁February ▁ 6 , ▁ 1 9 3 5 . ▁Cart oon ist ▁F . ▁O . ▁Alexander ▁contributed ▁the ▁design . ▁U . ▁S . ▁pat ent ▁number ▁US ▁ 2 0 2 6 0 8 2 ▁A ▁was ▁issued ▁to ▁Charles ▁D arrow ▁on ▁December ▁ 3 1 , ▁ 1 9 3 5 , ▁for ▁the ▁game ▁board ▁design ▁and ▁was ▁assigned ▁to ▁Parker ▁Brothers ▁Inc . ▁The ▁original ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁game ▁in ▁this ▁format ▁was ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁streets ▁of