<P> By 1933 , a variation on The Landlord 's Game called Monopoly was the basis of the board game sold by Parker Brothers , beginning on February 6 , 1935 . Several people , mostly in the midwestern United States and near the East Coast , contributed to the game 's design and evolution , and this is when the game 's design took on the 4 × 10 space - to - a-side layout and familiar cards were produced . The original version of the game in this format was based on the streets of Atlantic City , New Jersey . By the 1970s , the false notion that the game had been created solely by Charles Darrow had become popular folklore : it was printed in the game 's instructions . </P>
<P> By 1933 , a variation on The Landlord 's Game called Monopoly was the basis of the board game sold by Parker Brothers , beginning on February 6 , 1935 . Several people , mostly in the midwestern United States and near the East Coast , contributed to the game 's design and evolution , and this is when the game 's design took on the 4 × 10 space - to - a-side layout and familiar cards were produced . The original version of the game in this format was based on the streets of Atlantic City , New Jersey . By the 1970s , the false notion that the game had been created solely by Charles Darrow had become popular folklore : it was printed in the game 's instructions . </P>
which us city is the game of monopoly based on
which us city is the game of monopoly based on
Atlantic City , New Jersey
Atlantic City , New Jersey