KING’S MEN
It’s now well-known that Monopoly was invented by Lizzie Magie, who originally patented it as the Landlord’s Game in 1904. Less well-known is that she invented other games too. Also in 1904, her first game Competition, or Department Store, was published by the Flinch Card Company. Cards show things you can buy in a department store and discs represent play money. Each player becomes a store and receives an inventory card plus several letter cards that can be arranged to form words representing inventory stock. Whoever first collects $50 wins the game.