Games Britannia — Season 1, Episode 2: Monopolies and Mergers
Documentary • 59 min • 1 season, 3 episodes
Episode synopsis
Britain exported the moral instructional board game to America, where it was adapted to celebrate wealth and free enterprise in the best-selling game Monopoly. Cluedo, Scrabble, and Monopoly went on to become enduring British family favourites post-war. In the 1980s game development began turning toward fantasy role-playing and computer games.
About Games Britannia
Historian Benjamin Woolley unravels the cultural and social significance of popular games in Britain from the Iron Age to the Information Age.