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Easy Money was a board game introduced by Milton Bradley in 1935, and bears similarity to Parker...

Easy Money was a board game introduced by Milton Bradley in 1935, and bears similarity to Parker Brothers' game Monopoly. After the success of Monopoly, Milton Bradley discovered similar games that had been on the market, but which had been bought out by Parker Brothers. The earliest versions of Easy Money were based on Elizabeth Magie's expired 1904 patent for The Landlord's Game. Despite this, Parker Brothers still sued Milton Bradley for patent infringement, and the latter was forced to license the former's patents to continue production of the game. Easy Money could be played by 2 to 6 players, each given $2,000 to start with by one player acting as the banker. Each player took a coloured pawn and would have access to a small supply of "houses" of the same colour, but, the houses were retained by another player acting as "agent" until needed. The square board had 22 "streets" each representing an undeveloped subdivision, (originally in alphabetical order, through "V".) A player landing on that street had the option to buy if he or she had money (or could raise the money by mortgaging another property); if the player chose not to buy, or could not, the property was put up for