Prosperity, Monopoly (since the 1910s), Landlord's Game, Br'er Fox and Br'er Rabbit, Prosperity and Poverty,  Inflation, and for the last name - Finance. By far, the earliest common name for The Landlord's Game was "Monopoly", given to it by the many people who played it from 1900 until Parker Brothers bought it in 1935. After Parker Brothers bought the game from Elizabeth Magie in 1935 they sold it as The Landlord's Game and then as Monopoly from 1939 onward.