Question: Which game was published first, Villa Paletti or Taj Mahal?

Context articles: She Caught the Katy
The Taj Mahal Palace Hotel
Taj Mahal, Bulandshahar
R. Chandru
Taj Mahal Bangladesh
Villa Paletti
Taj Mahal (board game)
Taj corridor case
Black Taj Mahal
Kester Smith

"She Caught the Katy (And Left Me a Mule To Ride)" is a blues standard written by Taj Mahal and James Rachell.
 The song was first recorded for Taj Mahal's 1968 album "The Natch'l Blues", and is one of Mahal's most famous tunes.
 It has since been covered many times, and is included on the soundtrack for the 1980 movie "The Blues Brothers" (the song plays over the opening credits, as Jake Blues leaves prison).
 According to John Belushi's widow, it was Belushi's favorite blues song.
The Taj Mahal Palace Hotel (Marathi: ताजमहल हॉटेल) is a "Heritage Grand" class five-star hotel in the Colaba region of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, next to the Gateway of India.
 Historically it was known as the "Taj Mahal Hotel" or the "Taj Palace Hotel".
 or simply "the Taj".
Taj Mahal or Mini Taj Mahal or Qadri's Taj Mahal, officially known as Maqbara Yadgare Mohabbat Tajammuli Begum is a replica of the historic Taj Mahal of Agra located in Kaser Kalan, a small village in Bulandshahar of Uttar Pradesh, India.
 It was built by 81 years old a retired postmaster, Faizul Hasan Qadri in the memory of his dead wife Tajamulli Begum, who died due to throat cancer in 2011.
R. Chandru is a Kannada film writer and director.
 He debuted with the successful 2008 film "Taj Mahal".
 The huge success of "Taj Mahal" film, he popularly came to be known as Taj Mahal Chandru in the media.
Taj Mahal Bangladesh (Bengali: তাজ মহল বাংলাদেশ )is a scaled copy of the original Taj Mahal (a Mughal mausoleum located in Agra, India) located 10 miles east of the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka in Sonargaon.
 Unlike the original, work on the building took only five years.
 Ahsanullah Moni, a wealthy Bangladeshi film-maker, announced his 'Copycat version of Taj Mahal' project in December 2008.
 The project cost about USD$56 Million, and was built 20 miles northeast of Capital Dhaka.
 Moni has explained that he built a replica of the Taj Mahal so that the poor of his nation can realise their dream of seeing neighbouring India's famed monument.
 This caused complaints from Indian officials, "You can't just go and copy historical monuments" an official of Indian High Commission in Dhaka told press.
Villa Paletti is a board game of physical skill designed by Bill Payne and published in 2001 by Zoch Verlag.
 Players compete to build the villa highest using columns from lower floors without collapsing the structure.
Taj Mahal is a German-style board game for 3–5 players designed by Reiner Knizia and first published in 2000 by Alea in German.
The Taj Heritage Corridor case is an alleged scam wherein 2002–2003, the then Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Mayawati and a minister in her government, Nasimuddin Siddiqui, were charged with corruption.
 The Taj Corridor project was intended to upgrade tourist facilities near the Taj Mahal and was to be implemented during her tenure as Chief Minister.
 The then BJP government at the Centre gave the Environmental Clearance required for the project near Taj Mahal.
 However, later on the BJP backed out and then started saying that the project was not cleared by the Environment Ministry and blamed Mayawati for starting construction work near the Taj Mahal.
The Black Taj Mahal ("Black Taj", "Kaala Taj", also "the 2nd Taj") is a legendary black marble mausoleum that is said to have been planned to be built across the Yamuna River opposite the Taj Mahal in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India.
 Mughal emperor Shah Jahan is said to have desired a mausoleum for himself similar to that of the one he had built in memory of his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal.
Kester "Smitty" Smith is an American percussionist.
 He is the drummer for the Taj Mahal Trio and has collaborated with jazz, blues and world musicians.
 He has performed with and alongside Taj Mahal for over forty years.
 He has recorded music with Taj Mahal, Geoff Muldaur, Peter Rowan, Cedella Booker, Morgan Freeman, Ellen McIlwaine, Mary Coughlan and Pinetop Perkins.