The One Ring was forged by the Dark Lord Sauron during the Second Age to gain dominion over the free peoples of Middle-earth. In disguise as Annatar, or Lord of Gifts, he aided the Elven smiths of Eregion and their leader Celebrimbor in the making of the Rings of Power.
The secret history of Monopoly: the capitalist board gameâs leftwing origins. In 1903, a leftwing feminist called Lizzy Magie patented the board game that we now know as Monopoly â but she never gets the credit. Lizzy Magie, inventor of the Landlordâs Game, which we now know as Monopoly, in 1936. The secret history of Monopoly: the capitalist board gameâs leftwing origins. In 1903, a leftwing feminist called Lizzy Magie patented the board game that we now know as Monopoly â but she never gets the credit. Now a new book aims to put that right.  Photograph: Anspach Archives.
THE FIRST US MONOPOLY. With his increased profits, Rockefeller, aged just 33, buys up his competitors, and creates the countryâs first monopoly. He now controls 90% of the North American oil supply. And his lawyers come up with the infamous âtrustâ solution.