Two more tokens (the Cannon and Battleship) were added in 1940, after another of Parker Brothers' games, 'Conflict,' proved to be a commercial flop, raising the total number of pieces to ten. Parker Brothers acquired the rights to Monopoly in 1936, and released the 1937 version with eight metal playing pieces: The game was originally released in 1935 with four colored wooden pawns. Junior editions may have only six tokens. Depending on your edition of the game, there are either eight, ten or twelve.
