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Francisco Leyva Vances
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El Palé was designed in Spain in the 1930s by Francisco 'Paco' Leyva Vances, from Málaga, Spain. The game's name came from his nickname - "PAco LEyva". It was very similar to Monopoly, but featured the streets of Madrid, Spain. After he passed away at an early age, his friends and family continued to produce and sell the game, until they got shut down by the name-brand Monopoly publishers in the 1960s. The rights…
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were picked up by CEFA in the 1980s, which resumed publication of the game, with the design updated by Pepe Pineda. (He designed games for CEFA from 1981 to 1994.)
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