# When is placed Monkey Island 1? **URL:** \ **Category:** Adventure/Lucasfilm Games\ **Created:** [March 19, 2018, 12:33pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/when-is-placed-monkey-island-1/2458 "2018-03-19T12:33:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/zakphoenixmckracken/32/41_2.png) [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/ZakPhoenixMcKracken)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 12:33pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/when-is-placed-monkey-island-1/2458/1 "2018-03-19T12:33:29Z")
We know the story is placed in the Caribbean at the time of the pirates. Is there a precise span of time? It should be in a date between 1560 and 1720. ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 12:40pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/when-is-placed-monkey-island-1/2458/2 "2018-03-19T12:40:55Z")
Maybe you can deduce the time on the basis of some inventions. For example there was already a rubber chicken. When was that toy invented? Oh. Wait. Forget that suggestion. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 1:50pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/when-is-placed-monkey-island-1/2458/3 "2018-03-19T13:50:43Z")
> [@Someone](#): > > rubber chicken. When was that [ā€¦] invented? My best guess is 1982/83-ish? Oh waitā€¦sorry! šŸ˜³ ---
**Author:** ![dangerouslee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecccb3/32.png) [@dangerouslee](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/dangerouslee)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 2:07pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/when-is-placed-monkey-island-1/2458/4 "2018-03-19T14:07:05Z")
It depends on one of two things: 1. Are the ā€œobjectsā€ in the world all figments of guybrushs unusual mind? Which then would place the game in the golden age of piracy during the ā€œbuccaneersā€ era 1650-1680 1. Or Is the entire world a figment of guybrushes overactive childlike imagination? Meaning the game could be set in 1989/1990 in a carnival ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 3:20pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/when-is-placed-monkey-island-1/2458/5 "2018-03-19T15:20:43Z")
> [@milanfahrnholz](#): > > My best guess is 1982/83-ish? According [to Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_chicken): ā€œThe origin of the rubber chicken is obscure ā€¦ One account attributes the first use of a prop chicken to John Holmberg, the Swedish black-faced clown of the early 1900s.ā€ > [@dangerouslee](#): > > Or Is the entire world a figment of guybrushes overactive childlike imagination? In that case you can ask when the events in his imagination happened. šŸ™‚ @ZakPhoenixMcKracken: Are there any year dates in the game? For example a house with a sign ā€œbuild in XYZā€? (I canā€™t remember these details. šŸ™‚ ) ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 3:22pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/when-is-placed-monkey-island-1/2458/6 "2018-03-19T15:22:02Z")
> [@Someone](#): > > According to Wikipedia: ā€œThe origin of the rubber chicken is obscure ā€¦ One account attributes the first use of a prop chicken to John Holmberg, the Swedish black-faced clown of the early 1900s.ā€ Phew, I almost feared you figured out what I was really talking aboutā€¦šŸ‘€ ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 3:23pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/when-is-placed-monkey-island-1/2458/7 "2018-03-19T15:23:57Z")
> [@milanfahrnholz](#): > > Phew, I almost feared you figured out what I was really talking aboutā€¦šŸ‘€ šŸ¤« Here are ladies in the houseā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 3:24pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/when-is-placed-monkey-island-1/2458/8 "2018-03-19T15:24:24Z")
> [@Someone](#): > > šŸ¤« Here are ladies in the houseā€¦ šŸ¤ ---
**Author:** ![BigRedButton](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/bigredbutton/32/212_2.png) [@BigRedButton](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/BigRedButton)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 3:28pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/when-is-placed-monkey-island-1/2458/9 "2018-03-19T15:28:05Z")
Obviously in the 20th century. Just take a look at Otisā€™ underwear: ![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thimbleweedpark/original/2X/a/a55a18c51de7c864a9dbb5e76da47175f891cdab.gif) ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 3:30pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/when-is-placed-monkey-island-1/2458/10 "2018-03-19T15:30:56Z")
What years are on the codewheel again? Maybe the century that is used the most is the correct one? Then again that could also mean that Monkey Island is somewhere near Nebraska, soā€¦ šŸ¤·ā€ā™‚ļø ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 3:32pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/when-is-placed-monkey-island-1/2458/11 "2018-03-19T15:32:02Z")
> [@milanfahrnholz](#): > > What years are on the codewheel again? ![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thimbleweedpark/original/2X/3/38efd38dad6dd014005d41e3e7b5ff1a602b0ed1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 3:34pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/when-is-placed-monkey-island-1/2458/12 "2018-03-19T15:34:11Z")
![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thimbleweedpark/original/2X/c/ca422f5f5e5ac5162f437dd4269f80788d258823.gif) Rank 3: 1500nds (about 20 times) Rank 2: 1700nds (between 20 and 30 times) Rank 1: **1600nds** by far (over 60 times) ---
**Author:** ![BigRedButton](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/bigredbutton/32/212_2.png) [@BigRedButton](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/BigRedButton)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 3:43pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/when-is-placed-monkey-island-1/2458/13 "2018-03-19T15:43:31Z")
The most recent killings are from the 18th century, so the copy protection must be younger than 300 years. šŸ§ šŸ” ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 3:44pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/when-is-placed-monkey-island-1/2458/14 "2018-03-19T15:44:26Z")
Are there dates on tombstones in part 2 maybe? ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 3:48pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/when-is-placed-monkey-island-1/2458/15 "2018-03-19T15:48:14Z")
Doesnā€™t seems so: > **[Scabb Island Internment Park](http://monkeyisland.wikia.com/wiki/Scabb_Island_Internment_Park)** > > The Scabb Island Cemetery was a resting place for the dead, which was located on Scabb Island. It had many crypts and a section of graves with crosses located on a hill. Many of the crosses and tombstones were unclaimed but ready to be sold. This was... ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 3:50pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/when-is-placed-monkey-island-1/2458/16 "2018-03-19T15:50:54Z")
Library doesnĀ“t have anything either. ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 3:56pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/when-is-placed-monkey-island-1/2458/17 "2018-03-19T15:56:16Z")
> **[Golden Age of Piracy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Age_of_Piracy)** > > The Golden Age of Piracy is a common designation given to usually one or more outbursts of piracy in the maritime history of the early modern period. In its broadest accepted definition, the Golden Age of Piracy spans the 1650s to the late 1720s and covers three separate outbursts of piracy: > Narrower definitions of the Golden Age sometimes exclude the first or second periods, but most include at least some portion of the third. The modern conception of pirates as depicted in popular culture is ... Spoilers: ItĀ“s _not_ the late 80s/early 90s! SNAP!!! ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 3:59pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/when-is-placed-monkey-island-1/2458/18 "2018-03-19T15:59:56Z")
> [@BigRedButton](#): > > The most recent killings are from the 18th century, so the copy protection must be younger than 300 years. The most recent date is 1726 (if I havenā€™t overlooked something). As pirates havenā€™t stopped dying 1727 we can assume that the protection was printed in late 1726/early 1727. Thus Monkey Island 1 has to take place in that year. And that would fit to @milanfahrnholz Wikipedia link. So Monkey Island took place in the last years of the golden age of piracy. ---
**Author:** ![BigRedButton](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/bigredbutton/32/212_2.png) [@BigRedButton](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/BigRedButton)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 4:00pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/when-is-placed-monkey-island-1/2458/19 "2018-03-19T16:00:17Z")
> [@milanfahrnholz](#): > > Spoilers: ItĀ“s not the late 80s/early 90s! SNAP!!! But it is. Everything was just a fantasy of two brothers: ![Untitled](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thimbleweedpark/original/2X/f/f7d7983b41c906fdbfb55c28dfb6aa5cef5f0ed4.png) ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 4:00pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/when-is-placed-monkey-island-1/2458/20 "2018-03-19T16:00:55Z")
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