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John (he/him)Jun 27

@DoomsdaysCW Ah, well, that checks out. I only recently learned about #TheLandlordsGame so I'm extra zealous...

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DoomsdaysCW Jun 27

@rehhahn Yes. I mentioned #ElizabethMagie in my earlier posts!
#Socialism #TheLandlordsGame

DoomsdaysCW Jun 27

Who is the rich #NewYorker the #MonopolyMan is based on?

At first glance, the board game Monopoly doesn’t seem like it has a New York City connection. The man who sold it to Parker Brothers in 1935 was from Philadelphia, and the board features properties in Atlantic City.

"Then there’s that mustached man long dubbed 'the Monopoly Man' or 'Mr. Monopoly.' He appears on the Chance and Community Chest cards, always in a Depression-era suit with a bowtie and top hat.

"But the Monopoly Man isn’t just a board game invention—this iconic character (who has an actual name, Rich #UnclePennybags) is supposedly based on the image of an actual New Yorker.

"So who is he? Apparently he’s modeled after banker #JPMorgan. Morgan’s company financed some of the #GildedAge’s biggest corporations. He consolidated railroads, helped rescue the gold standard, and helped stabilize financial markets during the Panic of 1907, according to History.com. His former mansion on Madison Avenue is now the Morgan Library.

"Phil Orbanes, a former VP at Parker Brothers and author of The Monopoly Companion, confirmed in this interview that the artist who drew Mr. Monopoly based him on J.P. Morgan."

https://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/2021/08/16/who-is-the-rich-new-yorker-the-monopoly-man-is-based-on/

#ManBearPig #CapitalismKills #CapitalismSucks #Capitalism #MonopolyGame #TheLandlordsGame #Socialism #ElizabethMagie

Who is the rich New Yorker the Monopoly Man is based on?

At first glance, the board game Monopoly doesn’t seem like it has a New York City connection. The man who sold it to Parker Brothers in 1935 was from Philadelphia, and the board features prop…

Ephemeral New York

Michael ☕️May 31

Why Does Monopoly Start Arguments?: The London History Show
https://youtube.com/watch?v=TkQi9SN_NVc
#JDraperLondon #LondonHistory
#Monopoly #TheLandlordsGame
#StolenIP #BoardGames #EducationalGames #AntiCapitolists #Georgists #GreatDepression

Why Does Monopoly Start Arguments?: The London History Show

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DoomsdaysCW May 10

@MarkHoltom More about #TheLandlordsGame in this thread!
https://kolektiva.social/@DoomsdaysCW/109900440610815052

DoomsdaysCW (@DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social)

Attached: 1 image ‘The Landlord’s Game’ and Monopoly’s Origins "Monopoly wasn’t invented by the Parker Brothers, nor the man they gave it credit for. In 1904, Monopoly was originally called The Landlord’s Game, and was invented by a radical woman. Elizabeth Magie’s original game had not one, but two sets of rules to choose from. "One was called 'Prosperity', where every player won money anytime another gained a property. And the game was won by everyone playing only when the person with the least doubled their resources. A game of collaboration and social good. "The second set of rules was called 'Monopoly', where players succeeded by taking properties and rent from those with less luck rolling the dice. The winner was the person who used their power to eliminate everyone else. Magie’s mission was to teach us how different we feel when playing Prosperity vs Monopoly, hoping that it would one day change national policies." #Capitalism #Monopoly #Feminist #Socialist #ElizabethMagie #LizMagie #LizzieMagie #TheLandlordsGame https://www.truthorfiction.com/the-landlords-game-and-monopolys-origins/

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Wuzzy Mar 25

I finally managed to implement all game rules for my side-side project "Landlords 1904", an UNOFFICIAL recreation of The Landlord’s Game.

Version 0.1.0 features Single Tax, music, borrowing, trading, and other mechanics.

The game is fully playable, but it needs a lot of polishing until I’m truly happy.

Graphics and UI are ugly, but improvements are planned for version 1.0.0 (no promises tho).

▶️ https://codeberg.org/Wuzzy/Landlords_1904

#Landlords1904 #GameDev #TheLandlordsGame #BoardGames

Landlords_1904

Property management board game for 2 to 4 players

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3sat Mar 19

Brettspiele sind toll, aber gelegentlich ist nach einer Partie #Monopoly doch mal die Stimmung schlecht. Dennoch ist es eines der beliebtesten Spiele weltweit. Ursprünglich stammt die Idee dazu von Elizabeth Magie, die damit eigentlich über die Gefahr von Monopolen aufklären wollte.

#MonopolyTag #TheLandlordsGame #ElizabethMagie #CharlesDarrow

Wuzzy Mar 3

In the last two weeks, I made a computer adaptation of the historic #BoardGame The Landlord’s Game (which is #PublicDomain). It is the predecessor of #Monopoly.

It is clunky and ugly, but it almost works. This is the first time I used #LÖVE, and it shows. 😅

The game logic is surprisingly complex with many obscure features.

▶️ Link: https://codeberg.org/Wuzzy/Landlords_1904
(read the README otherwise you won't understand a thing)

#LÖVE #LÖVE2D #TheLandlordsGame #Landlords1904 #Monopoly #BoardGame #GameDev