XanthohumolMay 11, 2025
rAIner Agentic Quantum Rehak

#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 eliminating 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.
When the Parker Bros adopted the game, they erased the "Prosperity" rules & celebrated "Monopoly".

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/ruthless-monopolys-secret-history/

Thank you, @MarkHoltom.

Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History | American Experience | PBS

Monopoly is America’s favorite board game, a love letter to unbridled capitalism and our free market society. But behind the myth of the game’s creation is an untold tale of theft, obsession and corporate double-dealing.

May 10, 2025 at 11:32pmWeb
Show threadlangeweileMay 11, 2025
@Rainer_Rehak @[email protected] you can play monopoly without collecting rent and building houses. When everyone would do that, everyone’s wealth would just increase, until the bank would run out of money.
Show threadTinker ☀️May 11, 2025

@Rainer_Rehak @MarkHoltom - Here are the rules to various editions to Landlord And Prosperity, including images of the various board editions: https://landlordsgame.info/index.html

Here is a "Print and Play" of Brer Fox an' Brer Rabbit: The Win-Win game (a UK version of the Monopoly / Landlord / Prosperity game: https://socialcredit.schooljotter2.com/resources/social-art/monopoly

There are other Print and Plays (PnP) out there. (Here is a list of many many different print and play games: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamecategory/1120/print-and-play )

Basically, we don't have the lament that this game was not commercially produced; we can print the games for free on our own cardstock and enjoy them now.

(We can even streamline and tweak the rules and cards and board and pieces and make modern versions that we share and share alike)

There are various communities out there that discuss and do this, here is one such: https://www.reddit.com/r/printandplay/

Edit to Add: Two resources to find new PnP games:
- https://www.pnparcade.com/
- https://pnpfinder.glide.page/

#solarPunk #boardGames #printAndPlay

"THE HISTORY OF THE LANDLORD'S GAME & MONOPOLY"

THE LANDLORD'S GAME TO MONOPOLY - Includes Images, Rules, Articles. - Visit new updated site at Landlords-Game.com

Show threaddanwwilson May 11, 2025
@Rainer_Rehak @otfrom @MarkHoltom Time for someone to make this an educational game that gets distributed in schools.
Show threadsalguod, man 🍂🍁 lazysupperMay 12, 2025
@Rainer_Rehak @MarkHoltom "When the Parker Bros *stole* the game..."
FTFY .
Show threadJonne Arjoranta 📚May 12, 2025

@Rainer_Rehak No sure about the source, but your description gets 2 things wrong: the original patent didn't include the prosperity rules, they were added later. They also don't work like you describe, but by shared investment in collectively owned resources.

A copy of the original patent application text is available here: https://landlordsgame.info/rules/lg-1904p_patent.html

The Landlord's Game 1904 Patent - Rules

THE LANDLORD'S GAME TO MONOPOLY: A HISTORICAL REVIEW - Includes Rules & Images.

Show threadTorbenMay 12, 2025
@Rainer_Rehak For all who want to hear more about Elizabeth Magie and Monopoly, I can recommend episode 236 of the austrian/german podcast "Geschichten aus der Geschichte" (@GeschichteFM). https://www.geschichte.fm/podcast/zs236
GAG236: Monopoly – Die Geschichte eines Brettspiels - Geschichten aus der Geschichte

Wir springen ins Jahr 1904 in die USA. Elizabeth Magie bekommt ein Patent für das Brettspiel „The Landlord’s Game“, mit dem sie nicht nur den Kapitalismus ihrer Zeit kritisiert, sondern auch eine andere Wirtschafts- und Gesellschaftstheorie verbreiten möchte: Das Single-Tax-Prinzip nach Henry George. Das Spiel verbreitet sich in den folgenden Jahrzehnten in unterschiedlichen Communities, etwa in US-Colleges oder den Quäkern in Atlantic City. So entdeckt es auch Charles Darrow, der eine Variante des Spiels als „Monopoly“ der Spielefirma Parker Brothers anbietet. Darrow galt daher lange Zeit als Erfinder des Spiels, das heute wie kein anderes für den Kapitalismus steht und zu den erfolgreichsten Brettspielen überhaupt zählt.

Geschichten aus der Geschichte
Show threadBørgeOct 30
@Rainer_Rehak @MarkHoltom I knew about Magie and the different rules. But I had never seen the original board before. Wow, it's so much more beautiful! I mean, it actually looks really nice! The modern Monopoly just looks like shit, so even that the Parker Brothers managed to destroy.