The Landlord's Game is a board game patented in 1904 by Elizabeth Magie. A realty and taxation game intended to educate players about Georgism, it is the inspiration for the 1935 board game Monopoly. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Playing Time DesignerElizabeth J. Magie (Phillips) 3 PublisherASS Altenburger Spielkarten 3 Game Category Game Category Game Category Game Mechanic Game Mechanic Game Mechanic Game Mechanic Game Mechanic Game Mechanic Minimum Players Maximum Players Classification
Player Count Player CountSmall Group (3-6 Players) 1 Sport
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The Landlord's Game is a board game patented in 1904 by Elizabeth Magie
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Wikidata Q1550933, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source 3. The Landlord's Game (BoardGameGeek)
- Playing Time: 120
- Designer: Elizabeth J. Magie (Phillips)
- Publisher: (Self-Published)
- Publisher: ASS Altenburger Spielkarten
- Publisher: Economic Game Company
- Publisher: Newbie Game Company
- Publisher: Parker Brothers
- Publisher: yourPlay
- Game Category: Economic
- Game Category: Educational
- Game Category: Negotiation
- Game Mechanic: Auction / Bidding
- Game Mechanic: Dice Rolling
- Game Mechanic: Player Elimination
- Game Mechanic: Roll / Spin and Move
- Game Mechanic: Set Collection
- Game Mechanic: Stock Holding
- Minimum Players: 2
- Maximum Players: 8
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the game is based on The Landlord's Game
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