About
Type: Game
Cost: N/A
Platform(s): Physical
Description
“The Landlord’s Game is a board game patented in 1904 by Elizabeth Magie…It is a realty and taxation game, which is considered to be the direct inspiration for the board game Monopoly…[The Landlord’s Game] had rules for two different games, anti-monopolist and a monopolist. The anti-monopolist rules reward all during wealth creation while the monopolist rules had the goal of forming monopolies and forcing opponents out of the game. A win in the anti-monopolist, or Single Tax version and later called by Magie as “Prosperity Game”, was when the player having the lowest monetary amount has double his original stake” – Wikipedia
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Scholarship
Steve Wilcox is an assistant professor in the Game Design & Development program at Wilfrid Laurier University where he researches & creates knowledge translation games. He is also the co-founder & former editor-in-chief of First Person Scholar.
