The first version of Monopoly was actually called “The Landlord’s Game,” developed in 1906 by American anti-monopolist Lizzie Magie. According to Wikipedia, ...

The Landlord’s Game had become popular on college campuses — in frathouses and by economics and political science students. Some played storebought copies while others played versions in which ...

They get in touch and offer her $500 for the patent to The Landlord's Game, which is roughly 10 grand today. PILON: But there's no evidence they acknowledged her really as the inventor at all.

The game made it difficult for poor players to thrive. The concept of The Landlord's Game was inspired by Henry George, a land reformer and economist born in Philadelphia, who popularized the ...

Its inventor was an American progressive called Lizzie Magie, who entitled her original The Landlord’s Game in 1903, and created it to make a satirical point about the negative impact of land ...

In "The Landlord's Game," all players were supposed to pay taxes on their property. So if someone earned money, the profits would be redistributed, and everyone would benefit in the end.

The Landlord’s Game was sold for a while by a New York-based publisher, but it spread freely in passed-along homemade versions: among intellectuals along the Eastern Seaboard, ...

Hasbro-licensed game company creating Wichita, KS, ... The first version of what became Monopoly was made by Elizabeth Magie in the early 1900s under “The Landlord’s Game.” ...