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Line 23: − ===The Landlord's Game=== − {{main|The Landlord's Game}} − '''The Landlord's Game''' was an earlier board game that is very similar to ''Monopoly'', which was invented by an advocate of [[Henry George]] named Lizzie Magie to promote anti-capitalist notions.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nypost.com/2015/01/25/the-anti-capitalism-roots-of-monopoly-and-the-scandal-behind-it/ |title=The scandal behind the anti-capitalist roots of Monopoly |work=[[New York Post]] |date=January 25, 2015 }}</ref>
Expand Monopoly's predecessor: Landlord's Game
==History==
==History==
===The Landlord's Game===
{{main|The Landlord's Game}}
'''Monopoly''' is based primarily on '''The Landlord's Game''', which was an earlier board game that was invented by an advocate of [[Henry George]] named Lizzie Magie to promote anti-capitalist notions.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nypost.com/2015/01/25/the-anti-capitalism-roots-of-monopoly-and-the-scandal-behind-it/ |title=The scandal behind the anti-capitalist roots of Monopoly |work=[[New York Post]] |date=January 25, 2015 }}</ref> There are several similarities that Monopoly picked up from its predecessor, as well as changes:
* Go directly to jail is in the same place
* The jail is in the exact opposite corner
* Free parking zone
* Passing go to collect after rounding the board
* The four railroads are in the same place
* Property values increase in the same manner in the two games
* Both games have utilities in approximately the same positions
* Chance is in both games, Community Chest is only in Monopoly
===Development===
===Development===
''Monopoly'''s development has its roots in the [[Great Depression]] and earlier, where it was first developed to understand the adversarial process of finance, and then as a means to make light of the financial problems posed by real monopolists.
''Monopoly'''s development has its roots in the [[Great Depression]] and earlier, where it was first developed to understand the adversarial process of finance, and then as a means to make light of the financial problems posed by real monopolists.
The [[Great Britain|British]] agents of Parker Brothers decided to replace the American properties with ones based on locations around [[London]]. This version was sold throughout [[Commonwealth of Nations|British Commonwealth]] countries, except for [[Canada]], which used the American version.<ref>[http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa121997.htm History of ''Monopoly'']</ref> Since then various "special" versions have been created (some with the permission of Parker Brothers, others without) using local landmarks for the properties.
The [[Great Britain|British]] agents of Parker Brothers decided to replace the American properties with ones based on locations around [[London]]. This version was sold throughout [[Commonwealth of Nations|British Commonwealth]] countries, except for [[Canada]], which used the American version.<ref>[http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa121997.htm History of ''Monopoly'']</ref> Since then various "special" versions have been created (some with the permission of Parker Brothers, others without) using local landmarks for the properties.
==Gameplay==
==Gameplay==