I finally managed to implement all game rules for my side-side project "Landlords 1904", an UNOFFICIAL recreation of The Landlord’s Game.

Version 0.1.0 features Single Tax, music, borrowing, trading, and other mechanics.

The game is fully playable, but it needs a lot of polishing until I’m truly happy.

Graphics and UI are ugly, but improvements are planned for version 1.0.0 (no promises tho).

https://codeberg.org/Wuzzy/Landlords_1904

Brettspiele sind toll, aber gelegentlich ist nach einer Partie #Monopoly doch mal die Stimmung schlecht. Dennoch ist es eines der beliebtesten Spiele weltweit. Ursprünglich stammt die Idee dazu von Elizabeth Magie, die damit eigentlich über die Gefahr von Monopolen aufklären wollte.

In the last two weeks, I made a computer adaptation of the historic #BoardGame The Landlord’s Game (which is #PublicDomain). It is the predecessor of #Monopoly.

It is clunky and ugly, but it almost works. This is the first time I used #LÖVE, and it shows.

The game logic is surprisingly complex with many obscure features.

Link: https://codeberg.org/Wuzzy/Landlords_1904
(read the README otherwise you won't understand a thing)

‘The Landlord’s Game’ and Monopoly’s Origins

"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 who used their power to eliminate 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."
#Capitalism #Monopoly #Feminist #Socialist #ElizabethMagie #LizMagie #LizzieMagie #TheLandlordsGame

https://www.truthorfiction.com/the-landlords-game-and-monopolys-origins/