tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2452756943248551120.post5936658122416887715..comments2015-05-28T05:48:49.733-04:00Comments on The Obsessive Compulsive Gamer: WEEK 6A: ACQUIREO.C. Gamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10848335979773644226noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2452756943248551120.post-17290321310190814422011-02-13T15:26:30.681-05:002011-02-13T15:26:30.681-05:00"The Landlord's Game" was patented b..."The Landlord's Game" was patented by Elizabeth Phillips in 1903 and originally published in 1924. She was a Quaker, and invented the game as a learning tool to spread the gospel of the single tax theory of Henry George.<br /><br />How much Charles Darrow cribbed from it, and how intentionally he did it if he did it, will never be known. But there's a picture of the board in "A Gamut of Games" and it looks an awful lot like Monopoly...<br /><br />Anyway, thanks for reading and commenting.O.C. Gamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10848335979773644226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2452756943248551120.post-1819094382788102892011-02-13T13:25:49.660-05:002011-02-13T13:25:49.660-05:00Have you ever heard the full history of how Monopo...Have you ever heard the full history of how Monopoly developed? Basically the guy credited with "inventing"it actually copied it from Quaker elders.Rebecca Malonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01088428572441810591noreply@blogger.com