This was the second commercial Landlord's Game and evidently the first that had two different rule sets. However, 8 years later in 1932, Lizzie produced another commercial game called "The Landlord's Game and Prosperity" under the second patent. It appears there was little interest in commercializing this patent at the time as "The Landlord's Game" was never issued as depicted in the second patent. The second patent had a revised game board with the railroads as the corner spaces. Well after her first patent expired in 1921, Lizzie modified The Landord's Game as evidenced by her second patent issued in 1924, Pat. Conversely, Lizzie did not realize how far the folk landlord's game subsequently evolved during this period by the time her first patent lapsed into the public domain in 1921, one year after The 1920 Philadelphia Folk MONOPOLY game was created. It appears the Georgist Ardenites were unaware Elizabeth Magie patented and commercially produced The Landlord's Game during this era. In addition, the original folk landlord's game board produced by Robert (Uncle Bob) Woolery of Arden, Delaware was developed and played before Lizzie's 1904 patent was issued and 3-4 years prior to the production of Lizzie's 1906 commercial game. It is interesting and should be noted that Lizzie's game board designs underwent significant and intriguing changes during the transition from her patent application to the original commercial game in 1906, not to mention the subsequent two designs in the 20's and 30s. It does not appear the game was commercially successful. However, The Landlord's Game was not produced commercially until 1906 by Lizzie and Georgist friends as the Economic Game Company. What is clear, is that Lizzie applied for a patent in March of 1903, which was granted on January 5th, 1904 (Pat. It is also said that Elizabeth eventually began teaching others what she learned from studying Henry George's book "Progress and Poverty" and his other works.Įlizabeth, or "Lizzie" as she came to be called, appears to have met Robert Woolery and worked with him on the design and/or development of the landlord's game. It is said that in the late 1800s, a young woman named Elizabeth Magie was introduced to the writings of Henry George by her father James Magie, a newspaper publisher and abolitionist during the mid-1800s. EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY OF THE FOLK & COMMERCIAL LANDLORD'S GAMES
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