The Landlord's Game Magie for the Landlord Game. Adgame Company (Inc.) published "Landlord's Game and Prosperity" under this patent in 1932. Robert Baron had Parker Brothers design its own version, "Fortune", before negotiation to purchase her patents in case the discussion fell apart or she sold to another potential buyer, Dave Knapp, publisher of "Finance". Magie held the patent until 1935, when she sold it to Parker Brothers for $500. The company had recently started distributing "Monopoly", which it purchased from Charles Darrow who claimed to have invented it. The company only printed a very small run of the game to secure the
Landslide (board game) not required, unlike in real life). Landslide (board game) Landslide is the name of two board games about the U.S. presidential elections, where players compete to become the president of the United States. The first board game titled "Landslide" was published by Parker Brothers in 1971. Up to four players aim to obtain as many electoral votes as they can. The players use their popular votes (used much like money in other games) to bid for states, and whoever has the most electoral votes at the end of the game is the winner. The game follows the 1970 census, and