![]() With the Monopoly name and game then in the public domain, Layman decided to call the game Finance. When the Thuns wanted to patent their game they found the Landlord's Game patent and only copyrighted their rule additions (additional railroads own double rent, Community Chest, paying $50 to get out of jail). ![]() An alternate rule establishes a time limit and players total up their wealth.įinance was created by Dan Layman who played, with Louis, Louis and Fred Thun's version of the auction-monopoly games that had been spawned from The Landlord's Game at Williams College in Reading, PA. The game continues until only one player is left. If a player is unable to pay, all their property is returned to the bank, and the player is out. Players may trade properties or sell them back to the bank, but may not mortgage property. Players move again on doubles, with no limit on numbers of doubles that may be thrown, and if a player lands on another player, the original player moves back five spaces, with the same effect as if the player had landed on that space originally. Properties clockwise around the board begin with low value to high value purchase prices, with costs for additional houses and rents also increasing. The game begins with each player on "Cash Here" with $1925. The game also has railroads however, these may not be purchased. The game is based on The Landlord's Game in the movement of pieces around the board, the use of cards, properties that can be purchased, and houses that can be erected on them. Finance, or The Fascinating Game of Finance or Finance and Fortune, is a board game originally released in 1932.
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