@mathew
The Landlord's Game is not the same as modern Monopoly: "Brer Fox an' Brer Rabbit" failed despite it supposedly having the "enjoyable" rules compared to its successor.

Authorial intent of a distinct progenitor game doesn't really come into this,
even if we were to assume the intent was to make one half of the gameplay experience "unpleasant", rather than merely illustrative of monopolistic principles.

Come-back mechanics *are* antithetical to the theming, but that's beside the point.

The game's old, and was very cobbled together ad hoc.

So it doesn't have the considered design a lot of modern games do, in terms of come-back mechanics, player agency, variety.

But it's still surprisingly playable if you're sticking to the rules. The short-game rules excise the repetitive part of the end-game completely.

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If Monopoly's sucking and no fun, chances are you're playing it wrong.