Damian Yerrick<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@burgerbecky" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>burgerbecky</span></a></span> My guess is that if a landlord buys up all the houses in the area, it can A. rent them out at inflated prices or B. demolish the houses to make hotels. This is the kind of situation illustrated in Elizabeth Magie's Landlord's Game (later modified by Charles Darrow as Monopoly).</p><p><a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/monopoly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monopoly</span></a> <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/RealEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RealEstate</span></a> <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/MonopolyGame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MonopolyGame</span></a> <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/landlords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>landlords</span></a> <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/LandlordsGame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LandlordsGame</span></a> <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/rent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rent</span></a> <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/rentier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rentier</span></a></p>