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Monopoly is a zero sum game. So perceiving it as such shouldn't be the bias that leads to poor strategy. (edit: it seems that it may be possible to play monopo
by mrrrgn 7y ago
Monopoly is a zero sum game. So perceiving it as such shouldn't be the bias that leads to poor strategy.
(edit: it seems that it may be possible to play monopoly in a way that generates infinite money and with no win condition)
- conanbatt 7y agoIt technically isn't, because if everyone forgives each other's expenses they can be infinitely rich as the bank never run out of money.
- mrrrgn 7y agoWell I'll be. I'd thought that the rules were more strict. It appears that even if the bank does run out of bills more can be created by writing on pieces of paper.
- username90 7y agoMoney in monopoly doesn't matter except as a means to increase your probability of winning. The probability of winning is zero sum.
- conanbatt 7y agoThats not the use of zero-sum used in economics or in (some applications of) game theory: any game with a discrete victor is a zero-sum probability of winning. What is not zero-sum is the amount of money/points floating in monopoly. If you played a monopoly tournament where players can resign, and at the end of the game you sum up all the money as points for a final ranking you would see monopoly is truly non-zero-sum.
- pessimizer 7y agoTrading in Monopoly is not zero-sum, the outcome is.