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Monopoly! Woo!!

• smoyer 7y ago
  Monotony? ... for some reason I never had a problem playing Risk in college even though it would last all night (or more). Playing a six-hour game of Monopoly was only fun for the first couple of hours.
  • Psyladine 7y ago
    Monopoly should rarely, if ever, last more than 45 minutes. Assuming Of Course you are playing by the rules. All properties landed on must sell - even if by auction, no free parking payout, chance cards are not optional, no banker loans, and there are a finite number of houses which caps development for the late-comers. It's as ruthless and unpleasant as a game of Sorry but that's the point, capitalism is only great when you're winning.
    • b0rsuk 7y ago
      You are exactly right, because Monopoly was literally invented as a propaganda device to show how awful capitalism is. The game was literally meant to be unpleasant and soul-draining. But... something went wrong. People took it at face value, and claim to be enjoying the experience. Stockholm Syndrome? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Landlord%27s_Game#Description https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Landlord%27s_Game#Descript...
      • pbhjpbhj 7y ago
        Well, I enjoy playing it, and appreciate the message. The best bit for me is the auctioning of the properties, however.
• contingencies 7y ago
  Met the US chamption of Monopoly in LA at a boardgame meetup in 2010. I asked him how he found enough interest in the game to continue playing to such a level, since it was so shallow/predictable. He replied immediately that Monopoly was really just about convincing people to give you what you want. Turns out he was a lawyer.