National Play Monopoly Day - November 19th

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apparently the Guardian agrees with me...

Monopoly​

Monopoly is so bad, for so many different reasons. On the surface it might seem to be nothing more than a collection of terrible design choices: roll and move, player elimination etc. This would be bad enough, but layered on top of this are the array of house rules that serve only to make the experience ever more interminable - fine money going to whomever lands on free parking, not playing with the auction rules, not being allowed to buy property until you have been once round the board. These only extend the tortuous experience even further. Finally, Monopoly is awful because of the vice-like grip it has had over how the British public perceive boardgames. I am going to a boardgame night at a local comic shop this evening - nobody will be playing Monopoly, and if it was suggested then I would assume that it was a sick joke of some kind. It is a scourge.
 
I hate it too! Could never understand it. The last time I played was about 50 years ago.

As usual, I kept asking, "What do I do now?" and the other players would say, "Pick up a card" or "Buy a hotel."

Suddenly they started putting the game away. I said, "Wait! Why are you putting the game away?"

They gave me weird looks and said, "You won, North."

Very unsatisfying.
 
hollydolly said:
apparently the Guardian agrees with me...

Monopoly​

Monopoly is so bad, for so many different reasons. On the surface it might seem to be nothing more than a collection of terrible design choices: roll and move, player elimination etc. This would be bad enough, but layered on top of this are the array of house rules that serve only to make the experience ever more interminable - fine money going to whomever lands on free parking, not playing with the auction rules, not being allowed to buy property until you have been once round the board. These only extend the tortuous experience even further. Finally, Monopoly is awful because of the vice-like grip it has had over how the British public perceive boardgames. I am going to a boardgame night at a local comic shop this evening - nobody will be playing Monopoly, and if it was suggested then I would assume that it was a sick joke of some kind. It is a scourge.
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what games do you play at the comic shop, I used to go and play Hero Clix's
 
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