8/12/2023 0 Comments People playing monopoly meme![]() The sign of a good game is frequently generating moments such as these, to create stories that draw you back for another go. The old boot skips nimbly between hotels only to trip on the solitary dangerous space for half the board. Someone crows that they’ve gone to jail, safe from the deadly path for a few turns and the table roars with laughter when they’re freed next turn with an unlucky roll. The initial gluttony of buying and auctions moves seamlessly into plotting and dealing until towards the end you’ve played your hand and the game tightens like a noose whilst you tip-toe tensely around the board. The different phases of Monopoly satisfy separate gaming itches. Perhaps we need to remember Monopoly’s charms on its own terms? Gluttony, Citrus Fruit and the Noose Dismissing Monopoly for those reasons alone is like suggesting that Nintendo’s Ocarina of Time was rubbish because Breath of the Wild exists now. Old video games are revered despite their flaws, old board games despised because of them. ![]() Monopoly was easily the best game of the 1930s and for several decades following. It’s even been commended for its accessibility, with the individual playing pieces easy to distinguish by almost anyone. Modern Monopoly was published in 1933 it should be admired for its continuing capacity to please. Monopoly’s long-lasting popularity isn’t just down to effective business practices and marketing – there’s substance behind its survival. Let’s take a deep dive into the good and the bad of Monopoly and explore why an ugly attitude doesn’t help anyone. ![]() Even the great Tom Vasel descended from his Tower to record a video explaining exactly why he despises Monopoly.īut you know what? I don’t think this attitude is fair and there’s a strong argument to be made that it’s actually harmful to the hobby. Trashed in conversations, burned in forums, and lambasted in reviews by some of the tabletop media’s most influential people. ![]() It’s fashionable to mock Monopoly, but is the practice of Monopoly-bashing harmful to the hobby? Read on for a defence of Monopoly. ![]()
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