of history, but Monopoly the game, is a'changing.....
http://news.yahoo.com/monopoly-fans-...--finance.html
of history, but Monopoly the game, is a'changing.....
http://news.yahoo.com/monopoly-fans-...--finance.html
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Ah, good choice on the cat! I never did understand the iron tokens...
Originally Posted by N428ER
My take on it would be that the game came out in the 1930's. One of the main domestic chores was clothes ironing. Lots of it. This was before wash n' ware casual apparel .
The lady of the house put a lot of time in using that significant electrical iron.
..."He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose" -Jim Elliot
Wasn't even the convenience a 'modern' electrical iron, Brad.
It was the type you used to set on, usually, a wood stove to heat up.
They were still using them when Monopoly was invented...
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"The Landlord's Game", as it was first known, has been around for a long time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly_%28game%29
YAY !! The cat won, the cat won !!
"Those who live by the sword are shot by those who don't"
Grab all the old tokens you can get, they will be worth money eventually.
There was a contest and Stephen Colbert didn't hijack it?!?
"Let Being Helpful Be More Important Than Being Right!" Some SOH Founder.
Monopoly is lame. Anyone else out there into real board games? :mix-smi:
I've always found Monopoly to be a real board game - at least, I'm always bored when playing it...
LOL I grew up on Avalon Hill games.... like Panzer Leader and Flattop.... but I do consider Monopoly a real game... play it every holiday with family.
BTW the battlewagon was 2nd in popularity... possibly tied with car.
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My dad's got that one on the bookshelf. One of these days I am going to learn it.
I've been enjoying Memoir '44 a lot lately. It isn't a heavy duty war game, but it is a lot more fun. Having plastic pieces to move around and shoot at each other is just pure awesome.
What an evil, capitalistic game. Indoctrinating our poor youth into the evil ways of being a 1 percenter. Shoudn't there be a game caterig towards how much you can get in food stamps or maybe trying to have as many illegitimate kids as possible to get child support from the govt. The one with most plasma tv's or Cadillac Escalade's wins. Before anyone gets upset I'm just trying to be sarcasticly funny
And you're doing a good job of it ! That game already exists, it's called: "Urban life"
"Those who live by the sword are shot by those who don't"
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