Monopoly's Secret Origins

[El Mahdi]

An interesting story about the history of Monopoly - and it's not the history published with the game.

How_a_fight_over_a_boardgame_Monopolized_an_econom ist's_life.

[Roger]

Very interesting.

Here's the original patent: BOARD GAME APPARATUS - Google Patent Search


Cheers,
Roger

[ssampier]

That is interesting about the landlord game.

If a Monopoly Game was released today--and no one had any knowledge of previous Monopoly games--would it be as popular?

[arscott]

Of course not--It's a pretty terrible game (or more acurately, It's a great game sandwitched between two terrible games). Maybe a very edited version of the game would do alright, but Monopoly flourishes mostly because it's familiar.

[Woas]

Originally Posted by ssampier

That is interesting about the landlord game.

If a Monopoly Game was released today--and no one had any knowledge of previous Monopoly games--would it be as popular?

Ugh. It doesn't have to be made today. With the game made when it was, it's still a horrible game and honestly I don't know how people enjoy it. It is the only game I've ever encountered that more times than not results in the losing player(s) as frustrated as they would have been if they had actually just lost their life savings IRL and come to physical violence.

[scarlet0906]

I don't know but i don't like monopoly. I rather play chess. It bores me! sorry! but the history you post is kinda interesting.

[Agamon]

Yep, Monopoly sucks. Dull, frustrating, random, pretty much the opposite of fun. That article was interesting, though.

[rogueattorney]

This "horrible" game, the one that's sold over 750 million copies...

It's actually quite fun, especially with large crowds. I play it with my six-year-old daughter. She loves it.

Nice news story. I think I'll have to track down Anti-Monopoly at some point.

[seosecrets]

This is great, playing monopoly reminds me of my childhood!