Monopoly is a banned game in our family since that incident back on Christmas 1999 when my sister absolutely refused to trade properties with my mom and my mom getting irrationally angry about it to the point of shattering a chair and storming out of the house.
That’s because it was originally designed to convince people that it was an awful game system. Literally. The point is that it’s unfair and you should hate it.
In its pure form, the game it was shamelessly stolen from had a second play style, called “prosperity”, which had slightly different ownership and rent rules, and was played cooperatively.
Monopoly is a banned game in our family since that incident back on Christmas 1999 when my sister absolutely refused to trade properties with my mom and my mom getting irrationally angry about it to the point of shattering a chair and storming out of the house.
If only real financial inequality made us that upset…
There have been a couple times
That’s because it was originally designed to convince people that it was an awful game system. Literally. The point is that it’s unfair and you should hate it.
In its pure form, the game it was shamelessly stolen from had a second play style, called “prosperity”, which had slightly different ownership and rent rules, and was played cooperatively.
You guys should try the game “diplomacy” then.
One of them might literally commit murder.