Very cool. I love the very British apology letter. I’m glad he mentions the extra goodies for the editions sent to POWs in Germany.
And of course it’s always worth noting that Monopoly wasn’t originally a pro-capitalist game:
The Landlord's Game is a board game patented in 1904 by Elizabeth Magie as U.S. Patent 748,626. It is a realty and taxation game intended to educate users about Georgism. It is the inspiration for the board game Monopoly. In 1902 to 1903, Magie designed the game and play tested it in Arden, Delaware. The game was created to be a "practical demonstration of the present system of land grabbing with all its usual outcomes and consequences". She based the game on the economic principles of Georgism...
It still sucks as a game. I preferred this variant:
The Mad Magazine Game, titled Mad Magazine: The "What-Me Worry?" game on the cover, is a board game produced by Parker Brothers in 1979. Gameplay is similar, but the goals and directions often opposite to, that of Monopoly; the object is for players to lose all of their money. Play proceeds to the first player's right and the first player is determined by a left-handed roll for the lowest number. The game includes cards, money, dice, and tokens, and the game board features Alfred E. Neuman and il...
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Absolutely. I don’t remember one moment in which I found myself enjoying this cruel, pointless game. Wait, we’re taking about free market capitalism, right?
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Still looking for the Monopoly Time War edition.
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My preferred war-time edition of Monopoly:
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Well, today I learned that our family Monopoly set is a war time edition. I always assumed it was slightly poor quality because it was old, and that’s how board games were made then. This makes more sense.
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