Critical Miss Gaming Society on Monopoly:
"Because it’s crap. It takes ages to play, suffering long action-free periods in which the players endlessly circle the board in search of the streets they need to complete a set, and lacks the interaction between players that we look for in a game. In short, it’s boring and lacks skill.
Except that it isn’t crap. Actually. You just have to play it the way it was designed to be played.
You just have to read the f*cking rules."
I must honestly say, it was not until I got this game for the iPad last week that I found out the "Auction Rule" even existed. Turns out for many people that's the best part of the game. And it does change the game radically. I guess when I learned how to play Monopoly as a little tyke that part was deemed too complicated to teach me. Most people play without this rule.
"Because it’s crap. It takes ages to play, suffering long action-free periods in which the players endlessly circle the board in search of the streets they need to complete a set, and lacks the interaction between players that we look for in a game. In short, it’s boring and lacks skill.
Except that it isn’t crap. Actually. You just have to play it the way it was designed to be played.
You just have to read the f*cking rules."
I must honestly say, it was not until I got this game for the iPad last week that I found out the "Auction Rule" even existed. Turns out for many people that's the best part of the game. And it does change the game radically. I guess when I learned how to play Monopoly as a little tyke that part was deemed too complicated to teach me. Most people play without this rule.
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