Comments on: Weekend games, Saturday: Monopoly, Puerto Rico

By: Iain

Iain — Wed, 13 Aug 2003 15:09:05 +0000

Good for you. A true gamer. )

By: Mikko

Mikko — Tue, 12 Aug 2003 13:46:04 +0000

Yes, that was one point of it. The boys wanted to play it all wrong, of course — they wanted to put money at Free Parking and probably loan money and whatnot. I was strict, though. Correct rules or no game at all.

By: Iain

Iain — Tue, 12 Aug 2003 13:42:38 +0000

Were you playing it with the right rules? Auctions if no one buys a property and no money at Free Parking?

By: Mikko

Mikko — Mon, 11 Aug 2003 18:52:13 +0000

No! Wait! I’ve played Monopoly before, I’ve even owned it. I just haven’t played in almost ten years. That’s why I’ve wanted to play it… I don’t think it’s a bad game, not at least as bad as people seem to think it is.
It’s too long, that’s for sure. Faster start-up would make it better.

By: Iain

Iain — Mon, 11 Aug 2003 15:53:22 +0000

You’ve never played Monopoly before!?! It’s not a bad game. You can see why it was such a huge hit at the time. There are some modern developments that look interesting. Reiner Knizia has a board game and a card game based on it, for instance.