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Monopoly rolls dice, changes look
CNN Money ^ | 4/24/06

Posted on 04/24/2006 2:07:46 PM PDT by Paddlefish

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Capitalism evolves!
1 posted on 04/24/2006 2:07:49 PM PDT by Paddlefish
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To: Paddlefish
Are they going from this --

...to this? --


2 posted on 04/24/2006 2:11:35 PM PDT by Kenny Bunkport
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I used to like that game but now it seems like it takes forever for it to end.


3 posted on 04/24/2006 2:12:11 PM PDT by SouthernFreebird
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To: Paddlefish

This will bomb like "New Coke". "Buying Boardwalk" is a part of our cultural lexicon.


4 posted on 04/24/2006 2:12:21 PM PDT by Rebel_Ace (Tags?!? Tags?!? We don' neeeed no stinkin' Tags!)
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To: Paddlefish

There's already a million Monopoly retreads.

Heck, every sizable university has a "[univ name]-opoly" version selling at their bookstore.


5 posted on 04/24/2006 2:15:39 PM PDT by Uncledave
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To: Paddlefish
"We encourage Monopoly fans to help create the look of our new game board by voting often at our website for their favorite landmarks," Matt Collins, Vice President of Marketing for Hasbro, said in a statement.

Zounds!

This guy must be a Democrat!
"Vote often"..... ?

6 posted on 04/24/2006 2:18:00 PM PDT by Publius6961 (Multiculturalism is the white flag of a dying country)
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Capitalism evolves!

Like Hell, this is nothing but fixing something that ain't broke.
7 posted on 04/24/2006 2:18:35 PM PDT by mkjessup (The Shah doesn't look so bad now, eh? But nooo, Jimmah said the Ayatollah was a 'godly' man.)
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To: Paddlefish
Actually I feel the game is more of a lesson in socialism, that is there is only one winner with capitalism, and everyone else looses, implying the need for socialism to protect everyone from the one winer.

Another socialist aspect of the game is all the property is "rent controlled", and the owner is unable to set a fair price, this ends up hurting the poor renter, with the blame being placed on the capitalist, but we know it is really the socialism causing the problem.

I think this game belongs in the garbage.

8 posted on 04/24/2006 2:20:21 PM PDT by Mark was here (How can they be called "Homeless" if their home is a field?.)
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To: Paddlefish

If ain't broke, don't fix it. I live about 2 miles from the site of the original Parker Brothers. It was a stroke of brilliance at the time, and like all such things, can rarely be improved upon.


9 posted on 04/24/2006 2:21:25 PM PDT by putupjob
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To: Paddlefish

Sure, that will work well.


10 posted on 04/24/2006 2:21:54 PM PDT by TBP
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watch for "Monopoly Classic" to come out a few months after the redesigned Monopoly... at a higher price.


11 posted on 04/24/2006 2:22:33 PM PDT by kpp_kpp
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Monopoly is a lousy game.

This site has rankings of board games that are much better:

www.boardgamegeek.com


12 posted on 04/24/2006 2:23:43 PM PDT by You Dirty Rats (I Love Free Republic!!!)
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To: Rebel_Ace

Yep. Never underestimate the power of nostalgia.


14 posted on 04/24/2006 2:24:47 PM PDT by pollyannaish
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To: martin_fierro
Until May 12, fans can vote on www.monopoly.com for their favorite landmarks from 22 cities — including New York's Times Square, Chicago's Wrigley Field, Honolulu's Waikiki Beach, Beverly Hills' Rodeo Drive and San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge.

Jagoffs ain't even got the Stroh's Clock or The O as a choice.

SD

15 posted on 04/24/2006 2:26:04 PM PDT by SoothingDave
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Harumph!

Yea I know, but there are so many running around thinking monopolies are bad and the government is needed to "solve" them...

Welcome to the FR.

16 posted on 04/24/2006 2:29:24 PM PDT by Mark was here (How can they be called "Homeless" if their home is a field?.)
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To: Uncledave

My favorite is Whoville-oply.


17 posted on 04/24/2006 2:32:09 PM PDT by massgopguy (massgopguy)
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To: dighton
In case it necessitates ...


18 posted on 04/24/2006 2:36:52 PM PDT by MozarkDawg
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To: Mark was here

Wow what a vastly different read. Since the Monopoly market is artificially limited to create winners and loosers I never saw that as an implication of anything. Just a game mechanical necessity.

And I always thought the rent listings were the fair market price with that level of improvement. Remember you don't actually have to charge the rent as listed, things can get negotiated. Again purely game mechanics.

Maybe I spent too much time learning about game mechanics.


19 posted on 04/24/2006 2:49:19 PM PDT by discostu (raise your glass of beer on high, and seal your fate forever)
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To: discostu

Good call. We've always played it rather Laissez-Faire, keeping to the rules as much as practicable. One think I cannot stand are folks who pay out for hitting Free Parking.

[That's an inflationary mechanism...]

However, if you don't mind games lasting for a week (literally), you can set up Real Estate trusts, sliding financial instruments, etc. Requires bookkeeping, but we let the banker do that.

Sometimes we let the banker play, too, or allow competing banks. Great stuff. Hate to see it change.



20 posted on 04/24/2006 2:53:25 PM PDT by IslandJeff
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