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If you play Monoply by its actual loving rules, notably the auction system, the game takes 30-45 minutes to play even with 6 people and maintains its core message of "capitalism loving sucks".
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I just wanted those utilities. It wasn’t strategic. I just liked them.
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Feb 17, 2019 08:23
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Utilities are a trap. Railroads are the smart play.
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Feb 17, 2019 09:17
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christmas boots posted:Utilities are a trap. Railroads are the smart play. Railroads were my second favourite, if that helps. I just liked ‘em, fruit-boots. I just liked ‘em. Also, when I would get Reading Railroad I would always sing the theme from Reading Rainbow with the phrase altered accordingly. Good times.
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Feb 17, 2019 09:24
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I used to play hours long games of Monopoly with my dad and it was really fun, just the tension of passing by a long stretch of expensive hotels as you try to hoard cash and gloating over the other player. It's a good game even with the "wrong" rules if it's in the right social circumstances.
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Feb 17, 2019 09:39
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Just think of how much fun you two would have had playing a good board game!
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Feb 17, 2019 09:42
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When my family played, we didn't do the auction and nobody would trade. Ever. You could pitch them the sweetest offer under the sun and they wouldn't take it because "it has to be a better deal for them if they want to make it, right?" So needless to say you just rolled dice, walked around a board and occasionally drew a card with not a hotel in sight and everyone just gaining piddly amounts of money with each lap.
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Feb 17, 2019 09:48
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What’s weird, to bring this back to video games, is that I remember playing a version of Monopoly on my friend’s PC in the mid-‘90s and it wasn’t horrible? (probably a warped memory; ANY video game that we hadn’t played to death was tolerable.) but I can’t for the life of me recall if it used the real rules or not.
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Feb 17, 2019 10:10
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I'll take Monopoly over these stupid Kickstarter games that take an hour to learn and 6 hours to play any day. Gimme Candyland so it's over as quickly as possible. board games suck.
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Feb 17, 2019 10:31
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There are a bunch of house rules out there meant to make Monopoly play better. Same for that dumbass game Munchkin. Makes the games wayyyyyy better.
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Feb 17, 2019 11:54
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The common houserules for Monopoly and other board games, to the point where people don't actually understand the official rules of the game, seem to basically be made around minimising the effort you put into the game and making it drag out longer.
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Feb 17, 2019 12:03
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veni veni veni posted:I'll take Monopoly over these stupid Kickstarter games that take an hour to learn and 6 hours to play any day. Gimme Candyland so it's over as quickly as possible. board games suck. Nah, board games are great. Just have to play one of the many good ones.
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Feb 17, 2019 12:24
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We need more board games that are basically Mario Party. No pretence of fairness, nonstop crazy poo poo.
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Feb 17, 2019 12:49
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Vegetable posted:There are a bunch of house rules out there meant to make Monopoly play better. Same for that dumbass game Munchkin. Makes the games wayyyyyy better. what are your good munchkin house rules? mine are "let's play a different game"
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Feb 17, 2019 13:12
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Ghost Leviathan posted:We need more board games that are basically Mario Party. No pretence of fairness, nonstop crazy poo poo. I too want an Eric Andre Show boardgame.
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Feb 17, 2019 14:15
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Munchkin is a terrible board game
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Feb 17, 2019 14:16
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Ghost Leviathan posted:The common houserules for Monopoly and other board games, to the point where people don't actually understand the official rules of the game, seem to basically be made around minimising the effort you put into the game and making it drag out longer. it makes the game more fair for children I think. when I played "proper" monopoly against my young cousins I was able to absolutely destroy them in the auctions. it's really easy to bait kids into bidding away all their money. without the auctions the game is mostly just random chance.
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Feb 17, 2019 14:53
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Lambert posted:Nah, board games are great. Just have to play one of the many good ones. They are actually pretty fun but the people that buy them are goddamn liars about how long they are gonna take to play.
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Feb 17, 2019 15:00
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veni veni veni posted:They are actually pretty fun but the people that buy them are goddamn liars about how long they are gonna take to play. we have to lie, you wouldn't play if we told you how long it really takes!
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Feb 17, 2019 15:07
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It doesn't help that people have an aversion to reading the rulebook in advance for god knows what reason. So between teaching people the set up and explaining the rules the time to play the game doubles.
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Feb 17, 2019 15:23
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My last board game experience "hey veni wanna come over and play this game I just bought?" no "It's really fun. It'll only take about 1.5 hours and I'm ordering Pizza for everyone" ok fine Via text: "Hey can you pick up some Red Baron pizzas on the way down here? I'll paypal you when you get here" JFC ...5 1/2 hours later I get second place because the other remaining guy got a better dice roll than me even though I strategically owned him in the last move Then I drove home in a blizzard. veni veni veni fucked around with this message at 15:47 on Feb 17, 2019 |
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Feb 17, 2019 15:44
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veni veni veni posted:My last board game experience You gotta draw people into the story a little before you start asking them to suspend disbelief.
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Feb 17, 2019 16:02
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appropriatemetaphor posted:Twilight Imperium and Axis and Allies Global are the only games a grown man should play. Despite you thinking so, "grown man" just means "adult male", not "gross fat guy."
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Feb 17, 2019 16:08
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Chez G(r)eek owned.
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Feb 17, 2019 17:02
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Ghost Leviathan posted:We need more board games that are basically Mario Party. No pretence of fairness, nonstop crazy poo poo. Twilight Imperium
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Feb 17, 2019 17:41
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Chomp8645 posted:Twilight Imperium Mario party also doesn't take 12 hours to play a single game, so it can be reasonably played.
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Feb 17, 2019 17:50
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Barudak posted:If you play Monoply by its actual loving rules, notably the auction system, the game takes 30-45 minutes to play even with 6 people and maintains its core message of "capitalism loving sucks". It's still longer than that to complete, but playing Monopoly by the actual rules is the fastest way to end a game of Monopoly since what happens is you take your first turn, start an auction, people go, "What the gently caress?!" and then you repeat that you only agreed to play if they used the actual rules. Game is over right there. Now some people may say that makes you a dick; I prefer to think that you just spared people from playing Monopoly.
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Feb 17, 2019 18:06
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People looking for Capitalism The Board Game should just play Chinatown. The bartering is intense.
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Feb 17, 2019 18:23
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Random Stranger posted:It's still longer than that to complete, but playing Monopoly by the actual rules is the fastest way to end a game of Monopoly since what happens is you take your first turn, start an auction, people go, "What the gently caress?!" and then you repeat that you only agreed to play if they used the actual rules. Game is over right there. Now some people may say that makes you a dick; I prefer to think that you just spared people from playing Monopoly. What are the fewest number of half-Boardwalk lands you can achieve?
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Feb 17, 2019 18:34
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Monopoly is a bad game. The last time I played was at a family gathering. After the game had devolved as Monopoly games typically do, one person suggested we all form a consortium so that everyone could win. Seemed like a great idea. All the liberals who were playing quickly agreed. The conservatives said no, there can be only one winner. No wonder this country is totally hosed. (The conservatives kept playing for 2 more hours after we all bowed out. No one ever won that game. Well, I mean, we won because we enjoyed the rest of our evening.)
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Feb 17, 2019 19:23
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I've played it twice this week and the game took under an hour both times. I don't know what you people are doing wrong. EDIT: OK, it's Sunday but you know what I mean.
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Feb 17, 2019 19:28
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Waltzing Along posted:Monopoly is a bad game. Clue is the only acceptable answer in family multiplayer.
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Feb 17, 2019 20:38
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*mongolishly burts into thread* Aaaaaaaaafrikan tähti! It's not that racist!
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Feb 17, 2019 20:41
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SilvergunSuperman posted:Clue is the only acceptable answer in family multiplayer. It's actually Scrabble, the thinking man's board game.
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Feb 17, 2019 20:45
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Shibawanko posted:It's actually Scrabble, the thinking man's board game. ok, Peggy Hill
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Feb 17, 2019 20:46
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Mumpy Puffinz posted:ok, Peggy Hill Peggy plays Boggle you IDIOT. 
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That's Boggle you clod
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Feb 17, 2019 21:21
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capitalism owns, unfortunately Monopoly does not
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Feb 17, 2019 21:46
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Magnitogorsk. posted:capitalism owns Mods???
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Wrath of the Bitch King posted:You gotta draw people into the story a little before you start asking them to suspend disbelief. What?
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