Do you enjoy playing Monopoly?

Conrad

I seriously love playing Monopoly, and have realised that real life Monopoly is just as fun.




I always start by trying to secure cheap streets such as Old Kent road and in time it's somehow magical when some kind of exponential rental snowball starts to build and build which in good time allows more aquisitions and so on.

Does anyone else here get where I'm comming from on the similarity between playing Monopoly and real life B2L?


PS>
This post will come accross as crass, but I'm just being honest.
To be clear I went through tough times when the crunch hit and thankfully had always been a saver so I pulled through. Always try and start little ISA's and savings plans even when things are tight. You soon forget them and lo and behold years later you end up in such better shape.

DervProf

Conrad wrote: »

I always start by trying to secure cheap streets such as Old Kent road and in time it's somehow magical when some kind of exponential rental snowball starts to build and build which in good time allows more aquisitions and so on.

So, you`ve never ended up in jail (do not pass go, do not collect £200) ? Never lost a game of Monopoly ?

Wookster

Guess what?

Mayfair has gone up in value.

You'll be lucky to sleep in a hotel there for less than £200

BobQ

Well you could just try saving your money and travelling around the board and see where it gets you. Just keep rolling the dice with no game plan and hope you never have to land on anything with high rent.

The game is about the capitalist concept and has few socially redeeming aspects to the play. Conclusion is: The only way to win is not to play the game.

Percy1983

I quite like playing monoply, but my version is the starwars one so I am buying places in a galaxy far far away.

exarmydreamer

BobQ wrote: »

. Conclusion is: The only way to win is not to play the game.

Agreed BobQ, unfortunately almost every single adult in this country has a mind set that they must own a house, leave a legacy etc. It seems to be a very British past time, where as other countries have a high rate of renting.

Social housing is what is lacking, lower waged workers are stuck now in rented houses at the mercy of landlords playing monopoly.

the_flying_pig

i very, very much doubt that any of the [in my mind's eye] corpulent, middle-aged, wannabe pwoperdee barons on this site would ever stand a chance of winning second prize in a beauty contest that had more than two contestants.

Mr._Pricklepants

I'd love to play Monopoly with shorty, devon and foxy.

shortchanged rolls the dice...9.... Bow Street... £180. Doesn't buy because there's no way Bow Street can be worth £180 as passing Start only earns £200!

devon's turn....5.....Leicester Square...£260....doesn't buy because it will surely be worth less next round. It's the props I'm telling ya! The props!

Foxy....dices....7...go straight to jail...leaves the table muttering something about immigrants and Grant Shapps.

Mr. Pricklepants; "I'll put another hotel on Park Lane. Cheers!" :beer:

Conrad

BobQ wrote: »

The game is about the capitalist concept and has few socially redeeming aspects to the play.

I hope Bob your'e not one of those comfy lefties lecturing others on thier own attempt to gain life enhancing financial independance?

Thrugelmir

Conrad wrote: »

PS>
This post will come accross as crass, but I'm just being honest.
To be clear I went through tough times when the crunch hit and thankfully had always been a saver so I pulled through.

Trouble is , we are in the minority.

Like the Titanic. The economy doesn't have sufficient lifeboats to save everyone.

Conrad

Thrugelmir wrote: »

Trouble is , we are in the minority.

Like the Titanic. The economy doesn't have sufficient lifeboats to save everyone.

Are you sure? I've seen various reports suggesting personal assets hugely outweigh personal debt, it's just not always held in classical savings accounts in the way Germans seems to prefer.

Most people I know of my age (45) have a lot of equity and little debt.