Comments on: Technology Marches On… http://www.blogjones.com/WordPress/2006/07/24/technology-marches-on/ I'm not crazy! I'm going sane in a crazy world! Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:07:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: John Bryson http://www.blogjones.com/WordPress/2006/07/24/technology-marches-on/#comment-55796 John Bryson Thu, 03 Jan 2008 14:57:37 +0000 http://www.blogjones.com/WordPress/2006/07/24/technology-marches-on/#comment-55796 I can't buy into the idea that Hasbro will eliminate all paper money from their Monopoly games. I know Electronic Monopoly has been popular this year but playing the game of Monopoly is such a tradition in this country that doing away with the money completely feels a bit like the launch of New Coke - the traditionalists, myself included, want their Monopoly with the dollar bills! John B. <code><a href="http://www.monopshop.com" rel="nofollow">The MonopShop</a> </code> I can’t buy into the idea that Hasbro will eliminate all paper money from their Monopoly games. I know Electronic Monopoly has been popular this year but playing the game of Monopoly is such a tradition in this country that doing away with the money completely feels a bit like the launch of New Coke - the traditionalists, myself included, want their Monopoly with the dollar bills!

John B.
The MonopShop

]]> By: Scott http://www.blogjones.com/WordPress/2006/07/24/technology-marches-on/#comment-18611 Scott Tue, 25 Jul 2006 15:46:44 +0000 http://www.blogjones.com/WordPress/2006/07/24/technology-marches-on/#comment-18611 Debit cards! I use my debit card all the time, but that's just not right in a Monopoly game! Half the fun is in collecting giant rent payments in stacks of florescent money! Fortunately it appears that this new version is just a specialty British edition. As for Monopoly being boring and luck-driven, that's only the first half the game. The <em>real</em> game starts once all the property is purchased and the bartering begins. :D Though I've never played it, I've actually read a variation of the rules in which most of the property is distributed evenly at the beginning of the game so you can get right to the fun part. Debit cards! I use my debit card all the time, but that’s just not right in a Monopoly game! Half the fun is in collecting giant rent payments in stacks of florescent money! Fortunately it appears that this new version is just a specialty British edition.

As for Monopoly being boring and luck-driven, that’s only the first half the game. The real game starts once all the property is purchased and the bartering begins. :D Though I’ve never played it, I’ve actually read a variation of the rules in which most of the property is distributed evenly at the beginning of the game so you can get right to the fun part.

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