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| Monopoly | 
 enlarge | Brand: Hasbro
Category: Toy
List Price: £14.99
Buy New: £11.17
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Avg. Customer Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 31
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
MPN: 00009
Model: 5011634440211
EAN: 5011634440211
ASIN: B00005N5PF
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 Monopolized a lot of my spare time when I was a kid April 18, 2007
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Monopoly is a classic game where the players take the role of property developers and can buy cheap property such as the pairing of Whitechapel and Old Kent Road or go for the 'creme de la creme' pairing of Mayfair and Park Lane. This game demands more than the lucky roll of dice and one tactic is to buy all the 4 stations as well as water and electricity works. I gree on the educational value of this game in that it is a prelude to basic economics as well as the art of negotiation. Come on then roll the dice or Go To Jail !
People miss the point. This isn't your average 'board game' November 24, 2006
15 out of 16 found this review helpful
Its a shame to see the negative reviews of this game. Afterall, if its the educational value thats being questioned, this game was made over 70 years ago! So it doesn't incorparate the modern educational values. Instead, it is indeed a game of luck, but also stratergy,
It takes a mature person to last out an hour or 2 to play Monopoly. Its not for the people (or children) that find they get bored after 5 minutes and say "This is rubbish". Its not like other board games, because it requires you to build your way up to winning through fortune - not through simply making small descions while cruising around a colourful snazzy board. The reason people love the game is because it actually links to real life - theirs the water works, electric company, real roads and streets, railway stations - not fictional characters with wierd names, that makes you wonder "whats the point?". The great thing aobut Monopoly, is that it does feel real. And thats why I could never take losing!
Unlike other games too, you learn techniques and stratergies over many years. My dad's been playing Monopoly on and off for over 40 years, and I can see a deifnate pattern in the way he plays, that can only be brought on over time. As a mature person, who's been playing the game for many years, I'm still only learning new things each time. But the only time I play the game is in lazy summer nights, whic I think suits the time scale - you'll be playing the game for at leats 45 minutes/ an hour if you play properly.
The playing 'pieces' are now all too familiar, and most older gamers have a favourite. They are well made, and they'll never break thankfuklly! (seems like one of the few toys thats not built with cheap plastic). I'm sure most people have played the game, but for those who haven't, its a simple idea - the objective is to force the opposing players into debt, so that he/she has no money left, and cannot pay up any charges you have. The fun comes in the building up to this... You may want to buy a 'house' and place it on cheaper property, like The Angel Islington (this was actually a pub - the men who went around collecting street names went to a pub, not knowing what last street name to get - hence the pub Angel Isslington was used) therefore not using lots cash, or you could try being really harsh and buy Mayfair, whilst placing many houses on it, though this costs mega money.
Along the way around the board, you'll come across other features - Chance and Community Chest cards provide additonal luck in your money spending/gaining, while placing a wrong move could send you to Jail! The railway stations on each board side can be bought too, and the utilities (water and electricity) add more variety, but you rarely land on them!
I think this game proves something very special - its timeless. It doesnt focus on something that is era-based, or any techno-babble. It focuses on tactics and right descions. And their values that surely won't fade away?
Brilliant Game November 8, 2006
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
Its all down to the luck of the dice, failiure or success could be right around the corner. Will you end up in jail, or will you manage to get a monopoly and start on houses?
Admittedly Monopoly is very repetitive but there is such an element of risk when playing, should you put all your eggs in one basket and buy a hotel on Mayfair and Park Lane, or should you try and get a few houses on everywhere. The fact it relies on the dice means that everything is down to chance, one minute you could be down to 1 and the next you could have 1000. Anything can happen, nothing is definite, you're never out of it until you've gone. THE Beautiful Game!
Hall of fame game!! April 10, 2006
11 out of 13 found this review helpful
This game without a doubt is truly one of the greats.Nothing would please me more than to have a few family members around to play with and to have some fun. This game is truly a classic. With all the new technology around that could go into making fantastic board games, this game is still leaps and bounds ahead of the rest. The duarability of this game through the ages is phenominal.
Hall of fame game, Period.
 THE reason why too many people HATE board games March 16, 2006
4 out of 55 found this review helpful
Everyone has played Monopoly, so I won't go over the rules. The reason I've given Monopoly such a poor rating is:- There is no variance in strategy; in fact there is very little strategy at all.
- The whole game is based around the luck of the dice or the luck of the draw. Luck is good mechanic in games (matches real-life) but I think Monopoly takes it to the point where players have too little control over their own destiny. There is NO way to make your own luck.
- For what it gives you in return, Monopoly takes far too long. You need at least three hours to run a single game, which is quite ridiculous. Luckily most people can get on to other things as the game quickly boils down to a battle between two players; which brings me to my next point.
- Players get eliminated. This is the main reason why Monopoly causes friction and bad feeling in a group. What are those eliminated players to do? Wait for their friends to finish? Board games should bring people together, not force them apart. Monopoly is responsible for driving people away from board games. Board games should be FUN for ALL and Monopoly fails to achieve that.
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