Subj : Re: Favourite Board Games
To   : boraxman
From : Arelor
Date : Fri Mar 18 2022 13:58:34

  Re: Re: Favourite Board Games
  By: boraxman to Arelor on Fri Mar 18 2022 10:37 pm

 > I used to like Monopoly when I was younger because you could play with money
 > but as an adult, the game is lacking.  It's usually obvious before the end w
 > is winning, and when you're winning, people just give up.  The game rarely g
 > to completion.
 > 
 > I do like the Doom boardgame, Cluedo (what we call Clue in Australia) is pre
 > good.  I don't actually have many boardgames.

The problem with Monopoly is that all the strategy and politics necessary to
win are done very early on, and then players just move round and round and
round for hours no end.

By the first half an hour everybody has all the properties they can get and has
traded them with other players if possible. Past that point there is no more
strategy. Just mindlessly wandering on the board.

Also, it has player elimination, which is ok for short games but awful for long
ones. If Francisco is kicked out early, then he may have to have a long nap
while the rest of the players keep at it having fun. If it can be called fun
:-)

I never heard of the Doom boardgame.

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