Subj : Re: Your favourite games as a kid / teen?
To   : Arelor
From : Lightman
Date : Tue Jun 01 2021 23:32:21

Hi Arelor,

 Ar> I am sad so many people is bringing Monopoly up, because it is
 Ar> objetively a very bad game. The
 Ar> 

I'm not one to argue, but to say 'objectively' might stretch credulity a bit
- lol. I don't disagree with your sentiment - if you ended up on the wrong
side post 'saddle'....

 Ar> players get to build their empire with some negotiations going on during
 Ar> the first part until a
 Ar> saddle point (game theory) is reached, and then it is a two hour long

..... you spent the next two (ten?!) hours pissed and ready to flip the table
- it could ruin your day. But... - subjectively - there was **something** to
this arrival at the 'saddle' which had all of us coming back for more, even
though my older sibs always kicked my arse. What?! I dunno - the thought of
holding a monopoly on the 'green' states and seeing your friends fall into
the trap of needing to rent from your hotels? Yeah - I got it, the game
sucked, but looking back on life in the 80s (my perspective) - its what you
had and how you hung out with friends when it was too temperate to run about
sardines / hide-and-seek. hehe

I'll give you that the game sucked (from my perspective) - I dunno if I will
say 'objectively'. Sometimes I wish the kids of this generation would play a
crappy game like Monopoly, and spend time face to face with friends for the
hours (short-version) or, sometimes, days it would take to finish a game with
six players. 

So... maybe I find myself in agreement after all.... but I'm glad the game
existed. It was fun (socially), and easy to approach for a kid who didn't
have parents to teach them game-theory.

lol

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