Friday, 16 May 2014

Games Britannia - “Monopolies & Mergers”

My Notes

Education to the masses / hard opposition.

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Mansion of Happiness first successful game in the United States.

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Milton Bradley - Checkered Game of Life 

Element of Choice

1860

Success selling game during civil war, mini versions for soldiers.

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1 of the first transatlantic calls secured deal for Monopoly.

Mayfair Hotel hosted the first UK Monopoly championship.

Monopoly - Speed Dice, Adaptable, Negotiate and careful planning of money balance.

Colditz Escapees used Monopoly to conceal maps.

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Cluedo started of more as a card game than a board game but later versions were board based.

Came out at the right time and became a huge success.

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Scrabble was the first word game with counters placed on specific squares on the game board.

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Trivial Pursuit - Skimming knowledge without pounding its depths.

Trivial Pursuit was featured in an “Only Fools and Horses’ episode.

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Dungeons and Dragons  incorporated ideas from games like monopoly.

20 Million players worldwide.

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War on Terror the board game had an overtly political theme that brought satire into games.

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