The point of any game is enjoyment. In this case with others. It’s true that the game on which Monopoly was based — The Landlord’s Game — was meant to teach economic lessons but that purpose was long ago abandoned on the trash heap of Victorian moral excessiveness.
Paul > On Jun 12, 2022, at 5:03 PM, ann sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> On 6/12/2022 4:21 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >>> On Jun 12, 2022, at 4:50 AM, ann sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: >>> .. snip... snip.. >>> >>> I played Monopoly years ago and as a kid thought it was fun but as I >>> learned more about what a monopoly was in a real sense I never wanted to >>> play it again.. You can probably figure out why :-) >> You do realize that the point of the game was to show how bad Monopolies are? >> >> -- >> Larry Colen >> [email protected] >> >> >> Um, that isn't what it says on line... "Monopoly is a real-estate board >> game for two to eight players. The player's goal is*to remain financially >> solvent while forcing opponents into bankruptcy by buying and developing >> pieces of property*. Bankruptcy results in elimination from the game. The >> last player remaining on the board is the winner. " > ann > > -- > ann sanfedele photography > https://annsan.smugmug.com > https://www.cafepress.com/+ann-sanfedele+gifts > https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/annsan > https://www.createphotocalendars.com/Shop/annsanfedelecalendarsandbooks > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
