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In particular, just because the rules doesn't state something explicitly, it doesn't mean to them that the game isn't that way.

They don't only draw inferences from what the letter of the text says, but also fuzzily from what makes sense to them, their idea of what a game is like, etc. Most people aren't used to reading rules with formal rigor as if it were mathematics. It turns what should be a game that lasts around 2-3 hours into a slog that has been known to last days.

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However, the free parking rule definitely actively damages the game. Now, I'm not necessarily claiming that Monopoly is a well designed game. However, including the free parking rule artificially prolongs the game and forces the winning players to sit at the table watching their pieces make laps around the board hoping to just prolong the game and piss off the clear winner. The game was balanced such that a player without a reliable income source would be wiped out after about 5 trips around the board. My problem with this rule stems from the fact that it simply puts too much money into circulation. However, it is not and it has undoubtedly ruined countless perfectly good games of Monopoly. So much so that people believe that it's a real rule. I believe this because the so-called 'free parking rule' has become synonymous both with super-long-marathon sessions of the game and with the game itself. I suspect this rule probably came about because people were tired of being knocked out early and wanted to prolong the game. It's great to have the internet and places like /r/boardgames. Thus that game languished unplayed for many years. Movement Phase: Terran player moves none, some, or all of his unit counters up to the limit of their movement allowances subject to terrain limitations. Luckily now I can ask the googles 'What does the grid in Gambling World mean?' and I don't even need to specify Race for the Galaxy.Īround 1978 I got a copy of Starship Troopers, the first war game I ever had. I don't think I ever read the rules, but I know that other people played this way. Years later I learned that this was a made-up rule. When I grew up in the early 70s playing Monopoly, the highlight of the game was The Kitty - we'd put a percentage of every property purchase into the middle of the board.

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