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Re:Monopoly was invented to demonstrate the evils of capital... by deweller on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @12:37PM (#22425210)
This is not due to its origin. It's just not a great game due to its widely varied play time, elimination of players and other flaws.

If you're new to Euro-style games and enjoy games with some luck and rolling of the dice, check out The Settlers of Catan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catan).

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Re:Monopoly was invented to demonstrate the evils of capital... by proc0 on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @12:41PM (#22425256)
Ah, was that created to show the evils of colonialism? /s
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Re:Monopoly was invented to demonstrate the evils of capital... by mcv on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @05:35PM (#22428182)
Not every game has a message. Settlers of Catan was created to show what a fun, tight boardgame with some depth and a limited playing time would look like, and kicked off the German boardgame boom as a result.

But if you want a game showing the evils of international politics, give War On Terror a try. You can fight the other players by funding terrorists to fight them, but if everybody does that, the terrorists win and everybody loses.

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