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Re:Simplifying Board Games by karatestomp on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @01:12PM (#23393379)
The best Monopoly is the one on the NES with a four-score adapter :-)

All the standard rules, no-one can modify them, runs the auctions for you, plays very fast. D-pad and four buttons (counting select and start) so even young kids (or oldsters) with no gaming experience can pick it up fast. I wouldn't ordinarily recommend a video game as a complete replacement for the physical version of a board game, but in the case of Monopoly, yes, definitely, find the simplest video game version you can and use that.

Re:Simplifying Board Games by wallfacer on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @02:15PM (#23394127)
My mom suggested I buy NES Monopoly when I was about 10. I protested at first, but I quickly fell in love and played endlessly.

Monopoly is not a well-designed game to play with people but, surprisingly, amazing and interesting to play against an 8-bit computer.