http://chris.pirillo.com/the-next-monopoly/ News and Reviews! Geek, Internet Entrepreneur, Hardware Addict, Software Junkie, Book Author, Once TV Show Host, Technology Enthusiast, Shameless Self-Promoter, Tech Conference Coordinator, Early Adopter, Idea Evangelist, Tech Support Blogger, Bootstrapper, Media Personality, Technology Consultant, Thicker Quicker Picker Upper. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://chris.pirillo.com/the-next-monopoly/#comment-19444 Anonymous Wed, 03 May 2006 00:30:53 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2006/05/02/the-next-monopoly/#comment-19444 Great - yet another edition of Monopoly. Its not like EVERY EDITION plays the exact same way. Scary is that we know this game will sell. And sell well. But will anyone play it? And if they do, its probably because they don't know any better. If only Hasbro (who makes Monopoly) would buy out one of the better boardgame companies (Days of Wonder, Mayfair, Rio Grande Games etc) and release some quality. Sure Hasbro and Avalon Hill (a division of Hasbro) have done better than usual in the last couple of years (Heroscape and Nexus Ops are both worth a look), but against great games like Settlers of Catan, Ticket to Ride, Carcassonne and El Grande they just don't stack up... Great – yet another edition of Monopoly. Its not like EVERY EDITION plays the exact same way.
Scary is that we know this game will sell. And sell well. But will anyone play it? And if they do, its probably because they don't know any better.
If only Hasbro (who makes Monopoly) would buy out one of the better boardgame companies (Days of Wonder, Mayfair, Rio Grande Games etc) and release some quality. Sure Hasbro and Avalon Hill (a division of Hasbro) have done better than usual in the last couple of years (Heroscape and Nexus Ops are both worth a look), but against great games like Settlers of Catan, Ticket to Ride, Carcassonne and El Grande they just don't stack up…

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