Wednesday 8th February 2012
The Monopoly board to Poland
Alex Webber - 14th January 2010
© Alex Webber
The Polish edition of Monopoly can be picked up in SMYK
Few games captivate and capture the imagination as much as Monopoly, a game where placid individuals transform into bullying landlords, gleefully stripping their closest family of all their assets, and smirking acidly as their best friend finds himself carted off to the clink. Even fewer board games manage to conjure such a cut-throat competitive spirit; smarmy winners will proudly point out their success on the board is a reflection of life while humbled losers squirm with barely concealed resentment. Monopoly is not just oneupmanship, it’s war; a chance to see evil in-laws vanquished and painful cousins reminded of their lowly position on the ladder of life.
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