When the game Monopoly first appeared, it didn’t have
tokens. Players used buttons, coins or whatever was on hand. The game was
purchased by Parker Brothers in 1935, and the tokens were a battleship, a boot,
a cannon, a thimble, an iron and a top hat. I don’t play it much these days,
but I could be convinced to try if you let me pick the Scottie dog. I’m not an
enthusiastic Monopoly fan because it’s the opposite of what a board game should
be. It doesn’t bring people together. And that’s by design. Its whole purpose
was to teach the evils of unregulated capitalism. Once a player pulls ahead, he’ll
just get richer while everyone else slowly goes bankrupt. The winner is usually
the most ruthless player. That guy who always insists on being the banker? Yeah,
him. If you’ve ever seen a game of Monopoly end in tears or a broken friendship,
now you know why.
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