Tag: monopoly
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How to Win at Monopoly
It appears that a couple of high-profile blogs linked to this a few years back, but it’s new to me: how to win at monopoly. Monopoly is a game of luck, strategy, and people skills. No strategy will guarantee you a win; that’s one of the reasons Monopoly is so interesting. In any given game,…
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Two Stories of Escaping WW2 POW Camps
The fascinating story of how Waddington’s Monopoly sets were used to help captured Allied soldiers escape from Nazi POW camps: In 1941, the British Secret Service approached Waddington with its master plan, and before long, production of a “special edition” Monopoly set was underway. For the top-secret mission, the factory set aside a small, secure…