Benjamin Woolley is back in his second series of 'Games Britannia'.
This time, Woolley talks about the social and political impacts board games have made in Britain, specifically with the more known and played games such as 'Monopoly', 'Cluedo' and 'Scrabble'. These games were the most popular in Britain and remain so today.
This episode of the series was good, but not as good as the last epsiode 'Dicing with Destiny'. This was because on 'Dicing with Destiny' there were so many new and different games that I've never heard of before being played after so long. However, on 'Monopolies and Mergers' the main focus is around board games we know very well, but also on their predecessors.
I think the most intriguing (and somewhat amusing) part of the video was when Woolley went to play in a competition of Monopoly where the prize is to go to Las Vegas to play in the Monopoly competition there. I did find this amusing how a board game which can be played by anyone has turned into a big event. The best part was Woolley even managed to win on one of the tables against some members who were taking part in the competition.
I think Monopoly is more down to being lucky with your rolls and landing on the right squares more than the skill of buying the right properties/housing your properties which Woolley showed in the Monopoly tournament, after all, during his game it would have taken just one roll onto an opponents square to make you lose the game.
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