Gaming Notes: Monopoly Deal

I've played Monopoly dozens of times. But Elliott recently introduced me to the game Monopoly Deal. First, I liked the double use of "DEAL" in the name. You DEAL cards but you're also trying to make a DEAL. Neat. It's a card game directly based on the board game -  you're still trying to match property sets and get the greatest total value. It's turn based but fast moving.

It was Elliott, my wife, and I playing. Let's just say that Elliott wiped the floor with us. Elliott completely sunk me pretty quickly and then picked my wife apart until he stole the properties he needed to win.

It's a good game that I'd like to play again.

Life-Size Monopoly

I hope this lady moved two more spaces.

You know, no matter how many board games are produced, it's hard to beat Monopoly. There's a reason it has been in production since 1935!

That's why it is cool that Bally's in Atlantic City created a life-sized Monopoly board, complete with dice, hotels, houses, silver player pieces (such as the car) and even stacks for Community Chest and Chance! Why go through all of that expense? Well, of course it is to get customers through the doors of Bally's. They're having a special $500,000 giveaway for club members who collect game pieces.

Now, when are we going to see a life-sized Settlers of Catan?