Why You Should NEVER Play MONOPOLY Again

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7 жыл бұрын

Monopoly is a terrible family board game, that no-one should still be playing. In this video, I explain why. Links to the games mentioned in this video:
Ticket To Ride:
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Stockpile:
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Quadropolis:
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UK - amzn.to/2kwk7bg
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FR - amzn.to/2kwuVpU
Lords of Vegas from Mayfair Games: / mayfairgames
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UK - amzn.to/2l2dnQ9
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CA - amzn.to/2l3FYU4
FR - amzn.to/2l2g2Jn
Forbidden Island:
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UK - amzn.to/2l2g18w
DE - amzn.to/2l2fO5g
CA - amzn.to/2l29A5b
FR - amzn.to/2l2gyHA
Monopoly - NO, DON'T YOU DARE BUY THIS!
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Thank you for watching! And thank you for all your comments, I love making videos for you all!
If you're new to Actualol, my name is Jon Purkis. My two passions are writing comedy and playing board games, so I decided to combine the two in this KZfaq channel.
I make all my videos on my own, in my flat in London, UK, with the help of a diverse selection of wigs.
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@actualol 7 жыл бұрын

The winner of the five game competition prize is JustRosieStorm! Congratulations! For everyone else, please see my more recent videos for other chances to win board games!

@dougjustdoug66 6 жыл бұрын

Actualol we don’t lick monopoly

@dougjustdoug66 6 жыл бұрын

🤓🎮

@mallcherry123 5 жыл бұрын

Idiot

@DanielRojasSinger Жыл бұрын

@@dougjustdoug66 Wise people. Licking board games is how I damaged most of my collection. Plus, there's much better choices in terms of taste other than Monopoly.

@bhaveshchauhan6866 Жыл бұрын

Five years late!

@lazybookworm 6 жыл бұрын

Something I really appreciated was that each time you pointed out a gripe with Monopoly, you also suggested a game that fixed this.

@AxelStone671 7 жыл бұрын

Seriously, we need a t-shirt with "Monopoly - the board game equivalent of the Great Depression".

@actualol 7 жыл бұрын

+Fredrik Schulz Haha, sounds good!

@KanalDerGutenSache Жыл бұрын

Rolls right of the tongue

@davidwillson1389 7 жыл бұрын

We've just used Ticket to Ride and Qwirkle to get a 65 year old couple playing board games for the first time. Its never too late to expel the Monopoly Legacy!!!

@actualol 7 жыл бұрын

+David Willson Awesome! Great work! Keep fighting the good fight!

@xshadowscreamx 4 жыл бұрын

How's the fight going these days?

@SuperballsSupervidsOnYT Жыл бұрын

I would love to see some genius actually make a mo only legacy game. Heard great things about the risk legacy game.

@DaveBrunoAnimation 7 жыл бұрын

Haha such a great point, I have some friends that get all excited when they release a new like "Zelda Monopoly!" or "Pokemon Monopoly!" and I'm like "Itsssss STILL Monopoly, guys!"... Extra points for sucking to Pokemon Monopoly for not naming it "PokeMonopoly", like they couldnt even get that right lol

@tymmezinni 4 жыл бұрын

You can make Zelda Monopoly by just writing Octorok Boulevard on a piece of tape and putting it over Baltic Avenue. That's about how much effort Parker Bros. puts into their licensed remakes.

@xshadowscreamx 4 жыл бұрын

The only half decent monopoly game is monopoly gamer edition, cuz it's like mario kart.

@KnakuanaRka 3 жыл бұрын

I remember seeing a whole shelf of those cheap ripoffs at Walmart. I grabbed Horrified instead; excellent game, even for my dad, for whom getting him to play my games is like pulling teeth!

@ZukusScaenicus 7 жыл бұрын

I was once given Lord of the Rings Monopoly as a gift, picked up at a garage sale. Having long fallen in love with A Game of Thrones and Twilight Imperium, I had no desire to play it, but said my thanks, figuring I'd at least get the cool Ring that came with it and the die with an Eye of Sauron for a 1. I got the die, but turns out whoever was selling decided to keep the Ring for themself. I suppose I shouldn't be surprised. It is a tempting trinket indeed...

@TheShapingSickness 4 жыл бұрын

Lmfao what a plot twist

@ThePsh07 Жыл бұрын

“After all, why shouldn’t I keep it?”

@actualol 7 жыл бұрын

I made this video not just for board gamers, but for everyone, so please share it with your friends! If you want to enter the competition to win the FIVE games in the video, subscribe to this channel, like the video and post a comment.

@fszkVF 7 жыл бұрын

Actualol already shared! :)

@mitchellquinn 7 жыл бұрын

Oh, I have just the person to share it with ... I love a bit of Monopoly trashing. :-)

@MrWetty01 7 жыл бұрын

Any other board games we should never play? (I'm not a fan of traditional werewolf)

@jamescleal7974 7 жыл бұрын

Risk....Ugh!

@voivoed 7 жыл бұрын

If I win, I hope I don't get that copy of Monopoly you used :-)

@JesseMillerA 7 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video on Monopoly. The ONLY reason I can think that Monopoly still comes to the forefront is it's cost. I love me some modern board games, but a lot of the games mentioned in this video retail for over twice the cost of Monopoly (except for Forbidden Island, which is a steal at it's price). When mom or dad go to the store to pick up a game for game night, they understandably go for A) something they recognize, and B) something that doesn't cost much. I think getting low cost alternatives into big box stores (such as Sushi Go Party, Codenames, and Pandemic) will really help to get people off of Monopoly and onto better games.

@actualol 7 жыл бұрын

+Jesse Miller That's a very good point. I might do a video about affordable games at some point in the future.

@saikoujikan 5 жыл бұрын

And brand deals, don’t forget those brand deals.

@BridgyP 5 жыл бұрын

This is the core problem. Brand recognition and competing on price is key to success. So many good board games cost not even twice- 4 times as much as monopoly, risk or so many famous board games. They're also often not publicly recognisable or sold widely. You have to really know board games to find good ones

@xshadowscreamx 4 жыл бұрын

it's especially not easy being a boardgame player in Australia.

@XimCines Жыл бұрын

The reason Monopoly is so cheap is because it has mass production lowering it's costs really deep. As long as people realize en masse that there are better options it will be more competitivo and that will happen when the old 80s dinousaurs get extinct. It was all they knew at their young age.

@benjaminsanderson6416 7 жыл бұрын

so I'm weird I still enjoy monopoly despite agreeing with everything you said.

@fowlae4414 6 жыл бұрын

The reason it's fun is because it's supposed to teach you how capitalism worked during the Great Depression. There's a reason it's called "monopoly" after all.

@gabrielesimionato1210 6 жыл бұрын

You don't like monopoly. You like playing with your friends. Try another game, then come and tell us.

@somerandomuser6808 5 жыл бұрын

@Biggie Biggodikko Ikr? Some people just can't respect others opinions.

@kadinfehr785 5 жыл бұрын

SomeRandomUser01 no.... I agree that he was rude with the way he said it like a fact, but there’s a good chance that this dude just likes to be around his friends, without distractions like phones. That’s the great thing about board games, and if he was willing to try another game, I’m sure he’d have a good time. Nothing wrong with liking to play Monopoly, only trying to say Monopoly is well designed.

@TeChNoWC7 3 жыл бұрын

@@kadinfehr785 I think it’s actually well designed at achieving what it was trying to do, which is to be a shit game that shows that capitalism is shit - the irony is people don’t see that and think it’s fun, and now it has a monopoly on board games even though it intentionally sucks.

@Judgedredd1973 7 жыл бұрын

hello it's me Darren the yoga instructor

@jiritsu0 7 жыл бұрын

I guess we have a winner here! ..even if he doesn't get the giveaway.

@actualol 7 жыл бұрын

GET OUT!

@reneraps6313 7 жыл бұрын

Give your Monopoly to him. He will shut up for hours. :-)

@bitrubbish 7 жыл бұрын

We'll all forgive you if your next video is shorter and less entertaining than normal as long as we know that you've watched Westworld.

@actualol 7 жыл бұрын

LOL! Okay sounds good to me!

@j.c.mosier7981 7 жыл бұрын

Brilliant as usual, Jon. And, just in case it hasn't been mentioned in one of the other 1,700+ comments, when Elizabeth Magie invented "The Landlord's Game," she intended it as a cautionary tale. What became "Monopoly" was SUPPOSED to make Timmy cry and learn to hate unfairness. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Landlord's_Game

@deadersurvival4716 Жыл бұрын

@@erdelegy I mean... it wasn't intended as a game, it was intended as a teaching tool, so yes.. You ran face first into the point.

@DatcleanMochaJo 3 ай бұрын

Glad she got screwed over. Maybe she could try making a game about the danger of government bureaucracy.

@alonsothoth 2 жыл бұрын

Actually, I think Monopoly's bad reputation is a compliment to its designer, Elizabeth J. Magie Phillips, who apparently wanted to show exactly how cruel and unfair Capitalism could be. I've read that somewhere and that information could be false, but I do think it's the perfect demonstration of social decadence. It only needs to add some war crimes and environmental catastrophes to be the ultimate real-life (depressing) board game. I love your videos, thanks for sharing your experiences :)

@blindey Жыл бұрын

It doesn't matter what the original statement was, and this game isn't really that game, because it isn't a good game. I thought "board games" were all like monopoly for the longest time. Especially since I didn't have anyone to tell me otherwise, so I avoided them. I could've been board gaming a lot earlier than I had been if I woulda known. I wanna have fun (and that fun can be from different stuff like optimizing moves, a rich story, trying to reach a shared goal etc) when I come together with others and try to have a nice night.

@alphabet2238 Жыл бұрын

Ah yes. Modern day monopoly where you have green taxes and Greta Thunberg tearing down your properties for not being net zero.

@gomezthechimp1116 Жыл бұрын

It was riginally called 'The Landlord Game', and was supposed to highlight the evils of slum landlords. Unfortunately, and somewhat ironically, Charles Darrow turned it into a game which was the exact opposite of Magie-Phillips vision. Even worse, he managed to obtain the copyright to the game, thus denying her of any financial compensation.

@Astro-bh7fv Жыл бұрын

It definitely sends a message about capitalism

@friedrichhayek4862 Жыл бұрын

And everything is a myth.

@MrBaraqel 7 жыл бұрын

Well said. I accidentally stayed up till the early hours playing a modern board game (Viticulture) last night and my friends and I never shouted at each other once! If we were playing monopoly I guarantee that we would not be on speaking terms today 😃

@waltlock8805 7 ай бұрын

Don't worry, there are plenty of modern board games even more cutthroat than Monopoly if you want to scratch that itch.

@KingKlonoa 7 жыл бұрын

Is it wrong my friends and I love playing Monopoly because it's so shitty?

@jonathancampbell2387 7 жыл бұрын

Hi actualol. How is your contest winner decided? Is it based on a dice roll or can I affect the outcome?

@stephstrawgames 7 жыл бұрын

best comment ever

@woehrle17 7 жыл бұрын

I need to get a shirt that says "No, not like Monopoly." Funny video mate!

@actualol 7 жыл бұрын

+RecordsHisPlays Ha! Great idea.

@BeyondSolitaire 7 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that you combined a hilarious takedown of Monopoly with legitimately fun alternatives. Great vid, as usual!

@MisterSlick85 7 жыл бұрын

There are two types of people in this world: people who have terrible memories of having their souls torn out in a game of Monopoly, and eldest siblings.

@ashleepradella4912 6 жыл бұрын

“just sit there in silence until we finish” hahaaa I’m dying

@mlmarine 7 жыл бұрын

Monopoly still remains in the collection and gets played every year or so for nostalgia purposes. I have many many fond memories playing this game with my dad in my youth. Yeah, the game sucks by today's standards, but if it can bring back good memories, it's worth bringing out on occasion. And then after reminiscing about the ol' days with grandpa, it time to enjoy the more modern board games.

@freshly733jd5 7 жыл бұрын

It was short and straight to the point, opposed to other board game channels that have lengthy videos on just suggestions alone. 👍 good job, mate!

@OscarDelgadilloAntar 7 жыл бұрын

just found your channel. loving the content! keep it up!

@typatterson4286 7 жыл бұрын

Excellent video. I grew up playing games with my family and you really summed up the experience. I'm trying to get them to branch out into newer games, but the older members are set in their ways.

@singkingkaraoke 7 жыл бұрын

My boss is trying to make us play monopoly and I had to show him this video but I'm scared he'll make us do it anyway because it's "Game Of Thrones" themed. Help.

@FLIPPYNMADZ 7 жыл бұрын

Saw this on Facebook this is amazing. Anytime I mention I love board games people mention monopoly now I can just direct them to this video. Would love to win those board games too

@DHairyUglyGuy 7 жыл бұрын

great video, first video i see in your channel and so far it looks great, going to go binge on some of your other videos.

@ianhoward5120 7 жыл бұрын

Great video! I really appreciate that you put so much thought into what makes Monopoly problematic, and then found games that counter those issues. Keep up the good work!

@KabukiKid 7 жыл бұрын

Personally, I feel that there are MUCH worse games than Monopoly, but of course it is fair to call Monopoly an outdated game at this point.

@leandronc 7 жыл бұрын

If there are worse games than Monopoly I'd honestly like to know what they are. Even tic-tac-toe is better, at least it's over quickly!

@KabukiKid 7 жыл бұрын

Chutes/Snakes & Ladders and Candyland are worse, for example. You have zero decisions in those games.

@gimobarrera7801 7 жыл бұрын

It is true that there are worse games than Monopoly, but that's the wrong way of looking at it. When it comes down to it, there's just too many games that are better than monopoly, that accomplish what its trying to do without the know design flaws found in monopoly. Not that the designer was bad, but rather we have learned and evolve game design since then (the game is 82 years old and it shows). The way I see it I wouldn't watch a bad movie from 1935 because there are worst movies than that one, when I can just watch all the newer great movies that have learned from previous publications and improved from there.

@KabukiKid 7 жыл бұрын

That is why I said it is an outdated game. I just always see how people declare Monopoly as the worst board game ever made and that is easily incorrect.

@ubermanana6746 7 жыл бұрын

I played the 'more realistic' alternative to Monopoly once, 'Anti-Monopoly', which has certain players doing the normal monopolising (take everything for yourself) and other players being competitors, i.e trying to spread out everything to... drive prices up or something? All I remember is that it was even worse than Monopoly because it just NEVER ENDED... it just kept going and going and no one seemed to be winning so we just gave up.

@bloodnumber13 7 жыл бұрын

some ideas to make monopoly playable: 1: roll 3 dice, pic 2 (roll triples go to jail,) this will give the player an option on moment, will go to jail more though. ... 2: limit the amount of times you can pass Go to 10 times. it will take you about 50 rolls on average, then the game ends. 3:auction off the property before the game starts starting with boardwalk going counter clock wise, with a minimum buying price of the properties morgage. 4:free parking has all the chance and community chest money you have to pay on it plus $200 if you land there you can pay $50 to roll thriples. you get they money if you do...1/36 chance 5:most money and property wins after 10 circles around the board.

@actualol 7 жыл бұрын

Neat ideas!

@bloodnumber13 7 жыл бұрын

My favorite rule for monopoly is still too play somthing else.... lol.

@TheSimplemoto 7 жыл бұрын

Loving the content J. Glad to see your channel growing!

@tvictory 7 жыл бұрын

Great video! I learned about a few games I now want to look into. The best thing about this video is that I got a Monopoly ad just before it. 😂

@yoodoobang 7 жыл бұрын

Discovered this vid in r/boardgames. So glad I did. Great channel!

@JamieLBW 7 жыл бұрын

So much board game flipping could've been avoided if we just had better games as a kid! Love your channel. Thanks for all you do

@SuperballsSupervidsOnYT Жыл бұрын

Growing up in the 80s was the Renaissance before the golden age. I still lament the series of house moves as a kid that eventually decimated my Fireball Island, which I not only loved but almost shit myself when I tried to find a copy

@wyethlynch417 7 жыл бұрын

Great video! Very entertaining way to show others there is something else out there in board gaming. I will be sure to share this with my family. Thanks and keep up the good work

@gabrielcamilleri1193 7 жыл бұрын

The description about monopoly is so spot on. I'd love if you had similar videos for other games people believe are classics rather to more advanced counterparts. Best of luck with growing the channel :D

@jerod6085 7 жыл бұрын

I hope Actualol chooses his winner based on the Monopoly mechanic... dumb luck! Because if he chooses based on witty or pithy comments, I surly have no hope. :) ...thanks for the laugh!

@jiritsu0 7 жыл бұрын

Even if you dont have dumbs luck I'll still like your comment. Is that enough?

@jerod6085 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks! :)

@ScottWildTornadoSponge 7 жыл бұрын

Love all of the board games you displayed. It's amazing how so many games could be so much better than monopoly.

@17shade17 7 жыл бұрын

Your comparisons are amazing :D I'm sharing this on FB, people need to know that there is more to board games than just rolling dice and moving your character accordingly.

@bigdog84748 7 жыл бұрын

I actually use this same lesson and some of the same games when I guest lecture for before and after school programs. We spend a lot of time teaching kids teamwork, compassion and sharing, then sit them down and play a game that contradicts all of it. I find Dixit to be a great alternative too. Plus, the artwork is amazing. Great job on the video, keep up the good work!

@maebon 7 жыл бұрын

I hear Bohnaza is also a great alternative for people who like trading.

@chayashida 7 жыл бұрын

Cile Yep, Bohnanza is a great game!

@actualol 7 жыл бұрын

+Cile Yeah, it's a lot of fun.

@DeclanFeeney 7 жыл бұрын

Sorry - I have to dispute the suggestion that Monopoly is pure luck. There is a significant degree of skill involved, if played by the rules. But its a terrible game. Here's why: 1) Almost everyone thinks they know how to play it, but almost no one does - so you will invariably end up playing some weird house-ruled variant which removes any aspect of skill. The most commonly ignored rule (and removing this single rule makes the game almost entirely luck based) is that if someone lands on a property and does not wish to buy the property it is sold at auction to the highest bidder. 2) Even after everyone at the table knows who's won the damned game continues for another 20 minutes 3) 90% of the game has little impact on who wins and is a complete waste of time. You may as well trim the game to a simple auction game where everyone has a set amount of money and tries to get the best properties for that money. Give me a game of Through the Ages, Power Grid, Eclipse or Steam over a game of Monopoly any day :)

@fowlae4414 6 жыл бұрын

I must agree that I hat house rules. I was talking to my friend and he said "but everyone gets the taxes on free parking, that's how EVERYONE plays". He seemed more annoying than usual that day, and I have great friends.

@qwix7 7 жыл бұрын

Nice video as always...keep up the good work :)

@inigovalero1731 7 жыл бұрын

great video and great channel! keep on with it!

@VivaVendetta 7 жыл бұрын

Shared the f*** out of this on my Facebook because I'm sick of people looking at me blankly when I say I'm a board-gamer! Finally, now, they might understand what I mean when I say "no, NOT Monopoly!" for the hundredth time! Oh yeah, and I'd like to enter the giveaway because Forbidden Island and Ticket to Ride are awesome, and the others look good too :D

@actualol 7 жыл бұрын

+Jay Tillotson I appreciate you going the extra mile and sharing the f*** out of it.

@jwright27596 7 жыл бұрын

Although I agree that Monopoly is a terrible game, I do feel that this video does do it a bit of an injustice. There is skill in monopoly, it is in the trading system. This of course is also influenced a lot by luck, since what you have to trade is random, but it is actually fun in a four or more player game to navigate the complex series of trades to get to your desired sets. Of course some people just dont bother trading to give people sets at all, but that's only because monopoly is a terrible game that atracts terrible game players.

@forklift1712 5 жыл бұрын

You need the right properties to have good leverage in a trade. And how do you get those properties? Luck!

@blackbot7113 2 жыл бұрын

@@forklift1712 Luck plays a part in almost every board game, even the one used as a counterpoint - Ticket to Ride. Monopoly undoubtedly has a huge amount of luck involved - not as bad as Snakes&Ladders, but still insanely high. So you are absolutely right that getting leverage relies on luck...but unlike Snakes&Ladders you can still use skill to manipulate your opponents and make favorable trades for you. I think that's the point Joe was trying to make! Not saying Monopoly is a GOOD game by any means, just saying that bad luck can be mitigated UP TO A CERTAIN DEGREE by actual skill.

@TheJamesMReid 7 жыл бұрын

Great video! I can relate with a lot of my Monopoly experiences and board games have really come so much further since then. Don't settle for less!

@chrismichelotti2152 7 жыл бұрын

Ticket to Ride is still one of my favorites to play with the family! First video to watch from you, and I wasn't disappointed. Look forward to more in the future!

@fionajitab 7 жыл бұрын

"boardgames? like monopoly?" get that Everytime :/

@Lugo428 3 жыл бұрын

Damn, just reading that pisses me off.

@heyvince 7 жыл бұрын

My first question when I ask someone why they like Monopoly is "Oh, cool, what do you like about Monopoly?" Then make a better suggestion based on what they say.

@pfhy2k 7 жыл бұрын

Just discovered your video, congrats! You've reached Malaysia! Hope your channel grows!

@ThePsh07 Жыл бұрын

Monopoly Deal gives me the nostalgia of Monopoly with all the card names/references, while giving simpler games that are more fun & don’t take very long. Haven’t played a game of Monopoly since getting Monopoly Deal.

@JMoney47 3 жыл бұрын

My favorite board game of all time is definitely monopoly though.

@shaangom8235 7 жыл бұрын

I'm monopoly and I find this offensive Nah just trying my luck

@actualol 7 жыл бұрын

I almost believed you for a second.

@VernHestandIII 7 жыл бұрын

Do not pass go. Do not collect $200.

@geekhype 7 жыл бұрын

Great video and great channel! Keep it up!

@marazili123 7 жыл бұрын

Great! can't wait to see your other videos ^_^

@stkelly52 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for making this video. A little piece of me dies every time I see someone play it.

@actualol 7 жыл бұрын

+Scott Kelly The video? Teehee!

@Snotnarok 7 жыл бұрын

Left to random chance, takes no skill, we're not talking about Mario Party? :V

@StephanieMcIvor 7 жыл бұрын

Love your channel, and the characters you play. Keep up the great work!

@b1gtex86 7 жыл бұрын

We just started getting into boardgames and have none of these. Also, I loved your holiday video and wish you the best of luck with your channel!

@standingalone6313 7 жыл бұрын

Back then, monopoly was a game my entire cousin hated and it was impossible to talk to one another after a game. Hopefully new games emerging out of board game will be fun to play with your family for upcoming festivities xD

@narkiuss1 7 жыл бұрын

Great video, Jon! The whole content of Yours is brilliant. Keep it up :)

@joshs8241 7 жыл бұрын

Another great video, can't wait for more of the couple's games series!

@claumoe 7 жыл бұрын

Really funny! Keep up the good work!!

@DrAwkward22 7 жыл бұрын

This was the first video I've seen of yours, and you have a great mix of information and comedy.

@johnathanclosser7563 7 жыл бұрын

Great video! Avid board game player here although I have yet to play any of the games you mentioned in this video. I would love to try them out for next game night! And always remember, no monopoly.

@tomasdesmond448 7 жыл бұрын

Is the giveaway still running or am i too late?

@LukeExists 7 жыл бұрын

You've got a new subscriber. Seriously this is a well written, well produced video. keep it up!

@duartepinto6948 7 жыл бұрын

When does the contest end?

@victorpaniagua5577 7 жыл бұрын

Love the video.... not sure how i found lol. But now i have to check out all your stuff. Nice board game collection btw

@ArpadKurszan 7 жыл бұрын

Great video. Very creative. Looks like you had a lot of fun making it.

@mattcoward-gibbs5656 7 жыл бұрын

Really enjoying the channel!

@kenbotts6475 7 жыл бұрын

Nicely done. Entertaining and informative. Looking forward to watching more.

@cukimon 7 жыл бұрын

Is the contest still on? Great channel, just found it :D

@ab17364 4 жыл бұрын

these videos are always so well written :)

@VisionOf89 3 жыл бұрын

Great video. Do Risk next!

@mypooptube 7 жыл бұрын

another great video, I've done college essays on this very topic. it was cool to see games that are counter to the pitfalls of Monopoly. it might also have been a good talking point to take the positive things people see in Monopoly and highlight games which do those better, the simplicity and even some push your luck games.

@wakelyn 7 жыл бұрын

Awesome video, hope to see more like it soon!

@derekmcanally11 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for making a great channel about board games that has great, (and perhaps more importantly) concise videos. Sometimes I want to hear about a great new game, or want to see a clever opinion on an old one, but don't want to sit through 50 minutes of video. Well done.

@whatever___ 7 жыл бұрын

A nice vid though a shame there is no mention of Catan. When people as why I like Catan I tell them that it in monopoly you roll, move and buy everything you land on for ages, then there is a really interesting bit in the middle where you do trading, then you all build houses and hotels and roll and move some more until someone wins. Catan is the interesting trading bit in the middle of a game of monopoly and makes that the whole game. Whoever trades the best wins.

@Mat23 7 жыл бұрын

Great video! Hope your channel grows dude, and I'd love to win some new games! Cheers!

@saschb 7 жыл бұрын

[Entering into the sweepstakes] - but also, good video! Well made points, especially with the alternative board games instead of just bashing on the bad one. Loved the characters and acting!

@thelonemeeple7657 7 жыл бұрын

Hi Actualol. TheLoneMeeple enquires on how the contest is decided??? Also, the games designated for the winner will contribute towards me starting up my channel TheLoneMeeple on board game reviews, mainly towards the solo player but also live gameplays.

@lucasfaley 7 жыл бұрын

Looking forward to checking out the new games!

@flash80 7 жыл бұрын

Any chance that the stockpile copy might be sent to Belgium? ;-)

@victorlamy6590 7 жыл бұрын

Really good one, Jon, loads of fun watching !

@PortugueseGirlLondon 7 жыл бұрын

Nice idea. I didn't know stockpile or lords of vegas. Also I've played fake artist goes to New York and Insider for the first yesterday following your review. Bought them in Essen but didn't have the chance to play them before :-D it was great fun

@actualol 7 жыл бұрын

+Sara Marques Awesome! Glad you enjoyed Insider and Fake Artist.

@nedash71 7 жыл бұрын

There is a game of skill buried in Monopoly, but it is easy to miss it. It is the one or two trades that all the players make once the properties have been randomly distributed by the dice. After a few trips around the board, everyone to randomly gets what they get. After the trades, many more trips around the board determine who made the best trades. That was Monopoly in three sentences. Playing time 45 min - 6 hours.

@sonytv1776 7 жыл бұрын

There are links to buy monopoly.. nice touch :D Can You track if someone actually bought it through that links?

@iangill7318 7 жыл бұрын

Hit the nail on the head, Monopoly has caused so many arguments in our family and has succeeded in putting at least one of my kids off boardgames. How can I persuade my late teen kids that they should be playing boardgames?

@theAstarrr 10 ай бұрын

I mean...randomness is needed for any gap of skill to prevent a player winning a significant amount of the time, and at least some randomness is fun because it means the game can't be the same every time. Randomness is good, but yes, monopoly does have too much of it since it's what the entire game relies on for doing anything but reacting to where you landed.

@wynn2244 7 жыл бұрын

Great video! I meet up with co-workers every other week to play board games, and I've learned that there's *so much stuff* that's waaayy better than Monopoly.

@miloshsz 7 жыл бұрын

I have to agree with you. I, as probably many others, was once introduced to board games with a game of Monopoly. I was 8-9 y.o back then. Of course the game felt fun at the time, but the joy didn't last long, and the box ended up hidden in the loset. A few months ago my nephew got his own copy with a card reader for a bank (no cash tossing anymore), but the fun ended even more abruptly, as the "only lucky dice rolls win" fell of the game overwhelmed everyone. The next day my nephew got a brand new Carcassone from me - a game still entry level, but much more pleasing to all the family. Some games that were deigned a while ago weren't thought out to be symmetrical or to give everyone a fair chance, because it was a time of Ludo, Backgammon and the sorts - games driven by luck. Designers gad an idea that the only thing to do is to make up a board on which your pieces will be placed using a dice roll. Nowadays I am glad to have a quadrillion of options to choose from. I love rolling dice in games, but I also want to have some control over the actions they allow. Interaction is the key to success. You want to play the game, not be played by it. I am looking forward to more videos form you :) Cheers

@actualol 7 жыл бұрын

+Miłosz Szrejter Thanks for your comment, I enjoyed reading it 😀

@KvasNikola 7 жыл бұрын

Dude, that was awesome! I showed your video to all my board game pals and they loved it. Now, that you and I are friends, can I have "Forbidden Island"?... Please? ..

@gjjgames6227 7 жыл бұрын

Your videos are always great for both a laugh and great information! Thanks!

@tenvolt 7 жыл бұрын

Amusing video, as TotalBiscuit points out, might have been worth mentioning that the whole point of Monopoly was that it was designed to illustrate how unfair business was (is?) and how random it is that one person can end up having a monopoly while everyone else goes broke. So it does accomplish what it was designed to do. Which makes it not very fun. Another reason people hate it is that it drags on, but that tends to be because people play with house rules like the pile of money in the middle which you receive if you land on free parking, and many people are unaware of the auction rule that should result in every property being purchased immediately when it is landed on (either by the person who landed on it or someone else). For many (like me), Monopoly was their first slightly complicated board game (one up from Sorry and Kerplunk) and so we still have a fond attachment to it, despite a complete lack of desire to ever play it again.

@BrentonM 7 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure I've ever finished a game of Monopoly. It always seems to end because no one wants to play anymore, not because someone wins.

@MarjoleinVeenendaal 2 жыл бұрын

“Thanks to those pesky dice, Monopoly is a game that could theoretically last forever.” I have never played a game of Monopoly that DIDN’T last forever. You know within about 30 minutes who’s going to win and from then on it drags on forever.