Also, I wonder if this would just be counterproductive.

This. The earlier stuff was brilliant, but continuing to push on it starts to feel like playground behavior.

People play Monopoly without auctions? This is weirder to me than the debate about the rules to Clue.

But yeah, as billytea said, it's a pretty terrible game with or without auctions.

the only thing that ever seemed to make it fun was cheating

Ah! You would be welcome to any game night with my family.

The earlier stuff was brilliant, but continuing to push on it starts to feel like playground behavior.

Yeah. It allows Santorum and other conservatives to play the victim.

continuing to push on it starts to feel like playground behavior.

Well, Dan Savage can be a giant asshole, frankly. (Yup, I know lots of people like him, and I don't discount the It Gets Better project. He can still be a giant asshole who dismisses and marginalizes sexualities that aren't...well, that aren't his own.)

I hate Monopoly. I always bought all the utilities and went bankrupt, which is kind of like my actual life. My sister always got the expensive properties and then I landed on them.

Evil game.

He can still be a giant asshole who dismisses and marginalizes sexualities that aren't...well, that aren't his own.

to add to this: he also seems to have a serious blindspot for women. If I woman asks him a question, Hera help her. Most of the time she will not get what she needs.

Sometimes to speed the game up, we would shuffle the property and distribute it evenly (if it wasn't even, you could choose between property and cash for the last round), spend 15 minutes trading and then start the game. Made it faster, at least.

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megan, could you do a quick translation check? the rugby boys are going to a tournament in Montreal, and want the team motto "Everything in Excess" on the jerseys in french. I think it would be "Tout à la excès" or possibly ""Tout de excès"? any thoughts?

There's a French proverb which says L'excès en tout est un défaut. So you could use L'excès en tout, but that might not convey what they want since in the proverb it's a fault. Otherwise, tout à l'excès is used the most (there's also "tout dans l'excès" but I prefer using "à").

I love Bohnanza and Settlers, but Pit is great when you have a bunch of people. It is really easy to learn and extremely quick to play. It was our go-to game as kids in Vermont. But you have to get a set with the bell!

He can still be a giant asshole who dismisses and marginalizes sexualities that aren't...well, that aren't his own.

to add to this: he also seems to have a serious blindspot for women. If I woman asks him a question, Hera help her. Most of the time she will not get what she needs.

I meant to mention that, but I got stuck on his horrific interview with the guy behind AVEN (the asexual website/community) where Savage quite literally went from (more or less insulting) questions about asexuality to -- with no transition -- a question about Catholic priests abusing children. As if they are in any way related.

Horrible bigoted rodent man. t /Joyce Summers