Originally posted by Daemon SinA quick check at www.hasbro.com/history will tell you that it's an American game that originated during the Great Depression.
I think it might have been originally designed as an English game, but i've played Monopoly with names based from places in other countries.
I'm not sure about "everything having names from around London".
I know that Virginia Beach, VA was the source for many of the names, but it's possible that they change names depending on where it is sold.
Originally posted by drdonI'll drink to that!
ask buckfush! I guess they need a distraction from the absurdities of their political world
I got on the site because a British player I know recommended it. Plus, all of the tourneys, clans, sieges, etc., add a nice dimension to corr chess. After all, chess should be an international sport anyway.
Originally posted by PeterSwan2I thought about that before. It'd be great to have a subscription which was tied to the economy of the country of the subscriber, but then, I guess we'd see a hell of a lot more East Timorese and Somalians on here.
From a personal point of view, if there was a different,ie lower, subscription which was applied to those less economically able, I wouldn't have an issue with this. If it adds to the diversity of the site, I'm all for that.
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Originally posted by Saint NickStrange, the Dutch version is not based on one city. We have multiple cities; the none existing Ons Dorp, and the existing cities Arnhem, Zwolle, Utrecht, Groningen, Den Haag, Rotterdam and Amsterdam. Each city has two or three (existing) streets you can build houses and hotels on.
Found it. There is in fact an Atlantic City (American) version and London (British) version.
One for each side of the pond.
Originally posted by RagnorakWell what they could do is a system of paying 3 hours wages for a year’s subscription but this would be massively hard to check and enforce and although it might be fair for the people the sites makers might lose out.
I thought about that before. It'd be great to have a subscription which was tied to the economy of the country of the subscriber, but then, I guess we'd see a hell of a lot more East Timorese and Somalians on here.
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