Re: Don't bash games that eliminate players....

The Maverick wrote:
> The general public doesn't seem to think they are a problem (e.g. 
> Monopoly, Risk, etc.).  ;-)

If the general public really thought that they'd play them more than 
once in a blue moon.  Buying them for presents and actually *playing* 
them more than 3 times is a very different thing.
I *like* Monopoly, but a lot of the "general public" react with groans 
when anyone suggests playing it IME.

How many typical busy mums think to suggest a game of Risk with the 
family on a regular basis, since it's there in the cupboard?

Pete.
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