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Monopoly is the most well-known tabletop game of all time. The game copied the rules of The Landlord’s Game designed by Elizabeth Maggie Phillips in 1903 and eventually credited Phillips as the original creator of Monopoly. Many players enjoy Monopoly when they are young but find that as they get older, the game can be frustrating to play.
Many hobby gamers today feel that Monopoly relies too much on luck, lasts too long, and that the first player has a significant advantage. Some games in the hobby use ideas and mechanisms that Monopoly introduced but change them in a way that modern gamers tend to enjoy more.
10 Acquire Lets Players Build Mega Cities
Acquire was first released in 1964 and features 3D buildings, economy-driven rules, and lots of money. Players who enjoy the business aspect of Monopoly tend to also enjoy Acquire. In the game, players can invest in companies. These companies grow and grow to the point where they can merge with other companies, essentially acquiring them. The majority shareholders of the companies get big bonuses and have a large payout which they can then use to invest in other businesses. Players get to experience the feeling of making money and having stakes in a business, without it being too random.
9 Archaeology: The New Expedition Is Hunting Treasure And Selling Relics
Monopoly offers players the chance to collect sets of property cards which makes each card more valuable. Archaeology: The New Expedition gives players the same opportunity, scaled down to occur in a much smaller timeframe.
In the game, players draw a card every turn and choose to either keep that card in their hand or trade it for different cards. At any time on a player’s turn, they may set down a set of cards, scoring points based on how many cards are in the set. The game also has ways to hunt for treasure and steal other players’ cards.
8 Q.E. Offers Players The Chance To Print Their Own Money
Many auction games exist in the board game hobby. However, most auction games tend to limit players on how much money they can use in an auction. Q.E. throws all of that out the window and gives each player a dry erase board, on which they can write any amount of money they want. The theme of the game revolves around each player acting as the treasurer for a different country, printing the amount of money they wish to spend each round. The catch is, the country that prints the most money in the game is not eligible to win.
7 Steam Park Is Steampunk Theme Parks
Many players enjoy the part of Monopoly where they get to build houses and hotels. This gives players something to be proud of during the game and offers a good sense of accomplishment. Steam Park also gives players this feeling as they can build, own, and operate their very own theme park for robots. Players roll dice and then spend those dice to perform actions like cleaning the park, building new rides, and attracting robot visitors. The game leaves players with a positive feeling as they look at the beautiful park they built.
6 For Sale Is An Auction Done Quickly
Monopoly introduced many players to auctions as they are a requirement if a player does not want to buy a property they land on. For Sale is played in two rounds. In the first round, players bid for properties with numbers on them, ideally acquiring the properties with the highest numbers. In the second round, players use the properties they acquired to bid for cards that are worth money. Money players saved in the first round, combined with money they made in the second, is their final score. The player with the most money at the end wins.
5 Formula D Turns Dice Into The Gears Of A Racecar
Some players like the act of rolling dice and moving on the board. Formula D has this mechanism in spades but gives players a few more things to think about on their turn. Each turn, a player may shift gears in their racecar.
Each gear is tied to a specific die. The lower the gear, the lower the numbers are on the die. Players must attempt to race around the track as fast as they can without taking too much damage and destroying their car. The game also comes with rules for team games and street racing.
4 Terraforming Mars Takes Corporate Greed To The Stars
Many gamers enjoy economical games that simulate the act of generating income, then spending that income on cards and buildings that will generate even more income. Terraforming Mars lets players do this on Mars as they build structures and vie for the most influence on the planet. Each player takes the role of a corporation looking to expand to Mars for maximum profit. The game offers a lot of unique cards, combos, and strategies to try. Every corporation starts a little different and some even have a special ability, keeping the game fresh for gamers each time they play.
3 Camel Up Is A Random Game With Strategic Choices
Monopoly has many random aspects about the game, the most obvious being rolling the dice. Some games are made with the same idea but attempt to balance the mechanism so that the dice rolling isn’t as punishing to players. Camel Up has the same mechanism of rolling and moving but, the dice do not move players, they move camels that are racing around the board. Players can bet on camels in a similar way to horse racing. The game generates more excitement than most games and offers many stand-up-and-cheer moments for players.
2 Catan Simplifies Trading In A Great Way
Catan is a very popular board game and many consider it to be a modern classic. The game has been a big hit since it was first released in 1995 and is now easily found in almost every store that sells tabletop games.
One of Catan’s most appealing aspects is trading. On a player’s turn, they can make trades with any other player at the table. The only thing that players can trade is resource cards which makes trading simple, fast, and to-the-point.
1 Machi Koro 2 Lets Players Own Properties In A Quirky World
Monopoly is often described as a game where players roll dice and buy properties. Machi Koro 2 can easily be described the same way but the game sets itself apart with some unique ideas. Each player will roll either 1 or 2 dice on their turn and the result will generate money for players who have properties that match the rolled number. The game includes many different buildings that have special effects that can activate during opponents’ turns and more. Players get a new experience each time they play due to the vast number of cards the game comes with.
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