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Game review 18: Go for Broke

Game review 18: Go for Broke

Or, try not to get the kids hooked on gambling…

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Andrew Brassleay
Dec 11, 2023
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Monopoly is, as anyone knows from tedious Boxing Day afternoons, a traumatic affair.

A game that no one ever finishes properly, with every game of capitalist accumulation resulting instead in boredom or arguments.

But what about Monopoly in reverse? Losing a huge amount of cash - in this case $1m - to be declared a winner. Which is the premise of Go For …

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