The Parker Brothers Monopoly Board Game

The Mickey Mouse Monopoly documentary reveals the obscure social messages behind the animated films created by the Disney Company. Although we are conditioned to believe that these movies are pure forms of entertainment, further examination has proved that there are hidden messages concerning gender, race and class that Disney is instilling in the minds of children. The speakers in the documentary argue that Disney is extremely political and hides its ideas behind innocence, magic and fun. When masked by features that are appealing to a younger audience, it is difficult to realize these ideas without taking a closer look.

Although the board game is an exaggerated version of how monopolists operate in our present-day economy, there are various lessons that can be taken away from this experience. First, a lesson I learned was that owning properties on the red and orange sections of the board were the most beneficial because the probability of landing on those areas is very high. Because of this, those select properties will have a great chance of earning a profit. Second, the board game taught me that buying both utilities (Electric Company and Waterworks) and/or owning all, or much of, railroads, is very helpful towards earning the most

Yes, I made enough to purchase my own land, I made a profit of $216. I only borrowed what was needed the first two times, seeds, equipment and food. The windmill represented the unseen challenges that might occur in the period of farming. I did not make any profit the first time because of price drop. However when I joined the union I was able to wait and sell the cotton when the price was better.

Next, we selected entertainment over competition for buying behavior. Although 401 Games sells magic and items for gaming competition, the best-selling items are for entertainment. According to Exhibit 1: Breakdown of Sales by Product Category, 401 Games top sellers include board games with 30% of total sales and card game sets with a total of 20% of sales, which are both in the entertainment category. They together make up $300,000 worth of revenue. Adults, couples, or families with children will be the ones purchasing good board games or card games to play on game night for entertainment, especially families with children because it is cheap family fun.

Richard Connell and Shirley Jackson explore the perpetuation and condoning of human evils through storytelling in their short stories; “The Most Dangerous Game” and “The Lottery”. Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” is a short story about a rural town, approximately 300 and it’s strange tradition. This “tradition” pertains to the people of the town all partaking in a “Lottery”. This Lottery’s objective is to draw a black marked note. He who draws the final marked note is sentenced to a ruthless, brutal and painful death by stoning. In Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game” a big game hunter by the name of “Sanger Rainsford” falls overboard and is left stranded on a ship-trap island. Rainford finds himself in a gigantic house. In the home,

A story of a rich man, Samuel W. Westing, who was “killed” by one of his 16 heirs, it’s up to them to play the Westing Game. They get clues that lead them to whoever “killed” Samuel W. Westing, and leave the winner(s) a huge fortune of millions. The residents (15 of the heirs) from Sunset Towers may not be who they say they are, one has 4 identities. “It’s not what you have, it’s what you don’t have that counts.” Since there is a movie and a book version of the story, there are both similarities and differences.

The market for board games has seen annual increases of 10-20 per cent over the last decade, leading some to suggest we are in a “board game renaissance” (Carlson, 2013).

In the beginning we were all confused as to how the game worked and where to begin. We looked at the various tutorials and the booklet to try and make some sense of it. Once we had some understanding, we tried to develop our strategy. In the first few rounds we understood it was important to have our company funded through stocks and long term debt. We issued stock the first

The purpose of participating in the stock market game is to explore the fundamentals of the stock market. It does this by providing a tangible, real-time simulation of the stock market, and how current events affect the DOW. The stock market game also teaches students to make smart decisions and most importantly to be patient.

Playing the stock market game taught me how to invest through trading with stocks among companies. I believe that it would give me insight in the future when I’m dealing with real-life investments giving me the knowledge of buying, selling, shorting, and covering. Using actual money rather than theoretical money seems quite scary when it’s lost whenever it’s unpredictable where the money will end up. In my opinion, I think that the main purpose of the game is to demonstrate the reality of stocks and how they function. Even though the game was fake, it gave me real worries about the chances that I could have made either losing it or winning it. Although I did not win, it did give the experiences that I need for my daily life. I should instead go with my instincts

In “Monopoly”, Atwood employs metaphors and allusions to explicate the relationships that Nell has with Oona and Tig’s children. Previously, the other short stories are written in the first-person point of view, but this is written in third person omniscient. This is essential to this short story because it provides an in-depth view of the feelings of each member in the complex relationships. The relationship between Oona and Nell starts as a professional relationship, but as they become closer when Nell is editing Oona’s book. Nell worships Oona because she now had a “older woman who’d got her life figured out” (101).

Know when to cause a building shortage If you have only low-rent color groups, quickly build three or four houses per property to restrict the availability of houses to owners of high-rent color groups. Never move up to a hotel anywhere if the return of houses to the bank would enable an opponent to develop an expensive color group. (Example: the Yellow group has just been formed. There are only three houses in the bank, but six hotels. You own the light blues with four houses on each. Do not buy hotels. Doing so would give the player owning the Yellows an opportunity to build up to hotels on them.) (Monopoly.com)

The stock market game assignment was a new learning experience. The simulation gave us $100,000.00 to buy and sell domestic equities. The guidelines made the game a bit more straightforward by not allowing students to trade certain items. This assignment gave students the opportunity to see how the trading market works. Overall the stock market game assignment was a great way for any student to learn how the market works by having hands on experience with buying and trading their own stocks.

The text deals with the topic of developing and producing a board game, called X-Opoly. The game is similar to the famous game ‘’Monopoly’’. It was the idea of two students. Their business has grown rapidly. This year they are expecting that they will sell 50,000 units. Over next 5 years the sales will grow 25 percent annually.

Unlike the accounting courses, a simulation marketing game brings some fresh air into my study life. The game looks interesting that it asks us to sell backpacks to different groups of customers. To be honest, I do not have a clear view about marketing, there is not much information relating to marketing in accounting study which I have complete. The basic idea is that this is a subject of how to sell products. The 3D version of game is what I am looking forward to. It is similar with the video games which are popular now. From the players manual book we can see that it shows a vivid life scene, a headquarter building in the middle; customers are grouped into 5 market segments, a displaying backpack and an expanded distribution system. The interface design reminds me of The Sims, cannot wait have a try.