More snow more depression from the weather?? I usually go through a blue period in late February and pretty much all March.. Last year was different, I didn't hit the wall at all that I can remember.. I think I was living within my self somehow.. Someway. I don't know..
The other day I tried to play Monopoly on the computer rather than the hand held version.. It is always tricky to play the computer version.. I get this rush feeling, get something in monopoly state and develop.. The game was set to have two properties dealt and a few other "house" rules, setting landing on free parking a $500 bonus as well landing on GO gives double the money so $400 instead of the regular $200 for passing GO.. That was fine, and meant more money was in the game but again I wasn't able to get the properties I wanted and would lose a quick game.. Turned around and set another game with house rules set as such; All the properties were dealt out at the start of the game, $100 for passing go and $200 for landing directly on GO.. The free parking would collect all the taxes that were paid during the game up until then, sometimes that was more sometimes less.. and to make it easy to manipulate the game only twelve houses were available. So to start the game I traded for the baby blue properties since I had two from the dealing of all the properties.. When I had all three I built to four houses each and left it that way.. When I rolled I moved and did what ever needed to be done (paid rent, whatever) then as each of the other two started they all traded the same as I did and some had really expensive properties but unlike me, they couldn't develop them.. This is hardly fair but I learned a lot from seeing how the computer players play, the strategy the use.. I kept the houses there that way until one of the other three computer players was out of the game.. Then I took them to hotels.. After I got the three green properties I knocked my houses down on the baby blues and built on the green properties.. Needless to say I won the game but it was a hallow victory.. Making the rules where it is impossible for anyone to compete, sounds like real America to me.. But I learned a little bit.. I also have the Monopoly Here & Now version on the computer, I have only started a game but never really got into it.. The more money sounds great but it really is hard to conceive that kind of money.. I guess I can relate to the broke version of the game.. I know why I hated playing real people in Monopoly, because when you are winning it feels so good, but when you are losing.. That hurts.. And even when you are winning you have that regret feeling.. I would build to hotels in the board version of the game.. The computer game building to houses is a strategy to keep the other players from building too..
Risk, now there's the game.. On he computer it is so easy to play. But the board game is hard to play, I never really cared for it in the board version.. I have a good number of railroad board games that I would love to play with the nephew but he will have to understand game play and be able to sit and play a game for a few hours before I will ever introduce him to these.. Avalon Hill games are the best, but they are for the kids who love to play hands on board games.. Is there any of these out there anymore?? The gadgets and computer games are the big IT games..
We got that Atari game system back in the day and even when we got it, the system was about to be out dated soon with the sega genesis system.. I think I've written about this here earlier but the idea of continuously trying to get the new IT game was daunting to me as I watched my little brother in fact do this, getting the Genesis system, while I got the Game Gear version which is a hand held LED version.. I knew seeing how good this looked that LED would be the future of television although I was told it would be too expensive.. Here we are this many years later and LED is the television to have.. Anyway he would grdually get the Sony Playstation and then the handheld version, then the next whatever it was and I got out of video games.. Just stopped playing them.. Plus I wasn't very good at them.. Now I play computer games that were board games and a few that are true computer only Crazy Machines franchise being my favorite..
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The other day I tried to play Monopoly on the computer rather than the hand held version.. It is always tricky to play the computer version.. I get this rush feeling, get something in monopoly state and develop.. The game was set to have two properties dealt and a few other "house" rules, setting landing on free parking a $500 bonus as well landing on GO gives double the money so $400 instead of the regular $200 for passing GO.. That was fine, and meant more money was in the game but again I wasn't able to get the properties I wanted and would lose a quick game.. Turned around and set another game with house rules set as such; All the properties were dealt out at the start of the game, $100 for passing go and $200 for landing directly on GO.. The free parking would collect all the taxes that were paid during the game up until then, sometimes that was more sometimes less.. and to make it easy to manipulate the game only twelve houses were available. So to start the game I traded for the baby blue properties since I had two from the dealing of all the properties.. When I had all three I built to four houses each and left it that way.. When I rolled I moved and did what ever needed to be done (paid rent, whatever) then as each of the other two started they all traded the same as I did and some had really expensive properties but unlike me, they couldn't develop them.. This is hardly fair but I learned a lot from seeing how the computer players play, the strategy the use.. I kept the houses there that way until one of the other three computer players was out of the game.. Then I took them to hotels.. After I got the three green properties I knocked my houses down on the baby blues and built on the green properties.. Needless to say I won the game but it was a hallow victory.. Making the rules where it is impossible for anyone to compete, sounds like real America to me.. But I learned a little bit.. I also have the Monopoly Here & Now version on the computer, I have only started a game but never really got into it.. The more money sounds great but it really is hard to conceive that kind of money.. I guess I can relate to the broke version of the game.. I know why I hated playing real people in Monopoly, because when you are winning it feels so good, but when you are losing.. That hurts.. And even when you are winning you have that regret feeling.. I would build to hotels in the board version of the game.. The computer game building to houses is a strategy to keep the other players from building too..
Risk, now there's the game.. On he computer it is so easy to play. But the board game is hard to play, I never really cared for it in the board version.. I have a good number of railroad board games that I would love to play with the nephew but he will have to understand game play and be able to sit and play a game for a few hours before I will ever introduce him to these.. Avalon Hill games are the best, but they are for the kids who love to play hands on board games.. Is there any of these out there anymore?? The gadgets and computer games are the big IT games..
We got that Atari game system back in the day and even when we got it, the system was about to be out dated soon with the sega genesis system.. I think I've written about this here earlier but the idea of continuously trying to get the new IT game was daunting to me as I watched my little brother in fact do this, getting the Genesis system, while I got the Game Gear version which is a hand held LED version.. I knew seeing how good this looked that LED would be the future of television although I was told it would be too expensive.. Here we are this many years later and LED is the television to have.. Anyway he would grdually get the Sony Playstation and then the handheld version, then the next whatever it was and I got out of video games.. Just stopped playing them.. Plus I wasn't very good at them.. Now I play computer games that were board games and a few that are true computer only Crazy Machines franchise being my favorite..
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