Re: Ongoing Strategy Games.

From: kosakd@reis36.alleg.edu (David Ulysseus Kosak)

Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1993 16:41:26 +0000

In article <C9voF0.5pp@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl) writes:
> In article <21ilrtINN5rq@hoss.usl.com> skrenta@usl.com (Rich Skrenta)
writes:
>
> >One final question:  Are the "question mark" and "community chest"
> >decks in Monopoly examples of hidden rules?  Are they an example of
> >discovery that is no longer fresh after you've seen all the cards?
>
> I've always been a terrible Monopoly player, but I believe that at
> least one of those two squares has some sufficiently bad cards that
> experienced players will seek to avoid landing on them. In that case,
> yes, it's an example of a hidden rule where the newbie is at a
> disadvantage. Of course, I could be remembering incorrectly...

A magazine from many years ago, I think it was Popular Scince (I could be
wrong) contained an article that had a mathematical probablility analysis
of the entire monopoly board.  Do you know that per $ investment the
orange properties are going to make more than Boardwalk and Park Place?
The red properties were also good ... the 'Advance to Illinois Avenue'
helped them out.  The purple properties, if I remember, gained you the
least profit for what you put into them.

Just a note for all you formula enthusiasts who want to dominate your
friends at the classic Parker Brothers game...
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References

Re: Ongoing Strategy Games.
gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
Fri, 09 Jul 1993 03:30:36 +0000

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Re: Ongoing Strategy Games.
gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
Fri, 09 Jul 1993 03:30:36 +0000