Monopoly Socialism Board Game Parody Adult Party Game

My initial expectations of this game was "it's a parody, it might be a laugh, but then it'll be useless beyond one playthrough." But no, this game is much more. It was a fantastic experience, and some buddies and I are looking forward to playing it again. It also goes by much more quickly than normal monopoly.Here's the premise: you live in a small community, which is a socialist utopia. There isn't any competition, but developing and improving the community is always good, so we'll do that. Unfortunately, developing the community costs money. But since it's all for the community, just in case you don't have the money to pay for it, the community will make up what you can't! And the "community fund" starts at $1848 (the year that the Communist Manifesto was published).Now, if you're a good citizen, who cares for the community, when you make money you can give it back to the community. On the other hand, if you're a greedy capitalist, you can keep it for yourself to use. You can also have bidding wars to "manage" (not own) different "projects" (not properties), which will make you money when they are developed and people land on them.Did we have bidding wars that got the price of some projects higher than the actual price of the project? Absolutely. Were we all bidding with the same pool of money in the community fund? Yes, yes we were. After all, if the community permits me to use an extra $50, I am certain that I can manage that project better than you for my own pro--err, the community's profit.The downside of course, is accuracy. Money literally appears out of nowhere (the bank). I have to wonder, why is it that someone using the fully developed project makes money for the community, instead of costing money to the community (to run the facility)? After all, it costs $50 to use the community shuttle, I'm assuming for the fuel prices (our socialist utopia didn't invest in cybersecurity for its pipeline). Also, the living wage you collect passing go, why does it just appear? Shouldn't it hypothetically come out of the community fund, and not the bank?The reasons for these inaccuracies are that without them, the game would end, very quickly. There are two conditions which end the game: either all 10 of your development tokens are on projects, or the community fund runs out. In the former, congratulations, you win (you evil capitalist)! In the latter, the structure of society collapses and everyone loses! Did one player run the community shuttle around the board 4 times just to deplete the community fund so we'd all lose? Absolutely - after all, what good is a socialist utopia if you can't drive through it on the free transportation?The dynamic at the table was also very interesting. You could easily play off of "you should be a good citizen, and contribute back to the community, by putting all your profits in the community fund, and if you don't we're all going to shun you and make it hard for you to win, because winning shows that you think you're better than the community." Are we all secretly trying to win? Sure. Do we all know, that we're all secretly trying to win? Sure. But never, never make those intentions plain to the table, if you can cloak it in the veil of benefitting the community. After all, sure, maybe playing my development token gets me one step closer to winning, but really, that's not my concern - helping the community by developing a project that brings money into the community fund is what it's really about, and I'll even donate my profits to the community fund too!We also thought of some rule variants. There's an event card where "your offshore account was discovered" and you go to jail. Variant: the community decides an additional penalty - one of which is seizing the means of finance from this account, and adding $300 to the community fund - or maybe redistributing your projects to other players. If there's less than 4 players, the unused development tokens become "community tokens" which must all be placed before you can place your last token (and win!). Another variant: "no player left behind," where you can only play your second token once everyone has played their first (and so on throughout all 10 tokens). Finally: if the "we're all winners school" is fully developed, and there is $3000 in the community fund, everyone wins!Overall, excellent game. Much more entertaining, and quicker, than normal Monopoly. Can you actually work together, or will enough funds be used in pursuit of selfish gain to the detriment of the community? It's easy to give up selfishness in the game, but less so in real life (one player said "I can help the community instead of myself, because it's fake money"). For a parody, it deserves replay and variation, because it is so much more than just a parody or a themed monopoly. 10/10

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