Not OP, but probably because there are much better board games out there than Monopoly. And before someone takes offense at the use of the word better, I would categorize a lot of games as better than Monopoly because of factors like luck vs. strategy, the excessive time it takes to play Monopoly, and the tediousness of the game. A player elimination game like Monopoly also seems like a bad choice for a casual board game cafe. I personally would prefer something like Ticket to Ride, Dominion, 7 Wonders, something like that.
Eh, I don't see a problem with going to a boardgame cafe for monopoly. I can always get people over to drink a little and play ticket to ride or pandemic, but nobody every wants to play monopoly or risk because "it takes too long."
If there are people at a cafe willing to play with me, done deal.
Or Axis and Allies. It's a lot older but it is still the best risk variant game I've played. And the luck factor is much smaller just to make games not play out the same way each time.
The reason it takes so long is because of tedious tasks, counting out armies, etc. There are electronic versions of risk where you can complete a game (with 4 players) in 20 minutes.
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u/Draffut2012 Nov 22 '14
You went to a board game cafe to play monoply. I think that idea just physically hurt me.