Games Britannia: Monopolies & Mergers

 Monopolies & Mergers

 Part two of Games Britannia was Monopolies & Mergers. For this episode it traces the impact of board games in the last 200 years. The british developed the idea of board games as an moral instruction and made it way to America slowly.

It crusading the elements of board games that probably exemplified the selling games in the histroy. Monopoly, an example which celebrate the avarice and wealth in the Great Depression.

So the board games have risen to have fantasy role-playing games like for example Dungeons and Dragons. The british are continuing to make niche political games which plays on satire, but the mainstream have moved over to video games.