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Monopoly: The World's Most Famous Game--And How It Got That Way | Philip E. Orbanes
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Philip Orbanes, master of all things Monopoliana, traces the remarkable story of the worlds most famous board game, from its origins as a collegiate teaching tool in the early twentieth century through Monopolys explosive growth in the postwar decades, to the games current status as a fixture in homes across the globe. Along the way, Orbanes includes memorable Monopoly personality portraits, surprising Monopoly legends and lore, and an extraordinary tour of the ingenious advertising that contributed to the games rise in popularity. This is the first and only book to cover comprehensively the origin, growth, and global reach of the game that has become a universal and everyday cultural icon.
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ShananigansReads
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Thinking of doing some #Bookopoly in May. I just want to shake it up a bit. Anyone want to join me?

PaperbackPirate That looks like fun! 1w
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AkashaVampie
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Thought I'd share again. #BookishMonopoly

Feel free to join me in my journey of My Bookish Monopoly. Here are 3 different options.

1. Read the books I am reading
2. Use the prompts to read books that you want to read
3. Make your own Bookish Monopoly board. Check YouTube/Pinterest

Let me know if you are participating by using the hashtag & tag me! Happy Reading. Share w/ everybody!!

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AkashaVampie
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Not telling u what to do, but wanted to show u how I track what I am reading. I use Notion. It is free but can be alittle hard to start if u dont know what u are doing. If u want to do something like this, I would suggest using a free template like I have. But once u get into it, its so easy. I love it becuz I can customize it the way I want to. I dont do it, but u can put notes with each book. U can use Notion for so many things, not just books

guinsgirlreads This is great. I‘ll have to look into it, thanks! 1mo
Jari-chan Thank you for the tip ❤️ 1mo
AkashaVampie @guinsgirlreads ur welcome hun. Might wanna look on YouTube for videos about Notion. 1mo
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AkashaVampie @Jari-chan ur welcome. 1mo
AkashaVampie I also have a planner notebook that I use to keep track of what books I'm reading and when I'm reading them... meaning how long it takes me. 1mo
UwannaPublishme Thanks for the heads up. Good to know! 1mo
AkashaVampie @UwannaPublishme ur welcome hun 1mo
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AkashaVampie
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#BookishMonopoly

Feel free to join me in my journey of My Bookish Monopoly. Here are 3 different options.

1. Read the books I am reading
2. Use the prompts to read books that you want to read
3. Make your own Bookish Monopoly board. (let me know if you want to know prompts that I have on my board) Check YouTube/Pinterest

Let me know if you are participating by using the hashtag & tag me! Happy Reading

Share w/ everybody!!

UwannaPublishme I‘m hoping to finish my #BookishMonopoly board so I can start rolling in March! 🎲 2mo
AkashaVampie @UwannaPublishme yay! Can't wait to see it 2mo
guinsgirlreads This looks so fun! 🤩 2mo
AkashaVampie @guinsgirlreads feel free to join in. Would love to see ur board if u do. 2mo
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AkashaVampie
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📕Sorry if you are sick of seeing my posts about #BookishMonopoly.📕

I am really really loving how much i am reading and what I am reading with this challenge. I get to read books that I wouldn't normally read in a fun fun way. I am currently on my 13th book of the year. I read almost 90 books last year when I didn't even do this for the whole year. Believe I started this around September. It has really helped me get away without going anywhere⬇️

AkashaVampie Feel free to join in with me. You can either read the books I'm reading, do the prompts, or make your own board. Let Me Know If You Are!

Share with others & Happy Reading!
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Jari-chan I always enjoy your posts! Will finish my second book for the challenge soon 😊 3mo
AkashaVampie @Jari-chan thanks. 😋🤓 And awesome!!! Hope it is helping u read down ur tbr and/or read out of ur comfort zone. 3mo
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AkashaVampie
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#BookishMonopoly

Feel free to join me in my journey of My Bookish Monopoly. Here are 3 different options.

1. Read the books I am reading
2. Use the prompts to read books that you want to read
3. Make your own Bookish Monopoly board. (let me know if you want to know prompts that I have on my board) Check YouTube/Pinterest

Let me know if you are participating by using the hashtag & tag me! Happy Reading

Share w/ everybody!!

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AkashaVampie
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Sorry if u keep seeing this. It's 2024!

#BookishMonopoly

Feel free to join me in my journey of My Bookish Monopoly. Here are 3 different options.

1. Read the books I am reading
2. Use the prompts to read books that you want to read
3. Make your own Bookish Monopoly board. (let me know if you want to know prompts that I have on my board) Check YouTube/Pinterest

Let me know if you are participating by using the hashtag & tag me! Happy Reading ⬇️

AkashaVampie Share/tag anyone that might be interested!! 4mo
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AkashaVampie
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#BookishMonopoly

Thought I would post my pinterest board for everyone if they are needing a board to start their own BookishMonopoly.

https://www.pinterest.com/akashavampie/bookish-monopoly/

AnnCrystal Wow, that's beautiful 🤩👍. 4mo
Jari-chan Wow! 🤩 4mo
Gissy 😍 4mo
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AkashaVampie
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Thought I would do some rollings even though I have to wait til my Everand (Scribd) resets. Just in case anyone is following along with me. I will post in like a week on what I pick.

#BookishMonopoly

Again anyone is allowed to join in on this journey. Happy Reading.

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AkashaVampie
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Only a few days left, thought I'd post

#BookishMonopoly

Feel free to join me in my journey of My Bookish Monopoly. Here are 3 different options.

1. Read the books I am reading
2. Use the prompts to read books that you want to read
3. Make your own Bookish Monopoly board. (let me know if you want to know prompts that I have on my board) Check YouTube/Pinterest

Let me know if you are participating by using the hashtag & tag me! Happy Reading

Deifio This looks like a lot of fun! 💕 4mo
AkashaVampie @Deifio feel free to join in. I don't do mine month to month. I just roll whenever I feel like it. 4mo
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AkashaVampie
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Eighth Round Of Bookish Monopoly
1. Set In The USA - To Get To The Other Side
2. New-ish Release - Love in Winter Wonderland
3. Question in the title - How Ya'll Doing?
4. Random Color (Tomato Red.... its just red) - It's A Fabulous Life
5. Male Author - Orphan X
6. 500+ Pages - Fairy Tale

Feel free to join in with me. You can either read the books I'm reading, do the prompts, or make your own board. Let Me Know If You Are! #BookishMonopoly

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AkashaVampie
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Thought I would post this again.

#BookishMonopoly

Feel free to join me in my journey of My Bookish Monopoly. Here are 3 different options.

1. Read the books I am reading
2. Use the prompts to read books that you want to read
3. Make your own Bookish Monopoly board. (let me know if you want to know prompts that I have on my board) Check YouTube/Pinterest

Let me know if you are participating by using the hashtag & tag me! Happy Reading

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AkashaVampie
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Thought I would post a couple of blank-ish monopoly boards for anyone that wants to play.

Feel Free To Join In With Me. You Can Either Read The Books I'm Reading Or Do The Prompts Or Make Your Own Board.

#BookishMonopoly

Post 3 of 3

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AkashaVampie
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Thought I would post a couple of blank-ish monopoly boards for anyone that wants to play.

Feel Free To Join In With Me. You Can Either Read The Books I'm Reading Or Do The Prompts Or Make Your Own Board.

#BookishMonopoly

Post 2 of 3

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AkashaVampie
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Thought I would post a couple of blank-ish monopoly boards for anyone that wants to play.

Feel Free To Join In With Me. You Can Either Read The Books I'm Reading Or Do The Prompts Or Make Your Own Board.

#BookishMonopoly

Post 1 of 3

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LitsyEvents
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Repost for @AkashaVampie

Thought I would make an official post. #BookishMonopoly

Feel free to join me in my journey of My Bookish Monopoly. Here are 3 different options.

1. Read the books I am reading
2. Use the prompts to read books that you want to read
3. Make your own Bookish Monopoly board. (let me know if you want to know prompts that I have on my board) Check YouTube/Pinterest

See their page for more details

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AkashaVampie
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Thought I would make an official post. #BookishMonopoly

Feel free to join me in my journey of My Bookish Monopoly. Here are 3 different options.

1. Read the books I am reading
2. Use the prompts to read books that you want to read
3. Make your own Bookish Monopoly board. (let me know if you want to know prompts that I have on my board) Check YouTube/Pinterest

Let me know if you are participating by using the hashtag & tag me! Happy Reading

CatLass007 Thank you for the tag. I probably won‘t be joining you in your #bookishmonopoly but I would love to know what you‘re reading and what prompts you‘re using for each book. I was disappointed to learn that Merlin Takes a Familiar is not available on Audible. But I have plenty of other witchy cat books for my listening pleasure. Enjoy!!!🐈‍⬛ (edited) 6mo
MicrobeMom Can‘t wait to see what you end up reading!! 6mo
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AkashaVampie @CatLass007 It is available on Scribd. https://www.scribd.com/g/973gyb
if you use this link, u can get 60 days free. u can cancel anytime in those 60 days so that u wont get charged. I love scribd.
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AkashaVampie @MicrobeMom I did just do 3 posts of all the books I need to read for my Bookish Monopoly. go check them out! 6mo
CatLass007 The books you‘ve chosen look like tons of fun. I can‘t wait to see what you think about each of them. 6mo
AkashaVampie @LitsyEvents feel free to share if u want to. 6mo
Eggs 🧡🧡🧡 6mo
TheSpineView Thanks for the tag! Let me noodle on this. Maybe I can incorporate with #BookSpinBingo 6mo
AkashaVampie @TheSpineView u could. No pressure hun. 6mo
reading.rainb0w This looks fun! Thanks for the tag - I've been looking for something like this to play since I fell off my book bingo game 😄 6mo
AkashaVampie @reading.rainb0w u are so welcome. If u wanna do ur own board, just Google blank Monopoly Board 6mo
bthegood such a cute and creative idea - 6mo
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ShananigansReads
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I finally made it around the board once and hit my first chance space! It sent me to go again (around the board twice? 🤣) and we will see what the next spin brings.

#Bookopoly

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Read4life
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Thank you, @Bookjunkie57 , for sharing #Bookopoly. Here‘s my wrap up. Not too bad & I had so much fun playing. Out of the books I read, 7 came from my shelves so it helped lower my TBR mountain 🤓

ShananigansReads Whoohoo! Great job! Thank you for joining me. (edited) 13mo
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Read4life
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Ok, @Bookjunkie57 , I think I‘ve got this right.
Rolled 10. Just visiting jail. Rolled 12. Took me to Chance. Chance was 6. That took me to Water Works. I‘m currently reading the book that‘s been on my TBR the longest (from #LitsyLove anniversary readathon this past weekend). Now to finish it. 🤓

ShananigansReads Perfect! Thanks for playing along. 14mo
Read4life @Bookjunkie57 what does “TBR Deep Cut” mean? Sorry. It‘s my new space. 14mo
ShananigansReads @Read4life something you‘ve had/wanted to read for a while but not necessarily your oldest. Very close to your last square. 🤷🏾‍♀️😆 14mo
Read4life Thank you, @Bookjunkie57 🤓 14mo
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ShananigansReads
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First #Bookopoly roll is an 8. I dug deep into the TBR mountain for this one. Let‘s see if current me can deal with books past me picked.

#AmReading #CurrentlyReading

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LitsyEvents
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Repost for @Bookjunkie57

Play #Bookopoly! See the original post at https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2554783 for the link to play and directions.

ShananigansReads Thank you! 14mo
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ShananigansReads
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Okay here it is! The link to #Bookopoly. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-O7LMESeSicfxwmkoMOH3HPxlTNKTXYUJZr3XWe8...

I've never run a challenge before so forgive me for the many things I'm sure I'm forgetting.

You will need your own dice, dice app or you can ask your phone's digital assistant. The first tab has the board. The second tab has all of the cards that you can screenshot to make posts. How I'm ⬇

ShananigansReads Playing: I will roll the dice and follow the prompt I land on. After the book is read, I will collect the point value assigned to the card. The Chance and Community Chest will generate random numbers every time you open the board. The prompts are on the second tab.

I think that covers everything... but if you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask. Happy Playing.
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LitsyEvents Shared your post and it looks interesting, but you might want to make the game board available to anyone with the link instead of requiring them to request access. 14mo
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ShananigansReads @LitsyEvents Eeep! Thanks for letting me know, I've changed it. 14mo
PuddleJumper Looks fun! More dice rolling which is a win for me 14mo
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ShananigansReads
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Okay I‘m finally doing it. I want to play
#Bookopoly for the month of March. Everyone is invited to join. I‘ll post the link to the board this weekend. Should I start a discord channel for game chat? Looking forward to this new challenge I hope you can join.

Bookwormjillk Fun!! 14mo
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bookishnerd
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Last year I did Bookopoly for the first part of the year and had a lot of fun with it. It was my first time making a board, though, and I got bored with my rolls. They were too restricting. This year, I tried to make things a bit restricted in some cases, but broader in other instances (fantasy is on the board 6 times, for example). I am excited to see how this goes and am currently reading my first book picked by the board! (Finn was helping...)

Riveted_Reader_Melissa That looks like fun and he looks very helpful! 3y
bookishnerd @Riveted_Reader_Melissa Thanks. He was fine until he tried to steal the dice. lol 3y
cozypunk Finn is fantastic. My heart just melted. 😍 3y
bookishnerd @dandy.punk aw, thanks! ❤ 3y
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bookishnerd
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Here is my Bookopoly board. It is not very fancy, but I am having fun with it so far and reading some neglected books. Hopefully 2020 stays that way! #Bookopoly

AkashaVampie Thats a neat idea!!! 4y
aartichapati I think this is so cool!! So creative, Kelly :) 4y
kristenm Do you have lists for books in each genre category or do you just go looking when it comes up? 4y
bookishnerd @kristenm I just go looking. My cards are specific. Community Chest is 24 books I want to read in 2020. Chance is 16 authors I have more than one unread book by. I do have series listed I want to start/finish. Basically I was trying to do of planned reading and then still have some flexibility. I can be moody. lol 4y
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Bookwormjillk
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What I love about autumn- rainy days at home playing board games.

#TeamSlaughter

Clwojick 💝 4y
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cassareada
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Vacation means all the wine and drunken monopoly. Guys, I lost count of how many glasses I've had. Is that bad? Also, my drunk text is fantastic right now.

JacqMac It isn‘t bad now, but it might be bad tomorrow. Lol 5y
Pruzy Any drunken board game sounds amazing really! 5y
wildwoodreads Just don‘t trade real money! My friend offered another friend real money for a property one time when she had a little too much. 😂 5y
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cassareada @JacqMac surprisingly it's not bad at all this morning 😂😂 5y
cassareada @megzlynn that is hilarious!! 5y
cassareada @Pruzy you're so right! 5y
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BeansPage
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RvnclawWhovian How cool!! 5y
JanuarieTimewalker13 What???!!!! This is SO cool!! 5y
Naj Need this in my life! Super cool!! 5y
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MoonWitch94 I have this....I collect Monopoly games & this is one of my favorites. 5y
wordzie 😍😫 utterly jealous 😘 5y
CoverToCoverGirl Yes please! ❤️ 5y
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Birdsong28
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Crazeedi This looks FUN! 5y
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julesG
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We've been playing for 2.5 hours and I still haven't gone broke. I'm trying very hard, my daughter won't let me.

I want to lose, because then we can have dinner and after that we can read.

rockpools This was always my approach to Monopoly! Apparently people find it highly annoying 🤣🤣Hope you lose soon! 6y
kricheal 😂😂 it's the best and the worst game ever...cause you know when you say yes to play it takes a LONG time, BUT it's so fun. 6y
RaimeyGallant Pop the housing bubble and devalue all your property, and don't bail out the bank. Everyone goes to jail, because you're all in real estate and probably complicit in the crash. Game over. 6y
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Suet624 I hate that game with a passion. 6y
julesG @RaimeyGallant 😂😂😂 6y
kylienoele Fingers crossed you lose soon 😂😂 6y
JoScho Lol this game takes forever! 6y
Burghbookaddict Idk that Ive ever actually finished a game of Monopoly! I dont have the attention span for it 6y
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TheBookAddict
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Congrats @MaleficentBookDragon on your milestone. And thanks for the wonderful #giveaway you‘re hosting. My family used to play “Loteria,” which if like the Mexican version of bingo. Instead of numbers and a letter they had drawings. Now that I think about it, they probably used pictures to make it easier to play for those who were illiterate. Anyway, we had so much fun playing it as a family. I may have to purchase a set soon. #letsplayagame

TheBookAddict Now as adults we love Jenga. Lol, we usually have 2 sets going. 1 for the kids and another for us bigger kids 😅. 6y
Peddler410 My sister got “Loteria” for my daughter two years ago from her trip to Cuba, I think it was that trip. There were no directions and she only bought it because it looked cool. Maybe now I‘ll have to find it. 6y
TheBookAddict @Peddler410 😂 I don‘t think I‘ve ever seen a set of loteria with instructions, so it doesn‘t surprise me. You just shuffle the deck of cards and call out the card that you pull out. Once you‘ve formed a line on your loteria board you just call out “buenas” and you win. To make it interesting we would sometimes say that to win you had to get all 4 corners or fill the whole board. Sometimes we would also put money in. 6y
Librariana I loved playing Lotería as a kiddo when I was growing up in México and I remember when we moved to the States, being so amused by Bingo. I was like "It's just like lotería but without the cool pictures!" ? My husband was just recently gifted a Star Wars lotería for his birthday when we visited Texas during the holidays ? 6y
TheBookAddict @Librariana 😂 we always played it when we had parties or just when we got bored and the weather didn‘t allow us to go outside. When we would visit family in Mexico if we didn‘t play Loteria we played the pirinola (I think that‘s how it‘s spelled). A Star Wars Loteria sounds amazing! I wonder what other kinds of Loteria there are now. 6y
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Book_in_hands
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Congrats to @MaleficentBookDragon so to honour your #letsplayagame #giveaway here is a pic of a game I played as a kid and still play today!! This crokinole board was always in the spare room at my Grandparents house, it was hand made by my step great-grandfather many, many years ago. A couple of years ago I asked my Grandmother for it. We still play it. My Dad made one for my sister for her Christmas gift this year!!

MaleficentBookDragon What a beautiful story. Explain the game to us. 6y
llwheeler Yes, crokinole! We played this all the time at the cottage 😊 6y
FantasyChick At risk of humiliating myself, my grandmother had this game when I was a kid and I swore it was a knitting loom. I never used the game for anything except twirling yarn around. They never corrected me, just let it happen 😂😂 6y
Book_in_hands @MaleficentBookDragon it might be easier for you just to google how to play it lol it may be a bit confusing if I try to explain it 6y
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MaleficentBookDragon
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7, 11, or doubles. I to this day remember that from playing monopoly with my family. In honor of reaching 1,111 followers (thanks @CaitlinR !) I would like to do a #giveaway. Post about a game your family played as a kid. Tag me and use the hashtag #letsplayagame
I‘ll then pick a winner on my birthday, January 31st. The winner will receive a book (or 2) from their #TBR.
You guys are the best!!!! Thank you!
👇🏻

MaleficentBookDragon @CaitlinR I want to thank you for bringing me to 1,111. If you would like to email me your address, I‘d like to send you a book from your #TBR as well. My email is MaleficentBookDragon@gmail.com 6y
Kalalalatja Congrats on the big following 👏👏 6y
thebluestocking Congrats!! Our favorite game to play as a family when I was a kid was Trouble. (You need a 1 or a 6.) 🎲 6y
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AmyG Congrats! And thank you. This is bringing back alot of wonderful memories. ❤️ (edited) 6y
hes7 Yay! 🎉 6y
jfalkens Congrats 🎉🎊🎉🎊 6y
Tamra Yay!!👍🏾🙌🏾 6y
MaleficentBookDragon @thebluestocking We playing that too. We loved yelling TROUBLE at each other in loud really obnoxious voices. 6y
BookwormAHN Congrats 🎊 6y
LeahBergen Woohoo!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉 6y
GypsyKat Congratulations! 🎉🎉🎉 6y
[DELETED] 3803335244 Congratulations! 6y
Pamwurtzler What a fun number - congratulations! 6y
kricheal Congrats! 6y
thebluestocking Oh yeah. Yelling is a must. 😉 6y
Cinfhen Congrats 🎉🎊 I LOVED board games as a kid 6y
mrp27 Congrats! 🎉📚👍🏻 6y
Avanders Congrats!! 🎉🎉🎉 6y
ElishaLovesBooks Congratulations!!!🎉 🎉 6y
Bklover Congratulations!!!🎉 6y
sherryvdh Congrats! 6y
mabell Congrats! 🎉🎉 6y
RohitSawant Congrats! 🎉🎉 6y
TricksyTails Congratulations 🎉📚🎉📚 6y
shadowspeak17 Congrats! 🎊🎉 6y
buecherwurm This is such an amazing idea! I love to browse the answers! 6y
JulAnna Congratulations on your milestone! 😊 6y
DGRachel Congratulations!🎉 🎉 6y
DeborahSmall Congratulations 💕 6y
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AndreaReads
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Why play regular Monopoly when you can play Star Wars Episode 1 Monopoly? My eight-year-old LOVES Monopoly, which I guess is good practice for math even if this game takes FOREVER!

[DELETED] 3803335244 This is so cool! We have Star Wars Life! I love well loved games with fandom themes. I want the HP monopoly so bad. Have you seen the Utah monopoly? I was going to grab it but it was a little pricey! Lol 😂 7y
JillR When you say "do you want to play a board game?" and your child says "yes!Monopoly!" ? 7y
AndreaReads @ForeverNerdy I LOVE the special edition board games, but you're right, they can get so expensive! My uncle owns a game store in SLC, so every once in awhile he'll send us one when they come out. @JillR Oh my gosh! No kidding! We just finished our epic battle! 🤦🏼‍♀️ 7y
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