As kids, Monopoly was our favourite game to be played during the afternoons of summer vacations. 5-6 of us would gather at a common place and spend the entire afternoon, counting money, paying taxes, buying and selling assets, mortgaging properties and even going to the jail.
Our first Monopoly set had paper money. Since, it used to fly all around because of the fan above or get torn due to repeated usage, we used to cut the card-board covers of our school copies (they were redundant then, since after vacations we moved to the new class). On these cut card-boards we used to paste our Monopoly paper money. And guess, what we used as glue… it was a liquid mixture of wheat flour and water. It was so much fun.
Next season, our parents got us a new Monopoly set which had plastic coins as money. This lasted us for a lot many years.
This is Aaryan’s Monopoly set which he enjoys a lot with his friends. Whenever they have any query or doubt, they come to me. I am their referee. I tell them to read the rule book, but they love to argue with each other more than focus on the fine print.
A board game like Monopoly teaches some valuable lessons, such as
- Always keep cash in hand
- Be patient
- Focus on cash flow
- The most expensive asset is not always the best
- Don’t put all your eggs in one basket
This post is a part of May Photo A Day.
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Good one. Hmmm…now I need to go and luck into the board games I have. Haven’t got anything yet 🙁
Board games are fun. Before Aaryan, we used to play Scrabble and with him came all the possible board games. We even have a Kho-Kho board game!
Loved this take, Shilpa! Monopoly is still one of my favourite board games. Daughter and I play and sometimes, we are at it for hours! And never bored 🙂
Recently, we found Monopoly on the phone, and I got seriously addicted to it. It is so so consuming. I can go on 🙂 I love Monopoly:)
Oh yes, it is a very engrossing game… you can play it for hours and hours.
It is on phone too?? Must check it out!
We used to call it ‘Trade’ and I loved it too . Here often I see the kids in my apartment with their heads bent in a serious game of Monopoly
Yes, you are right, it was called Trade earlier!
Same here. It is a game to be truly enjoyed in vacations and that too in afternoons! 🙂
We used to call it business or trade
Was my fav game too . Not sure where I lost it as years passed by
Interesting pic for the prompt
Good morning
That’s right, it was called by that name earlier! 🙂
I never played it !!
I love your take on this 🙂
Oh! You can now play with the little one!
Thanks 🙂
Oh those wonderful vacation pastimes…Fun never seemed to end when we were engrossed in Business or scrabble or good old snake and ladder/ludo… And the silly things we did before rolling the dice 😀
Love the way you come up with such great ideas for a prompt post Shilpa:)
LOL… that’s right… some of us used to take ages to roll the dice to get that lucky number!
Glad you liked the random topics here, Reshma 🙂
Loved your take on this one!! I love playing Monopoly!
Cool 🙂
Oh, this is such a good idea for the prompt, Shilpa! I used to love playing Monopoly, and now the kids also love it!
That’s awesome… you can relive the memories while playing with them 🙂
Used to play that a lot before….me and my hubby. My kids are not really interested in it.
Wow! That’s sweet! 🙂
We used to play Scrabble, carrom, cards and chess in our vacations. Also ludo and saanp seedhi. But later loved Monopoly and Pictionary. Now the kids love playing Monopoly,
We used to play all these too. Pictionary was something that we discovered much later, as adults actually! 🙂
Very interesting topic! Oh, how many indoor games were popular those days. Now children do play some of these games but now they are more interested in video games, play station and computer games.
True. I have observed that all these board games are taken out only during vacations. They do play these games but their first love is still digital games! 🙂
lovely take on the prompt! sure does teach us so many things…
and yes who can forget the thrill of playing this game? my son loves it too, and ropes in his grandparents when i am not around…as if it wasn’t enough playing monopoly with me and my sister, they have to play with my kids too!!
I can relate to this… the poor grandparents, they play even if they are not too interested! 🙂
We use to call it bank game..REmember me and bro playing it for hours during our summer break..
nice take on prompt 🙂
It used to be the favorite game to be played in summer vacations… may be because it needed long hours to play! 🙂
We loved playing trade. Aren’t those little houses cute? 🙂 Back then, we could buy whole cities for a few hundred rupees!! Looks like inflation has caught up with monopoly too… 😛
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Oh yes! Monopoly is affected by inflation too! 🙂
Funnily dint paly much of this in growng up days!
You can play now!! 😀
Interesting post.. I play Monopoly, ludo, snakes & ladders and also Uno with my son most of the times.. But Monopoly is his favourite .. I’m a new blogger… Do visit my blog.. http://kitchenserenity.blogspot.in/
Hi Nilu. Welcome to this blog!
Uno is our favorite too! We can play it for hours! 🙂
Ah!! Interesting take. STrangely I don’t remember playing monopoly ever. We had some other game whose name i don’t remember
You will remember all the games once Arnav turns 6-7 🙂
🙂 I also used that wheat flour and water mixture for making crafts in childhood. We used to call it ‘Leti’. 🙂
Yes, leti it was!! Leti is a Punjabi word actually, I believe 🙂
One game I still enjoy playing. I have it on iPad and it is one of our favourite pass time as a family. 🙂 Good one for the prompt. Where is my money, i just crossed GO! 😀
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True, it is a fun game which can enjoyed by all in the family!
LOL 😀 The money will be deposited on 29th February 2014! 😉
🙂 We used to play scrabble, business, caroms 🙂 kite flying, pinching nose 🙂
Pinching nose?? What’s that??
Hahah…one silly game….I don’t recollect exactly, but it was something like this..there were two teams..we would sit opp to each other..one member from the opp team would come and close the eyes of the other team members and then a 2nd team member from the opp team itself would come and pinch the person’s nose whose eyes are closed. And then I think they have to identify who pinched their nose…something like that…
I never learnt any of those lessons 😐
Me too 😐
Good one for the prompt!
Thanks Shail 🙂
Days of all theese board games are over.Internet gives one ample choices,butit will never be same again.
They are not totally out but the acceptance is not what it was earlier during our kiddy days! Now they have so many options for playing games.
Excellent take on the prompt Shilpa!
Thanks Deeps 🙂
Wow, nice take. I love Monopoly. Played it with my cousins recently and was surprised when they gave me credit card instead of those plastic notes and coins 🙁 There’s even a card reader.
How times change!
Is there a Credit Card in this game now?? That’s news… wow!
Truly, times have changed!