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28th
August 2010
MONOPOLY
board game tournament here in Saint Lucia
By: Marie-Louise
Benjamin
Monopoly
is the best-selling commercial board game in
the world. Players compete to acquire wealth
through stylized economic activity involving
the buying, rental and trading of properties
using play money, as players take turns moving
around the board according to the roll of the
dice.
The game is named after the economic concept
of monopoly, the domination of a market by a
single provider. It is published by Parker Brothers,
an imprint of Hasbro. According to Hasbro, since
Charles Darrow patented the game in 1935, approximately
750 million people have played the game; making
it “the most played commercial board game
in the world. The 1999 Guinness Book of Records
cited Hasbro’s previous statistic of 500
million people having played Monopoly. Games
Magazine has inducted Monopoly into its Hall
of Fame.
Monopoly is a giant in the gaming industry in
the US especially with the new online version,
Street Monopoly. Hasbro (a worldwide leader
in children and family leisure time products
and services) says that since 1935, more than
250 million copies of Monopoly has been sold
in 103 countries and 37 languages. More than
200 different editions of the game have been
published, but the most popular continues to
be the classic “Number Nine” known
by its original product number. “Number
Nine” is based on the streets of Atlantic
City and is nearly identical to Charles Darrow’s
(listed monopoly inventor) original submission
to Parker Brothers. Monopoly is amongst the
top ten lists of most played board games in
Hollywood and recently LA Times confirmed that
director Ridlley Scott is contemplating a movie
based on the board game.
Excel Marketing Services, a new company, focused
on family recreational development introduces
for the first time in St. Lucia a MONOPOLY Tournament
scheduled for the afternoon of December 14th
2009, 11:30am to 6:00pm at Prio’s Country
Palace, Castries.
Amongst Hollywood’s top board games list,
the escalating MONOPOLY gaming in the US, Europe,
other international countries, and our island’s
craving of putting an end to the idling minds
of our teenagers cultivated this idea. Readers,
at this point blowing dust off your old monopoly
game should remind you of the excitement that
it once brought. This is what we are trying
to do at Excel Marketing Services.
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We
want to build investor-minds and good gaming
spirit within our children and having family
support is a major start. Remember, the old
saying what you reap, what you sow...Well, we
have to build the minds of our children in preparation
for the betterment of our country. We at Excel
Marketing Services strongly believe that engaging
in a MONOPOLY tournament is one way.
Most MONOPOLY players use the game as a means
of whiling away one’s leisure time. However,
unlike computer games, board games like MONOPOLY
are interactive and have the advantage of helping
players develop social and interpersonal skills.
Playing MONOPOLY in a group provides the opportunity
for players to interact as well as observe how
others think and analyze. Playing MONOPOLY encourages
family members to spend more time with each
other and thus build stronger family bonds and
friendship. Playing MONOPOLY contributes to
child educational development. The game helps
a child to improve his/her mathematical skills
as well as teaching him/her the value of money.
Our first tournament is teamed up with SCRABBLE,
another very well-known educational game. We
follow the standard rules of both games, except
that the MONOPOLY is ninety minutes long. The
game comprises two primary SCRABBLE rounds with
qualifiers via elimination to the semi-final
rounds, then final round, a premier MONOPOLY
round, then finals.
We are asking for the support of teachers, civil
servants, officers.... ALL interested persons,
register at the Central Library in Castries,
every Saturday starting October 24th till December
5th 2009, from 9:30pm to 12:30pm. A player becomes
a role model to our teenagers. The idea is to
help set a path for our teenagers, as well as
maintaining social interaction amongst Saint
Lucian people.
GAME EXPECTATIONS
Excel Marketing services expect a healthy game
of monopoly with players taking chances. The
host of the show will prepare a short briefing
on how to play each game along with rules as
aid. We want to experience early bankruptcy,
big spenders, and positive decision-making exercise.
In the future of this game we hope to foster
a group selected as our national team who will
be participating in regional or international
tournaments.
We have attached cash prizes starting from $500.00
as an award to our winner/s, and many other
prizes to be won by participants and attendees.
Every good deed deserves an incentive.
In the future Excel Marketing Services aims
for commencing MONOPOLY in Schools, and organize
competitions. Readers in favor of this game
and/or who wish to make a written contribution
should send an email to excelmarketingservices@gmail.com
or write to MONOPOLY, Box 8138, Choc Castries.
Discuss
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