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Treasure hunting on the Thames, with Jo Ellison

Life and Art from FT Weekend

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Why Monopoly Is So Infuriating

When i even think about monopoly, i can feel the rage i carry of six year old me watching my sister obliterate all my capital. A study in 20 19 that said that people who played old fashioned board games, they actually, their levels of oxy toasin, the chemical that makes you actually went down while they were playing monopoly. So like monopoly literally makes you scientifically unhappy to play. The worst thing about monopoly is that you then get eliminated, and then you're not even playing any more at all, even as a pauper. And you have to wait for everyone else to to finish the game. But if you compare it to a more recent game like katan katan

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