User blog comment:Lalainee/I'm Back! (not that you knew I left...)/@comment-1636990-20110813043820/@comment-1874924-20110813060058

Speaking of games in general and Monopoly in particular, did you know that Monopoly is considered to have educational value? It teaches people what happens when monopolies are allowed to form.

The board game I play most often nowadays is called Eurorails (from Mayfair Games). Basically, you build railroads and haul goods around Europe. I usually play it on Sunday afternoons with my DW and her brother. I probably win a majority of the games, because I'm better at seeing delivery combinations. This game is also considered to have educational value because the geography is accurate and the city/river/mountain range names are in the local languages.