Shortly after viewing the second episode of Games Britania, titled 'Monopolies and Mergers', I once again compiled my thoughts, notes and other observations into this blog. Here are some of the things I found during the video:
-The first published board game in America, the same game also credited for helping kick-start the American board game industry, was actually a near complete rip-off of the 18-19th century board game 'Mansion of Bliss'. The only difference was that it was made in America, and so (supposedly) made for Americans.
-The success of the 'Mansion of Happiness' gave rise to the popularity of board games, as well as their potential.
-Royal regatta was one of the first board games to replace the 'morally dubious' dice with a spinner.
-A lot of early american board games were actually morality based.
-The 'rags to riches' can be traced back to the board game 'Game of the Telegraph Box', which is actually based off the book 'Telegraph Box'.
