If you were asked to remember a few of the board games you played during your childhood, with friends or on family night, what do you think would come to mind? Well maybe some of the games that you would think of would be Checkers, Life, Scrabble.... oh and of course MONOPOLY.
The reason I ask this question is because these are some of the games I grew up playing, but my favorite by far was the board game Monopoly.
Monopoly I think is one of the classic board games in American culture but it is far from exclusive to American culture now with so many editions that have been created in various languages and specific to different countries. I believe it is very interesting how the original version of Monopoly has been adapted in many parts of the world in countries such as France and Malaysia. This board game is a great example of how play can break cultural boundaries and become a common thing for people of all backgrounds to share. The game board of Monopoly does vary in appearance edition by edition and this is greatly influenced by the culture is representative of. For example, the French edition, instead of having places like Park Place or Boardwalk, instead they have places significant to France and the currency used in the game I also different. The various versions of the game are largely influenced by cultures and even the other version like the Star Wars edition or the One Direction edition are also influenced by fan cultures or people from all over the world that share the love for a band or for a movie series etc...
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