The adults of today were raised on the board games of yesterday, and as it turns out, those board games may have impacted the financial crisis!

Well, that may be stretching it a bit but Slate’s The Big Money has an interesting post up about how board games may have actually influenced some of our money habits.   For example, the game of Life seems to be a big player in the housing crisis:

“In The Game of Life, anyone can buy a mansion! The size/price of your home isn’t determined by how wealthy you are, the rules say: ‘Draw 1 House Deed at random from the deck. Pay the bank the price on the deed (not the insurance amount; that’s a separate transaction). If you’re short on cash, you must borrow from the bank.’”

Hmm… interesting isn’t it?

Go HERE to see the connections Monopoly, Payday, Mall Madness offer and how they got us to where we are today!

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