Charity sends over monopoly Guard: I see nothing wrong with that. POW: I have a get of jail free card Guard: I should have seen that coming POW: **Leaves**
I have one of these limited edition 1940s monopoly board game. My grandmother, seven, used to live in London during the war and the'Blitz', she had chance to move to the countryside to avoid the bombing, but her mother didn't want "to hear it", so she stayed. Anyway, in 1941,her mother was rather lucky to come across monopoly so she bought it. Just 10 minutes before the air-raid siren sounded, my grandmother,the only child,and her mother lit up a candle and played the game. Fortunately, when the siren sounded, my grandmother was told to "hurry up and bring the game", so they could continue to play. If my grandmother hadn't taken the board game with her to the air-raid shelter, it would have been reduced to rubble, just like her house. As my grandmother's mother was superstitious, she felt, somehow, the board game would bring them luck so told my grandmother to hold on to it. She gave it to me shortly before she died of natural causes. I have only just realised how grateful I should be to have this historical and rare board game.
Consolation prize? Man, that is the coolest thing in the world! You've got a tiny, tiny slice of somebody's life. This is amazing to me. I think it's beautiful.
This is like buying an old comic book and finding someone's name written on the cover, or a filled-out order form for Grit or the Johnson Smith Company. You feel like you know the kid who enjoyed that comic years ago.
Luca Canali and your commanding officer berates you: “WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DIDN’T KNOW , BASIC TRAINING COVERS THIS.” And then made you give him 5, right there on the spot
That custom board actually looks a lot more fun than the base game. A problem I've always had with Monopoly and a lot of board games is that there's kind of a lack of agency; there's only one path and you can usually tell exactly what's coming. It looks like there'd be a lot more strategy involved with this variant.
@@nathansnail Yup, because most early board games were really just an excuse to gamble at a time period when gambling was still considered a social taboo. "The Royall & Most Pleasant Game Of Y Goose" is a shining example of this, having absolutely zero strategy to it. Even ones that followed which tried to break away from the gambling aspects didn't stray THAT far mechanically, such as "The Checkered Game Of Life" - also entirely luck-based. I wonder when and how the shift towards games where you actually had to *do* things started...
Standard monopoly is very crude at it's core, being based too much on raw luck. There are some tweaked versions and alternative games like it, that overall enhance the game
Finding that family made map is perhaps a greater treasure than any escape kit (in my humble opinion). Its an honest insight into moments shared by real relatable people who lived in that time
That's like saying the piece of gum on the bottom of my shoe is more rare than the same shoe of an other person who doesnt have gum on the bottom of his. Only I have the gum on my shoe.....but no one cares.
Oh my goodness! My great grandfather was a POW during WW2 and there's an old family story about him receiving a special version of monopoly before he was freed from the camp. I just assumed that it was just a war time edition version, but now I wonder if it was one of these special sets to help him escape. Before this video I had no idea these existed. Unfortunately I have no proof of such a thing existing in my family but that's so cool to imagine.
Fun fact: Germany actually isn't one of them, as the Nazis banned the game in 1936 because it contained the street where Joseph Goebbels and his buddies lived and he didn't like the idea of poeple owning that street. When it was re-released in 1953 they replaced the names with generic ones.
My Grandfather said that as a kid he loved Monopoly... he would play it any chance he got. He said once he even made his own version of it but it got lost... ...I don't think that was it but that would've been really cool.
The Mysterious Gravity Falls Person show him this video with the other monopoly paper one made and even if it isn't his, he'll get a good laugh out and enjoy :)
That custom Monopoly board on a piece of graph paper looks really cool, honestly. A version of Monopoly with diagonal paths and junctions sounds fun as hell to play!
@@lloydlejack-official You should check out Fortune Street. It came out on the Wii and it is a very fun twist on monopoly. It has multiple boards to choose from but they are nonlinear. There are 4 suit cards scattered around them and you need to collect them all and return to the bank to get your paycheck (which actually scales up further into the game). Where it really shines is that there is a dynamic stock market that goes up and down based both on how valuable the properties in the district are as well as how much stock has been sold. The win condition is also different. Instead of bankrupting everyone else, you need to reach a target net worth then return to the bank.
pi.mp3 My brother and I would Always make games like that. You know making monopoly with the names and drawings from our city, add more different ressources to settlers and make it double the size or make our own version of pokemon. We even made a few games from scratch. It's actually rather fun. You should Try it once. Unfortunatly, most have been lost over the years. I've only been able to find a zombie strategy game we made back in 2010. It is actually still a decent game, even though we were 10 and 12 back Then.
Katrine Petersen You just made me think about how things could've been it my sibling didn't die before even being born:/ Didn't get to know him, don't miss him, just makes me think... Anyway, though I'm a single child I can still try it with friends:) I'll definitely consider it. Thanks for the advise!!
I think, in a way, that is an escape map. It helped them escape the bleak state the world was in at the time, and let them have fun, on their own terms. Thank you for sharing this, Austin. This really made my day.
That was basically MI9's entire job, helping prisoners of war to escape. Lots of manufacturers were contracted to make authentic looking products containing escape aids to be sent to POWs.
Wow, it's really cool to see that custom board that someone made. It looks so detailed and seems super interesting to me because that isn't just a minor change to the gameplay but essentially a giant overhaul, and it seems like it could be rather fun
It reminds me of "Deadly Danger Dungeon", by Angry Video Game Nerd. Something he and his friend drew, and played, when they were just kids. "Fun" is not exactly how it turned out, but I enjoy watching people roll dice and fail. Years of playing D&D will do that. Go watch that on RU-vid, it's hilarious.
BRO! RELEASE A COPY OF THE GAME!!!!! give that modified version of monopoly to the world. that piece of ART is totally open to distribute. please please please i wanna play!
Buddy, do you not get the point of why the kids made that, they used their creativity to make their own game based on monopoly, you should also make one of your own. If you don't like it, keep changing it till you do. Or just play the many versions of the game that exist
@@mashedtomato2079 Hon, you overestimate people's ability to get creative for themselves. They need a bit of a guide. Don't diss someone for wanting to see how someone else did it. Let them be inspired by someone else's creativity and appreciate their art before expecting them to jump in naked and afraid. There may be cool ideas there worth stealing! The best ideas were meant to be shared.
I can see the kids making that paper monopoly and playing it/making it in the bunker during the blitz slightly unaware of what was happening laugh as the parents laugh with them whilst terrified
I remember as a kid, by friend at the time & I tried to make this "ultimate monopoly" game involving multiple boards, scattered all over the kitchen & living room areas. It never actually ended up happening (could never agree on rules to make the game balanced) but it involved things like different planets, hell, the future, and things like that as different boards. Looking back, it was a ridiculous concept (who the hell would want to extend the time it takes to play Monopoly xD) but I wish we had ended up making it
I was not expecting a rollercoaster of emotions from an "unboxing" video. I was just expecting some brat to open up a 1940's Monopoly edition and spending time to look at the pieces to draw out the video, not to be given a history lesson. congrats. You get one of my likes. They are in short supply due to me not giving a damn, but for this case, i'll make an exception. Good job.
1940s Monopoly: Tries to help people in tough times with entertainment in the war 2019 Monopoly: ‘FORTNITE MONOPOLY!’ totally not grasping for money or anything :v)
I have a war-time monopoly board in my attic but none of the chance cards or wooden pieces came with it After watching this video I now know it was one of the escape maps!
@@billybadgerdad3673 can you please tell us what it looked like because someone explaining what it looks like in detail is better than the loose one in the video
Monopoly was invented to help people in the great depression get through a rough time. It made people feel like they had a lot more money. I have an original 1935 game.
@@ValkyrieTiara Wikipedia says anti-monopolist, not anti-capitalism. Additionally, the creator made two versions (one of which is the one played today).
@@nickyblue4866 The main issues lie in how exploitative it is, the system needs endless growth to sustain itself which just isn't possible on a finite planet, it encourages mistreating humans to extrapolate more and more wealth from the masses to the few in power. Product quality declines as products that break easier need to be replaced more often which means more profit for the companies, wage stagnation means that people are earning less and less every year (Income inequality is worse than during the height of the guilded age, also known as that point in time when the French cut off all the aristocrats heads due to rampant income inequality) You'll even get people trying to say that food, clean water and shelter aren't human rights (Which they are, as defined by the United Nations)
Christian McCord he's not black. He's actually of Puerto Rican descent. You would know this if you watched his 500k subs video. Edit- Dunkey says this in his jontron rant video.
This is not just 'another review', this video had heart, imagination and really drew me in, it kinda gave me chills watching it. I will deff check out your other videos. Ps. I hope you found/will find that special secret WW2 Monopoly.
Now kids can make their own apps on a rainy day.. who are we kidding, it's easier just to download a new one and move on. Another great video Austin, love the quality of your channel, you have an old soul for storytelling. Love it.
Andrew Del Pilar it seems to be working for him, he approaches things like the old documentarians did, but with a modern flare. If you think about it, he’s getting himself in a good niche. Older generations are turning on RU-vid more and more every day. They aren’t looking for high octane insanity(well most aren’t) my grandma loves videos told like this. As for dying, TV, yes, but videos online is where it is at. Life recycles, 3 times so far in my life(Tamagachis are back and going to be no 1 toy for xmas) once you figure this out, you can make a lot of influence and success in life. Austin is right where he needs to be right now.
Those MI9 specials must be incredibly rare as I would expect that most of them ended up cut up to extract the vital contents of the items. I wish you the best of luck locating one of them.
Austin, this was wonderful. Thank you so much for sharing this. I cherish the letters my grandparents sent back and forth to each other during the war-- it's fascinating to watch a young American housewife and her brave husband overseas describe their world at the time. In one letter from 1945, my grandpa sweetly consoles his darling wife about some frightening, oriental "British-American Bomb." (!) History from the horse's mouth is incredible. Loved your channel already, but extra love this video in particular. I hope you share more of your nostalgia collection in the future. Cheers, Christina
Yaaayyyy new Video! I think the trick to making a successful RU-vid channel, is providing good enough content that the viewer is happy, but just enough that it leaves them wanting more, which this channel pulls off perfectly.
Thank you for this insightful and reflective video. You really did a great job of explaining the war time efforts and experiences of those on the home front. Getting to see that intricate altered board really sparked some imagination and nostalgia. The altered board evoked a sense of family and intimacy that would have been valued during the war.
Never knew the British had these escape kits in the form of monopoly despite reading a lot about WW2. But its a very cool piece of history. Usually people look for weapons left behind during that era, but sometimes simple things like that have its own story.
Childhood game development is a sacred and wonderful thing. I made lots of them, because I really didn't have money for so many games, especially expensive things like collectible card games. So I built one of the world's first standalone deckbuilding games based on Magic. I then built a Final Fantasy themed one that would go on to become Light and Darkness, almost 20 years later. I made the first version of Vega Campaign around this time as well, based on old Avalon Hill board wargames; I've been meaning to return to it with nice resin printed pieces. I think I'll keep the squares, as squares are so iconic to Wing Commander maps, hexes would be weird (though much more practical). I remember fleeting bits of other games I made, including several Monopoly derivatives, a rewrite of Trust Me by Parker Brothers, a Mario Bros game, a Pokemon board wargame in 1997, and many others. I love this, thank you for the warmfuzzy.
maybe you should buy a really damaged one, if the one youre looking for has travelled to a pow camp etc then it wont be pristine in condition, get one thats ripped and missing bits and then maybe youll find the secret extras
yah from what he mentioned about the version he wanted, it is probably a damaged one that's missing pieces. There's no way there's one that hasn't been opened up and damaged.
I was homeschooled. My parents weren't very good at it, with very little patience for my lack of ability to grasp math in general. We'd spend the day getting frustrated hunched over math books until late in the day, eat dinner then sometimes play Monopoly where I actually began to grasp math. Playing monopoly is a large part of what I attribute to any math/critical thinking skills I would go on to develop despite my inadequate schooling while I was younger.
Love to see real youtubers with real content! History is my passion I knew all of this, but this was so well crafted I watched it throughout and subscribed good stuff! 頑張って👍
That made up version with the diagonal lots, spaces AND 'junctions' is incredibly EPIC! I'm SURPRISED that there haven't been MORE variations using similar ideas!
Thank you so much for making a video on this. Led me to asking my grandma if she had played this version, and she had! I heard loads of wonderful stories of her childhood so Im very grateful to this channel
I've never really thought about what kind of things were changed because of the WWII supply restrictions. This is a really cool artifact you got your hands on - it's like a blast to the past. Even if you didn't get what you hoped for, it's really awesome that you found a paper board made by some kids that was a re-imagining of the original, I didn't think people did that back then! I wonder if those kids are still around today. Was there any names written on the paper? It really makes you wonder.
I don't know why I expect anything less than an awesome experience watching your videos. I always learn something new while getting an extra dose of awesomeness. The concept of the escape kit is badass as hell, but the end was so sweet.
Great video. First time I watched your channel but it will not be the last. Thank you for the memories and now I want a war Time edition of Monopoly, my favorite game growing up.
Stuff like the escape kit version and other maybe kinda goofy ways of hiding information like playing cards with peelable backs and that one time an incredibly sensitive map or photo of the beach at Normandy was shipped as two jigsaw puzzles is... It just feels awesome and strange. A weird time with the kind of gadgetry and creative solutions that have become unfeasible in the real world and have faded from all but parody in our fiction. In our current era, espionage for real is paying off the locals and crunching data and espionage in fiction is a gun, martial arts and maybe just maybe an analytical mind for clues.
This is the third video of yours that I've watched & I've subscribed just on the basis of this one. You're such a damn good storyteller! It reminded me of the monopoly set we had as children ( I think it was late 70s / early 80s) & the warmth of emotion that comes back to me as I remember my mum , younger sister & I sitting there on the floor , with my sis asking all kinds of questions as we'd play..This bought it all back. Thank you for uploading this, Austin 👍
I completely forgot about this video, but when I saw it recommended it clicked. This was the video that introduced me to your channel. This now makes me happy.
