I remember how somewhere in 88 or 89 my childhood friend went on a trip to a big and distant city and brought this wonderful game. Of course it was remade and it was called Manager. It cost 1/4 of the average salary of, for example, my dad or mom.
We would get together with friends of the same age and play this game for a long time. Over time, we grew up, the game became not so interesting. Then other versions of this game began to appear, my brother bought a similar game "Business". and only with the advent of the Internet did we find out that these were clones of the well-known Monopoly
Why would a board game be that expensive?
"Manager" and "Business" both seem to be based on similar concepts and test one's negotiation and risk-management skills.
I just got to know Monopoly (and the likes of it) is the number one most-played board game in the world. I wonder why I didn't play it in my childhood.
0.00 SBD,
11.63 STEEM,
11.63 SP
I searched the Internet, wanted to clarify the price, I thought it was 25 rubles of USSR, one video author said 20 rubles. So the price was about that. The salary was about 100 rubles.
The state could not release and sell this game. Since this is capitalism - such an idea simply could not exist. The game was released by some businessmen and entrepreneurs, it was a curiosity, a rarity - that's why the price is so high. So my friend and I talked about audio cassettes. They were also sold extremely expensively, also 25 rubles. That is, you could buy your favorite music for 4 rubles on your monthly salary.
0.00 SBD,
14.92 STEEM,
14.92 SP