Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site cvl.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!umcp-cs!cvl!eli From: eli@cvl.UUCP (Eli Liang) Newsgroups: net.games Subject: Re: 1000 Ways to Win Monopoly Games Message-ID: <720@cvl.UUCP> Date: Wed, 14-Aug-85 11:21:20 EDT Article-I.D.: cvl.720 Posted: Wed Aug 14 11:21:20 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 18-Aug-85 22:00:42 EDT References: <808@whuxlm.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Computer Vision Lab, U. of Maryland, College Park Lines: 30 > Has anyone else seen the book "100 Ways to Win Monopoly Games"? > My brother has a 10 year old copy. I used to think Monopoly > was 90% luck -- now I think it is only about 5% luck, 80% > skill, and 15% finding mature opponents (that is, opponents who > won't give up easily). I only get to play about once every year > or two (only a 4 player game counts as a game), but I haven't > lost since I read that book. > > It would be great to play monopoly by e-mail, but I think > making deals might take two or three months. Does anybody want > to give it a try anyway? > > Bill Stoll, ..!whuxlm!wws Sure would. I'm almost ashamed to admit it but Monopoly is still one of my favorite board games. Sounds like I have to find a copy of that book. I've have a book on Monopoly and have done some statistical analysis and was working on a Monopoly "adviser" (program) for a while but put it aside to move onto other things. If anyone would like to discuss some of the things that came out of my mathematical analysis of the game, I'd be happy to dig up the results of my investigations. They must be lying around somewhere... -eli p.s. Anyone out there interested in the game of Risk? -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eli Liang --- University of Maryland Computer Vision Lab, (301) 454-4526 ARPA: liang@cvl, liang@lemuria, eli@mit-mc, eli@mit-prep CSNET: liang@cvl UUCP: {seismo,allegra,brl-bmd}!umcp-cs!cvl!liang