WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.090 align:middle line:90% 00:00:00.090 --> 00:00:02.490 align:middle line:84% The following content is provided under a Creative 00:00:02.490 --> 00:00:04.030 align:middle line:90% Commons license. 00:00:04.030 --> 00:00:06.360 align:middle line:84% Your support will help MIT OpenCourseWare 00:00:06.360 --> 00:00:10.720 align:middle line:84% continue to offer high quality educational resources for free. 00:00:10.720 --> 00:00:13.320 align:middle line:84% To make a donation or view additional materials 00:00:13.320 --> 00:00:17.280 align:middle line:84% from hundreds of MIT courses, visit MIT OpenCourseWare 00:00:17.280 --> 00:00:19.980 align:middle line:90% at oc.mit.edu. 00:00:19.980 --> 00:00:21.960 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: We're going to do a little talking 00:00:21.960 --> 00:00:26.340 align:middle line:84% about the reading, and then we'll play a couple of games. 00:00:26.340 --> 00:00:28.745 align:middle line:84% And then the last hour will be time for your teams 00:00:28.745 --> 00:00:33.549 align:middle line:84% to able to work on your projects unless, of course, 00:00:33.549 --> 00:00:36.154 align:middle line:84% you are playing Monopoly, and your property [INAUDIBLE]. 00:00:36.154 --> 00:00:40.520 align:middle line:90% 00:00:40.520 --> 00:00:45.370 align:middle line:84% So today is kind of like the historical part of class. 00:00:45.370 --> 00:00:47.373 align:middle line:84% I mean, we've looked a little bit 00:00:47.373 --> 00:00:51.972 align:middle line:84% at some board games, some card games that [INAUDIBLE]. 00:00:51.972 --> 00:00:56.046 align:middle line:84% But now we're looking at a very specific time, largely 1900 00:00:56.046 --> 00:01:00.070 align:middle line:84% to about 1950, prior to World War II. 00:01:00.070 --> 00:01:02.570 align:middle line:84% There were a number of games that I could have brought out, 00:01:02.570 --> 00:01:05.006 align:middle line:84% things that you would also be familiar with, 00:01:05.006 --> 00:01:07.426 align:middle line:84% things like Boggle, for instance. 00:01:07.426 --> 00:01:09.362 align:middle line:84% But those come a little bit later. 00:01:09.362 --> 00:01:15.820 align:middle line:84% Some of these games, the Scrabble, for instance, 00:01:15.820 --> 00:01:18.320 align:middle line:84% have predecessors that come from the time period 00:01:18.320 --> 00:01:21.320 align:middle line:84% that we're talking about, but these versions 00:01:21.320 --> 00:01:24.730 align:middle line:84% that we're familiar with now, probably 00:01:24.730 --> 00:01:26.935 align:middle line:84% had some rule changes along the way. 00:01:26.935 --> 00:01:29.830 align:middle line:84% Similarly, how many of you played Othello or Reversi? 00:01:29.830 --> 00:01:31.060 align:middle line:90% Yep. 00:01:31.060 --> 00:01:35.790 align:middle line:84% So Reversi dates from the time that I'm talking about. 00:01:35.790 --> 00:01:38.240 align:middle line:84% It might actually be slightly before 1900. 00:01:38.240 --> 00:01:42.490 align:middle line:84% But Othello comes much, much later, like the '70s. 00:01:42.490 --> 00:01:50.130 align:middle line:84% And how many of you knew the game of Othello? 00:01:50.130 --> 00:01:53.740 align:middle line:84% Looks like [? we're quite ?] [? reversing. ?] 00:01:53.740 --> 00:01:58.775 align:middle line:84% So that's kind of like a trademarked version of the rule 00:01:58.775 --> 00:02:02.054 align:middle line:84% set, which basically specifies what the initial start 00:02:02.054 --> 00:02:05.590 align:middle line:84% position of the game that I believe it 00:02:05.590 --> 00:02:10.889 align:middle line:84% was adapted with a game designer who wrote up the rules, 00:02:10.889 --> 00:02:15.340 align:middle line:84% set up [? deployment ?] rules and publicized 00:02:15.340 --> 00:02:16.190 align:middle line:90% the game of Othello. 00:02:16.190 --> 00:02:18.920 align:middle line:84% But the version of the Reversi may be not black and white, 00:02:18.920 --> 00:02:24.312 align:middle line:84% may be different colors on each open face is way before that. 00:02:24.312 --> 00:02:27.320 align:middle line:84% And Uno comes much later, but in doing this reading, 00:02:27.320 --> 00:02:29.290 align:middle line:84% you read a little bit about a game-- 00:02:29.290 --> 00:02:32.800 align:middle line:84% I think it was in today's reading-- 00:02:32.800 --> 00:02:34.670 align:middle line:84% about a game that Parker Brothers 00:02:34.670 --> 00:02:37.820 align:middle line:84% tried to publish that was kind of like Uno, only it had 00:02:37.820 --> 00:02:40.150 align:middle line:90% five colors instead of four. 00:02:40.150 --> 00:02:44.670 align:middle line:84% So that's the reason why I brought in to this today. 00:02:44.670 --> 00:02:47.700 align:middle line:84% It's not necessarily because all these games, 00:02:47.700 --> 00:02:51.466 align:middle line:84% they come from 1900, but a lot of them came from, 00:02:51.466 --> 00:02:53.210 align:middle line:90% started around about this time. 00:02:53.210 --> 00:02:55.720 align:middle line:90% 00:02:55.720 --> 00:02:57.640 align:middle line:84% And [INAUDIBLE] local history, Salem 00:02:57.640 --> 00:03:02.870 align:middle line:84% is really not that far away, and I'm not sure 00:03:02.870 --> 00:03:04.800 align:middle line:84% that the building still exists, but has anyone 00:03:04.800 --> 00:03:06.682 align:middle line:90% been to Salem recently? 00:03:06.682 --> 00:03:07.335 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Yeah. 00:03:07.335 --> 00:03:07.960 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: Yes? 00:03:07.960 --> 00:03:10.430 align:middle line:84% Then, do they have the Parker Brothers building there 00:03:10.430 --> 00:03:11.900 align:middle line:90% because it's huge? 00:03:11.900 --> 00:03:12.400 align:middle line:90% Or it was. 00:03:12.400 --> 00:03:15.900 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: I don't know if it's still-- 00:03:15.900 --> 00:03:16.854 align:middle line:90% I'm not actually sure. 00:03:16.854 --> 00:03:18.770 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: It's probably a tourist attraction. 00:03:18.770 --> 00:03:20.192 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: No, definitely not a tourist attraction. 00:03:20.192 --> 00:03:20.666 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: OK. 00:03:20.666 --> 00:03:21.666 align:middle line:90% This is all [INAUDIBLE]. 00:03:21.666 --> 00:03:24.994 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: I think it might be repurposed to [INAUDIBLE] 00:03:24.994 --> 00:03:29.332 align:middle line:84% apartments because they've repurposed a lot of-- 00:03:29.332 --> 00:03:32.710 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: A lot of Parker Brothers properties 00:03:32.710 --> 00:03:35.810 align:middle line:84% are now owned by Hasbro, which is also not that far 00:03:35.810 --> 00:03:37.250 align:middle line:90% away, over in Rhode Island. 00:03:37.250 --> 00:03:40.390 align:middle line:84% In fact, if you look at all of these games, 00:03:40.390 --> 00:03:44.502 align:middle line:84% they say Milton Bradley, they say Parker Brothers. 00:03:44.502 --> 00:03:46.690 align:middle line:84% But if you look at who currently owns the property, 00:03:46.690 --> 00:03:49.250 align:middle line:90% it says Hasbro. 00:03:49.250 --> 00:04:04.253 align:middle line:90% That the [INAUDIBLE] 00:04:04.253 --> 00:04:06.910 align:middle line:84% And all sorts of games, like Tiddlywinks-- how many of you 00:04:06.910 --> 00:04:08.530 align:middle line:90% played those growing up? 00:04:08.530 --> 00:04:09.760 align:middle line:90% I never played them. 00:04:09.760 --> 00:04:12.070 align:middle line:84% Some of the [INAUDIBLE] showed me how to play them. 00:04:12.070 --> 00:04:16.198 align:middle line:84% This is not part of [? the talk. ?] [? Ted ?] 00:04:16.198 --> 00:04:22.810 align:middle line:84% briefly talked about the [INAUDIBLE] 00:04:22.810 --> 00:04:27.090 align:middle line:84% And anyone remember why Parker Brothers went into card games? 00:04:27.090 --> 00:04:29.305 align:middle line:84% Because they were only were making board games. 00:04:29.305 --> 00:04:31.984 align:middle line:84% They were making things like ping pong before that. 00:04:31.984 --> 00:04:34.150 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: They were smaller and easy to manufacture. 00:04:34.150 --> 00:04:35.354 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: Uh-huh. 00:04:35.354 --> 00:04:36.645 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Larger profit margin. 00:04:36.645 --> 00:04:38.228 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: You print a sheet of cards, 00:04:38.228 --> 00:04:40.292 align:middle line:84% you cut it into identical slices, 00:04:40.292 --> 00:04:41.740 align:middle line:90% pack it in a tiny, little box. 00:04:41.740 --> 00:04:43.970 align:middle line:84% You can put a lot of these on store shelves 00:04:43.970 --> 00:04:47.930 align:middle line:84% or a truck or [INAUDIBLE] as opposed 00:04:47.930 --> 00:04:51.760 align:middle line:90% to big boxes of Monopoly. 00:04:51.760 --> 00:04:56.285 align:middle line:84% So I think that the takeaway from everything 00:04:56.285 --> 00:04:58.530 align:middle line:84% that we're going to discuss today 00:04:58.530 --> 00:05:02.610 align:middle line:84% is really all about how marketing and sales concerns 00:05:02.610 --> 00:05:06.040 align:middle line:90% are going to effect you guys. 00:05:06.040 --> 00:05:10.670 align:middle line:84% If you read the stories of Phil Orbanes, 00:05:10.670 --> 00:05:13.230 align:middle line:84% [? one of ?] the [? most wanted ?] [? ones, ?] 00:05:13.230 --> 00:05:16.783 align:middle line:84% vice president of R&D at Parker Brothers, also, apparently, 00:05:16.783 --> 00:05:23.516 align:middle line:84% the best Monopoly player, [INAUDIBLE] material. 00:05:23.516 --> 00:05:25.990 align:middle line:84% He's also writing from a very biased point of view. 00:05:25.990 --> 00:05:31.868 align:middle line:84% He's writing supposedly as a Parker Brothers [INAUDIBLE]. 00:05:31.868 --> 00:05:35.272 align:middle line:84% And you can take everything that he 00:05:35.272 --> 00:05:36.730 align:middle line:84% says with a grain of salt. I'm sure 00:05:36.730 --> 00:05:39.940 align:middle line:90% not everybody who works at-- 00:05:39.940 --> 00:05:46.050 align:middle line:84% I'm sure [INAUDIBLE] as the book makes it out to be. 00:05:46.050 --> 00:05:51.295 align:middle line:84% But when [INAUDIBLE] I think we can rely on them 00:05:51.295 --> 00:05:54.390 align:middle line:84% and because I think [? it's ?] a pretty good designer, 00:05:54.390 --> 00:05:57.770 align:middle line:84% a sort of design diary of how various 00:05:57.770 --> 00:06:03.074 align:middle line:84% games became the way that they were. 00:06:03.074 --> 00:06:05.280 align:middle line:84% One thing that he didn't go into a lot of detail on 00:06:05.280 --> 00:06:09.800 align:middle line:84% was Monopoly because that kind of comes after his [INAUDIBLE]. 00:06:09.800 --> 00:06:13.644 align:middle line:84% But there's a little bit of that that I wanted to talk about. 00:06:13.644 --> 00:06:19.855 align:middle line:84% And we mentioned that in [INAUDIBLE] it used to be 00:06:19.855 --> 00:06:24.873 align:middle line:84% called [? Landlord's Game. ?] This was a patented product. 00:06:24.873 --> 00:06:27.056 align:middle line:84% And the name of the original designer 00:06:27.056 --> 00:06:31.579 align:middle line:84% was Elizabeth Magie, somewhere right 00:06:31.579 --> 00:06:34.069 align:middle line:84% in the beginning of the 1900s, although it 00:06:34.069 --> 00:06:35.979 align:middle line:84% took about three years between the patents 00:06:35.979 --> 00:06:38.020 align:middle line:84% and type of publishing to actually figure out all 00:06:38.020 --> 00:06:39.756 align:middle line:90% the manufacture [INAUDIBLE]. 00:06:39.756 --> 00:06:44.850 align:middle line:84% Parker Brothers only came into ownership of this product 00:06:44.850 --> 00:06:48.600 align:middle line:90% around about 1974. 00:06:48.600 --> 00:06:51.140 align:middle line:90% So it took about 30 years. 00:06:51.140 --> 00:06:56.520 align:middle line:84% And the original feedback from George Parker himself 00:06:56.520 --> 00:06:58.828 align:middle line:84% was that "the game is rejected because it's 00:06:58.828 --> 00:07:00.203 align:middle line:84% too complicated and too technical 00:07:00.203 --> 00:07:02.796 align:middle line:90% and takes too long to play." 00:07:02.796 --> 00:07:10.830 align:middle line:84% So they didn't actually buy Monopoly from the [INAUDIBLE] 00:07:10.830 --> 00:07:13.946 align:middle line:84% They bought it the following year, after Christmas, when 00:07:13.946 --> 00:07:17.370 align:middle line:90% they saw how well [INAUDIBLE]. 00:07:17.370 --> 00:07:21.556 align:middle line:84% And in fact, George Parker invented the quick rules 00:07:21.556 --> 00:07:26.020 align:middle line:84% and, I believe, actually imposed a time limit rule, 00:07:26.020 --> 00:07:28.140 align:middle line:90% which does not exists any more. 00:07:28.140 --> 00:07:30.160 align:middle line:84% But everything that we've talked about, 00:07:30.160 --> 00:07:32.800 align:middle line:84% the Parkers and Monopoly, was something 00:07:32.800 --> 00:07:34.782 align:middle line:84% that George Parker and the Parker Brothers 00:07:34.782 --> 00:07:36.440 align:middle line:90% were very, very much aware of. 00:07:36.440 --> 00:07:39.810 align:middle line:84% They knew that there was a problem with the game. 00:07:39.810 --> 00:07:44.373 align:middle line:84% But they also realized how it tapped into the zeitgeist, 00:07:44.373 --> 00:07:46.123 align:middle line:84% that there was an opportunity there 00:07:46.123 --> 00:07:47.520 align:middle line:90% that could be capitalized. 00:07:47.520 --> 00:07:49.860 align:middle line:84% It was one that fit very well with their strengths 00:07:49.860 --> 00:07:55.735 align:middle line:84% as a board game manufacturer and publisher. 00:07:55.735 --> 00:07:57.985 align:middle line:84% You saw how quickly they could turn around the company 00:07:57.985 --> 00:08:03.133 align:middle line:84% to make it [INAUDIBLE] when the demand was there for it 00:08:03.133 --> 00:08:06.825 align:middle line:84% and what they had to do to hire people who basically operated 00:08:06.825 --> 00:08:10.685 align:middle line:84% coin machines to become jigsaw operators. 00:08:10.685 --> 00:08:11.560 align:middle line:90% [INAUDIBLE] 00:08:11.560 --> 00:08:21.070 align:middle line:90% 00:08:21.070 --> 00:08:28.840 align:middle line:84% So that was a story of why Monopoly 00:08:28.840 --> 00:08:33.210 align:middle line:84% made its way into the Parker Brothers collection. 00:08:33.210 --> 00:08:35.120 align:middle line:90% It was just [INAUDIBLE]. 00:08:35.120 --> 00:08:37.579 align:middle line:84% And it certainly wasn't the design 00:08:37.579 --> 00:08:40.799 align:middle line:84% of the game that attracted them to acquiring the thing. 00:08:40.799 --> 00:08:44.774 align:middle line:84% They just wanted to dominate the American board game industry 00:08:44.774 --> 00:08:50.184 align:middle line:84% and in some cases, the British and Western Europe game 00:08:50.184 --> 00:08:53.335 align:middle line:90% industry, as well. 00:08:53.335 --> 00:08:56.910 align:middle line:84% Clue, on the other hand, it's one 00:08:56.910 --> 00:09:00.840 align:middle line:84% of those things that has a very British origin, [INAUDIBLE] 00:09:00.840 --> 00:09:02.640 align:middle line:90% before it came over to the US. 00:09:02.640 --> 00:09:05.095 align:middle line:84% But I think in writing, we had a couple 00:09:05.095 --> 00:09:09.230 align:middle line:84% of examples of how the Parker Brothers [INAUDIBLE] 00:09:09.230 --> 00:09:11.760 align:middle line:84% initially and then eventually hired 00:09:11.760 --> 00:09:15.172 align:middle line:84% people based in London to try to acquire 00:09:15.172 --> 00:09:19.050 align:middle line:84% work that had been already patented in London and why 00:09:19.050 --> 00:09:22.480 align:middle line:84% the American publishing [INAUDIBLE]. 00:09:22.480 --> 00:09:24.910 align:middle line:84% And that kind of gave you an idea 00:09:24.910 --> 00:09:27.990 align:middle line:84% of what the board game industry looks like around 00:09:27.990 --> 00:09:31.150 align:middle line:90% about the turn of the century. 00:09:31.150 --> 00:09:34.550 align:middle line:84% Why is it that it's a little bit hard 00:09:34.550 --> 00:09:39.356 align:middle line:84% to think of many examples of prototype games? 00:09:39.356 --> 00:09:43.050 align:middle line:84% There's a lot [INAUDIBLE] in chess boards and playing cards. 00:09:43.050 --> 00:09:44.200 align:middle line:90% All these things are good. 00:09:44.200 --> 00:09:47.390 align:middle line:84% You might have a design on the back of a playing card or such 00:09:47.390 --> 00:09:50.080 align:middle line:84% a thing [INAUDIBLE] the king or queen is illustrated 00:09:50.080 --> 00:09:52.716 align:middle line:90% that could be copyrighted. 00:09:52.716 --> 00:09:54.715 align:middle line:84% But the games that you can actually play on then 00:09:54.715 --> 00:09:56.340 align:middle line:84% were pretty much [INAUDIBLE] games, 00:09:56.340 --> 00:09:58.813 align:middle line:84% both games are games that you can just really 00:09:58.813 --> 00:10:02.054 align:middle line:90% share with [INAUDIBLE]. 00:10:02.054 --> 00:10:06.500 align:middle line:84% Demand [INAUDIBLE] but around 1900s 00:10:06.500 --> 00:10:10.045 align:middle line:84% is where mass production and mass distribution 00:10:10.045 --> 00:10:11.720 align:middle line:90% all come into the fold. 00:10:11.720 --> 00:10:16.170 align:middle line:84% It's not the driving that Parker Brothers 00:10:16.170 --> 00:10:19.320 align:middle line:84% was getting in Salem because of the seaport. 00:10:19.320 --> 00:10:21.970 align:middle line:84% Even though it wasn't the best seaport because, by then, 00:10:21.970 --> 00:10:23.890 align:middle line:84% the war was moving the steam ship, 00:10:23.890 --> 00:10:28.050 align:middle line:84% and you needed a deeper harbor, like what Boston did, 00:10:28.050 --> 00:10:30.842 align:middle line:84% it still had the means of moving large amounts of merchandise. 00:10:30.842 --> 00:10:35.140 align:middle line:84% At least two [? barges ?] were [INAUDIBLE] 00:10:35.140 --> 00:10:37.560 align:middle line:90% of the United States. 00:10:37.560 --> 00:10:45.690 align:middle line:84% So prices-- I just want to give an idea of how recent 00:10:45.690 --> 00:10:49.723 align:middle line:84% this whole idea of buying a game off the shelf is. 00:10:49.723 --> 00:10:53.330 align:middle line:84% And I'm only talking about the 1900s. 00:10:53.330 --> 00:10:56.197 align:middle line:84% And prices, actually-- you might buy a toy. 00:10:56.197 --> 00:10:57.960 align:middle line:84% You might buy something that you played 00:10:57.960 --> 00:11:00.276 align:middle line:84% a game with golf clubs or something 00:11:00.276 --> 00:11:02.550 align:middle line:90% like that, a cricket bat. 00:11:02.550 --> 00:11:04.120 align:middle line:84% But you wouldn't necessarily just 00:11:04.120 --> 00:11:07.185 align:middle line:84% buy a whole game with a branded title on it, 00:11:07.185 --> 00:11:09.030 align:middle line:90% just off the shelf. 00:11:09.030 --> 00:11:12.900 align:middle line:84% The jigsaws are kind of already a pretty extreme case where 00:11:12.900 --> 00:11:14.800 align:middle line:84% this is its only game, and it's not 00:11:14.800 --> 00:11:17.240 align:middle line:84% interchangeable with another game with the same title 00:11:17.240 --> 00:11:18.632 align:middle line:90% because [INAUDIBLE]. 00:11:18.632 --> 00:11:22.640 align:middle line:90% 00:11:22.640 --> 00:11:26.950 align:middle line:84% And until the 1900s, we didn't necessarily 00:11:26.950 --> 00:11:30.030 align:middle line:84% have a situation where people assumed that games could 00:11:30.030 --> 00:11:34.090 align:middle line:90% be copyrighted or trademarked. 00:11:34.090 --> 00:11:37.280 align:middle line:84% And games were just things that people played, 00:11:37.280 --> 00:11:41.425 align:middle line:84% and if you liked it, you got the products that 00:11:41.425 --> 00:11:45.488 align:middle line:84% needed to play it with, but then you wouldn't necessarily 00:11:45.488 --> 00:11:46.900 align:middle line:90% own it. 00:11:46.900 --> 00:11:49.172 align:middle line:84% Anyone else could go ahead and get 00:11:49.172 --> 00:11:51.130 align:middle line:84% the same number of products or similar products 00:11:51.130 --> 00:11:54.833 align:middle line:90% and, basically, the same game. 00:11:54.833 --> 00:11:58.800 align:middle line:84% One example of this is something that's not in the reading, 00:11:58.800 --> 00:12:02.680 align:middle line:84% but I guess this will be over in [INAUDIBLE]. 00:12:02.680 --> 00:12:05.930 align:middle line:84% So how many of you read H.G. Wells? 00:12:05.930 --> 00:12:07.550 align:middle line:90% The War of the Worlds? 00:12:07.550 --> 00:12:08.550 align:middle line:90% [INAUDIBLE] 00:12:08.550 --> 00:12:13.590 align:middle line:90% 00:12:13.590 --> 00:12:16.040 align:middle line:84% Do you know that he made a board game? 00:12:16.040 --> 00:12:18.770 align:middle line:84% He made a board game with little, miniaturized tin 00:12:18.770 --> 00:12:19.745 align:middle line:90% soldiers. 00:12:19.745 --> 00:12:20.750 align:middle line:90% It's called Little Wars. 00:12:20.750 --> 00:12:22.291 align:middle line:84% You can find it on Project Gutenberg. 00:12:22.291 --> 00:12:23.950 align:middle line:90% It's about 24 pages. 00:12:23.950 --> 00:12:27.070 align:middle line:84% And the rules are only about six pages long, 00:12:27.070 --> 00:12:28.740 align:middle line:90% so it's a quick read. 00:12:28.740 --> 00:12:32.700 align:middle line:84% But the previous 18 pages is his development diary 00:12:32.700 --> 00:12:34.980 align:middle line:90% of how the rules are made. 00:12:34.980 --> 00:12:43.966 align:middle line:84% And basically, [INAUDIBLE] about how he was actually 00:12:43.966 --> 00:12:48.800 align:middle line:84% specifically ended up developing a set of war game rules 00:12:48.800 --> 00:12:50.930 align:middle line:84% on how you set up troops, how far do they move, 00:12:50.930 --> 00:12:53.780 align:middle line:84% how you launch cannons, shot at each other. 00:12:53.780 --> 00:12:58.836 align:middle line:84% And it was all based on this one little toy 00:12:58.836 --> 00:13:01.180 align:middle line:84% that you can buy from any toy store. 00:13:01.180 --> 00:13:04.470 align:middle line:84% So it wasn't like, here's a box that you will buy with H.G. 00:13:04.470 --> 00:13:09.550 align:middle line:90% Wells' Little Wars on the title. 00:13:09.550 --> 00:13:11.832 align:middle line:84% He just printed it as a [INAUDIBLE]. 00:13:11.832 --> 00:13:15.270 align:middle line:90% 00:13:15.270 --> 00:13:17.924 align:middle line:84% And if you got that you would read a little story by H.G. 00:13:17.924 --> 00:13:19.615 align:middle line:84% Wells on how to [INAUDIBLE] and then 00:13:19.615 --> 00:13:22.410 align:middle line:84% right in the back of it [INAUDIBLE] 00:13:22.410 --> 00:13:24.460 align:middle line:90% that you can buy these parts. 00:13:24.460 --> 00:13:26.510 align:middle line:84% You can play this game for yourself. 00:13:26.510 --> 00:13:28.940 align:middle line:84% So again, he kind of owns the book, 00:13:28.940 --> 00:13:31.360 align:middle line:84% but he doesn't really own the game. 00:13:31.360 --> 00:13:34.430 align:middle line:84% You are expected to find the parts yourself, 00:13:34.430 --> 00:13:37.400 align:middle line:84% in particular, those little breech loader cannons. 00:13:37.400 --> 00:13:40.760 align:middle line:84% I think actually there were little explosives in it, 00:13:40.760 --> 00:13:43.296 align:middle line:84% and then you could light the little cap. 00:13:43.296 --> 00:13:46.526 align:middle line:84% And you could use that to fire little wooden projectiles 00:13:46.526 --> 00:13:47.490 align:middle line:90% [INAUDIBLE]. 00:13:47.490 --> 00:13:50.077 align:middle line:90% 00:13:50.077 --> 00:13:51.480 align:middle line:90% It was pretty darn cool. 00:13:51.480 --> 00:13:53.060 align:middle line:84% So you can do things like terrain. 00:13:53.060 --> 00:13:54.560 align:middle line:84% And there were instructions in there 00:13:54.560 --> 00:13:57.650 align:middle line:90% on how you make model terrain. 00:13:57.650 --> 00:13:59.952 align:middle line:84% If you made a building, it had to be completely solid, 00:13:59.952 --> 00:14:02.470 align:middle line:84% you could fill it up with toy blocks 00:14:02.470 --> 00:14:04.911 align:middle line:84% because you don't want anyone to put 00:14:04.911 --> 00:14:06.286 align:middle line:84% their troops inside the building, 00:14:06.286 --> 00:14:08.119 align:middle line:84% but you can put them on top of the building. 00:14:08.119 --> 00:14:10.680 align:middle line:90% Pretty cool. 00:14:10.680 --> 00:14:13.490 align:middle line:84% But that's some time in 1914, 1915. 00:14:13.490 --> 00:14:16.824 align:middle line:84% That's already past the date when 00:14:16.824 --> 00:14:19.695 align:middle line:84% these products were starting to appear on the shelf. 00:14:19.695 --> 00:14:21.278 align:middle line:84% If it gives you any indication of what 00:14:21.278 --> 00:14:23.931 align:middle line:84% it was like before that-- is that people printed out 00:14:23.931 --> 00:14:24.430 align:middle line:90% rulebooks. 00:14:24.430 --> 00:14:26.816 align:middle line:84% And you can still find books for card games, 00:14:26.816 --> 00:14:29.243 align:middle line:84% for instance, on your shelf, like 101 Games 00:14:29.243 --> 00:14:31.659 align:middle line:84% You Can Play With a Deck of Cards, or something like that. 00:14:31.659 --> 00:14:33.210 align:middle line:84% But that's how games were shared. 00:14:33.210 --> 00:14:37.640 align:middle line:84% They weren't put in a box and shrink wrapped, tied together 00:14:37.640 --> 00:14:44.450 align:middle line:84% with twine or something like that and sold as a product. 00:14:44.450 --> 00:14:48.740 align:middle line:90% So today we've got these games. 00:14:48.740 --> 00:14:57.152 align:middle line:84% Just a quick look through some more details, by the way-- 00:14:57.152 --> 00:15:04.370 align:middle line:90% 00:15:04.370 --> 00:15:07.010 align:middle line:84% I want you take a look at these boxes 00:15:07.010 --> 00:15:08.510 align:middle line:84% that I'm going to be handing around. 00:15:08.510 --> 00:15:10.050 align:middle line:90% And look at the sizes of them. 00:15:10.050 --> 00:15:18.984 align:middle line:90% 00:15:18.984 --> 00:15:23.470 align:middle line:84% I want you to think about how you would put this on a store 00:15:23.470 --> 00:15:30.510 align:middle line:90% shelf like Target or Walmart. 00:15:30.510 --> 00:15:36.010 align:middle line:84% I guess at that time it would be a [INAUDIBLE] store. 00:15:36.010 --> 00:15:37.660 align:middle line:84% And these are modern boxes, obviously. 00:15:37.660 --> 00:15:41.160 align:middle line:84% These don't date back to the [? past ?] century. 00:15:41.160 --> 00:15:44.480 align:middle line:90% 00:15:44.480 --> 00:15:47.210 align:middle line:84% Because I kind of want to talk about, 00:15:47.210 --> 00:15:50.540 align:middle line:84% also, the reality of what it's like 00:15:50.540 --> 00:15:55.950 align:middle line:84% to be able to sell a product like this in stores today. 00:15:55.950 --> 00:16:00.190 align:middle line:84% Actually, I should have brought in a [INAUDIBLE], 00:16:00.190 --> 00:16:02.330 align:middle line:84% but the jigsaw box is about the size 00:16:02.330 --> 00:16:07.550 align:middle line:90% of the size of box of the time. 00:16:07.550 --> 00:16:09.540 align:middle line:90% The first thing is orientation. 00:16:09.540 --> 00:16:15.620 align:middle line:84% This is meant to be sort of seen this way or this way, possibly 00:16:15.620 --> 00:16:17.360 align:middle line:90% back this way. 00:16:17.360 --> 00:16:21.032 align:middle line:84% How many of you have gone shopping in a Target 00:16:21.032 --> 00:16:23.120 align:middle line:84% or in a Walmart or a Sears or something 00:16:23.120 --> 00:16:25.908 align:middle line:90% for gifts in Christmas? 00:16:25.908 --> 00:16:26.407 align:middle line:90% OK. 00:16:26.407 --> 00:16:26.960 align:middle line:90% Yeah. 00:16:26.960 --> 00:16:29.209 align:middle line:84% You're buying it for family members, [? among them? ?] 00:16:29.209 --> 00:16:30.392 align:middle line:90% Friends? 00:16:30.392 --> 00:16:31.320 align:middle line:90% For yourself? 00:16:31.320 --> 00:16:35.808 align:middle line:84% Anyone buying games for yourself at Christmas? 00:16:35.808 --> 00:16:39.278 align:middle line:90% No, actually, this is recorded. 00:16:39.278 --> 00:16:42.100 align:middle line:90% 00:16:42.100 --> 00:16:45.870 align:middle line:84% I don't think it's any great surprise if I told you 00:16:45.870 --> 00:16:49.980 align:middle line:84% that the majority or a very huge chunk of the profit 00:16:49.980 --> 00:16:53.010 align:middle line:84% that a company like Parker Brothers or Hasbro will make 00:16:53.010 --> 00:16:55.366 align:middle line:84% will be during the Christmas season. 00:16:55.366 --> 00:16:58.775 align:middle line:84% But they are not usually bought by the people 00:16:58.775 --> 00:17:00.330 align:middle line:90% who are going to play them. 00:17:00.330 --> 00:17:02.910 align:middle line:84% They're usually going to be bought as gifts. 00:17:02.910 --> 00:17:06.308 align:middle line:84% So all of this stuff is positioned 00:17:06.308 --> 00:17:10.440 align:middle line:84% not to attract you to think that, oh, this is something 00:17:10.440 --> 00:17:12.750 align:middle line:84% I want to play, but rather, this is something 00:17:12.750 --> 00:17:15.810 align:middle line:84% that I want someone else to play. 00:17:15.810 --> 00:17:19.750 align:middle line:84% Or I think someone else is going to like this. 00:17:19.750 --> 00:17:22.420 align:middle line:84% How many of you bought Monopoly for a friend 00:17:22.420 --> 00:17:24.889 align:middle line:90% or for a family member? 00:17:24.889 --> 00:17:25.780 align:middle line:90% Yeah. 00:17:25.780 --> 00:17:29.634 align:middle line:84% Did you think it was a good game at the time when you bought it? 00:17:29.634 --> 00:17:30.596 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Eh. 00:17:30.596 --> 00:17:33.160 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: Eh. 00:17:33.160 --> 00:17:34.225 align:middle line:90% So why did you buy it? 00:17:34.225 --> 00:17:36.035 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: Because other people liked it-- 00:17:36.035 --> 00:17:36.500 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: Because other people-- 00:17:36.500 --> 00:17:37.895 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: It was a gift. 00:17:37.895 --> 00:17:40.840 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: --because someone you were buying it for might-- 00:17:40.840 --> 00:17:41.965 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: They [INAUDIBLE]. 00:17:41.965 --> 00:17:42.540 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: Oh, they were your-- 00:17:42.540 --> 00:17:43.165 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Yeah. 00:17:43.165 --> 00:17:44.035 align:middle line:90% And [INAUDIBLE]. 00:17:44.035 --> 00:17:45.910 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: And maybe you remembered liking it 00:17:45.910 --> 00:17:47.035 align:middle line:90% when you were their age. 00:17:47.035 --> 00:17:47.660 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Yeah. 00:17:47.660 --> 00:17:48.900 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: Anyone else? 00:17:48.900 --> 00:17:50.470 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: We got it for my grandpa. 00:17:50.470 --> 00:17:51.482 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: You got one for your grandfather? 00:17:51.482 --> 00:17:53.840 align:middle line:84% And had you played with your grandfather before, Monopoly? 00:17:53.840 --> 00:17:54.245 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: No. 00:17:54.245 --> 00:17:54.828 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: No? 00:17:54.828 --> 00:17:56.220 align:middle line:90% A [? lot? ?] OK. 00:17:56.220 --> 00:18:01.470 align:middle line:84% So maybe this is a opportunity to play this, OK. 00:18:01.470 --> 00:18:04.429 align:middle line:84% But had your grandfather played it before by the time-- 00:18:04.429 --> 00:18:05.220 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: I'm sure. 00:18:05.220 --> 00:18:06.620 align:middle line:90% He's old. 00:18:06.620 --> 00:18:08.540 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: Yeah. 00:18:08.540 --> 00:18:09.752 align:middle line:90% The game's old. 00:18:09.752 --> 00:18:10.710 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: That's right. 00:18:10.710 --> 00:18:11.543 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: Who else? 00:18:11.543 --> 00:18:15.718 align:middle line:84% I thought I saw some other hands. 00:18:15.718 --> 00:18:16.664 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Yep. 00:18:16.664 --> 00:18:18.670 align:middle line:84% I think we played with my cousins at Christmas. 00:18:18.670 --> 00:18:22.686 align:middle line:84% I think it's the only thing any of us play. 00:18:22.686 --> 00:18:24.292 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: Is that like the thing 00:18:24.292 --> 00:18:25.793 align:middle line:90% you can do with your cousins? 00:18:25.793 --> 00:18:27.126 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Well, they're younger. 00:18:27.126 --> 00:18:28.969 align:middle line:84% We have a kind of wide age range. 00:18:28.969 --> 00:18:35.988 align:middle line:84% We have second or third grade up to high school at the time. 00:18:35.988 --> 00:18:37.710 align:middle line:90% Yeah. 00:18:37.710 --> 00:18:42.920 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: This is a hardcore, ruthless, capitalist game 00:18:42.920 --> 00:18:44.650 align:middle line:90% for second graders, right? 00:18:44.650 --> 00:18:47.358 align:middle line:90% But you can play it. 00:18:47.358 --> 00:18:52.205 align:middle line:84% But people have fond memories, not necessarily 00:18:52.205 --> 00:18:55.900 align:middle line:84% of the game itself, but of sessions playing Monopoly 00:18:55.900 --> 00:18:58.200 align:middle line:90% with family and friends. 00:18:58.200 --> 00:19:01.793 align:middle line:84% And even whether or not the game's any good, 00:19:01.793 --> 00:19:04.540 align:middle line:84% you kind of hope that other people 00:19:04.540 --> 00:19:06.780 align:middle line:84% will have those fond memories of playing it 00:19:06.780 --> 00:19:09.320 align:middle line:84% with friends and family, maybe even because it's 00:19:09.320 --> 00:19:10.460 align:middle line:90% you giving the game. 00:19:10.460 --> 00:19:12.700 align:middle line:84% So you might end up actually playing the box 00:19:12.700 --> 00:19:15.300 align:middle line:90% that you bought. 00:19:15.300 --> 00:19:17.650 align:middle line:84% But that's what all these games are designed to do. 00:19:17.650 --> 00:19:20.530 align:middle line:84% These game sets are packaged to be gifts. 00:19:20.530 --> 00:19:23.130 align:middle line:84% And so you look at something like Battleship and Risk 00:19:23.130 --> 00:19:26.840 align:middle line:84% and Monopoly and Clue, they're huge things 00:19:26.840 --> 00:19:34.016 align:middle line:84% that look good if you wrap it up with paper. 00:19:34.016 --> 00:19:37.653 align:middle line:90% And Tiddlywinks? 00:19:37.653 --> 00:19:40.152 align:middle line:84% Tiddlywinks, it's hard to make an argument for a much bigger 00:19:40.152 --> 00:19:43.950 align:middle line:84% box because we really don't need a lot space for a Tiddlywink 00:19:43.950 --> 00:19:44.450 align:middle line:90% box. 00:19:44.450 --> 00:19:46.950 align:middle line:84% Go ahead and open it, actually, so we can see what's inside. 00:19:46.950 --> 00:19:48.144 align:middle line:90% I bet it won't be there. 00:19:48.144 --> 00:19:49.460 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:19:49.460 --> 00:19:50.683 align:middle line:90% 00:19:50.683 --> 00:19:51.516 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: In fact-- 00:19:51.516 --> 00:19:52.434 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: [INAUDIBLE]. 00:19:52.434 --> 00:19:53.100 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: Yeah. 00:19:53.100 --> 00:19:56.730 align:middle line:90% And probably the box-- 00:19:56.730 --> 00:20:00.324 align:middle line:84% let's see how much of that box is actually occupied by stuff. 00:20:00.324 --> 00:20:01.650 align:middle line:90% There is a bell. 00:20:01.650 --> 00:20:04.380 align:middle line:84% And that requires a certain depth of box. 00:20:04.380 --> 00:20:05.638 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: And [INAUDIBLE]. 00:20:05.638 --> 00:20:06.606 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: [INAUDIBLE]. 00:20:06.606 --> 00:20:07.574 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:20:07.574 --> 00:20:10.962 align:middle line:84% So that's a little deck of cards and a bell. 00:20:10.962 --> 00:20:14.485 align:middle line:84% And the bell, I'm not really sure the bell was clearly 00:20:14.485 --> 00:20:16.843 align:middle line:84% in the original version of it that 00:20:16.843 --> 00:20:20.720 align:middle line:84% was started in [? the beginning. ?] 00:20:20.720 --> 00:20:23.582 align:middle line:90% The deck of cards certainly was. 00:20:23.582 --> 00:20:24.081 align:middle line:90% OK. 00:20:24.081 --> 00:20:25.007 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: [INAUDIBLE]. 00:20:25.007 --> 00:20:25.673 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: Good. 00:20:25.673 --> 00:20:26.896 align:middle line:90% Is there a copy deck? 00:20:26.896 --> 00:20:27.544 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Yes 00:20:27.544 --> 00:20:28.127 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: OK. 00:20:28.127 --> 00:20:29.320 align:middle line:90% There actually is a copy deck. 00:20:29.320 --> 00:20:29.605 align:middle line:90% Good. 00:20:29.605 --> 00:20:29.890 align:middle line:90% All right. 00:20:29.890 --> 00:20:31.330 align:middle line:90% It's not just a cardboard pole. 00:20:31.330 --> 00:20:35.650 align:middle line:90% 00:20:35.650 --> 00:20:38.200 align:middle line:84% So again, these products are all designed 00:20:38.200 --> 00:20:41.184 align:middle line:84% to catch your eye-- it's really up on the store 00:20:41.184 --> 00:20:44.530 align:middle line:84% shelf [? like that. ?] I believe the standard shelf is 00:20:44.530 --> 00:20:46.420 align:middle line:90% 18 inches. 00:20:46.420 --> 00:20:48.894 align:middle line:90% That's [INAUDIBLE]. 00:20:48.894 --> 00:20:52.160 align:middle line:90% 00:20:52.160 --> 00:20:56.080 align:middle line:84% That's a standard industry width. 00:20:56.080 --> 00:20:58.920 align:middle line:84% If anyone's worked in retail and knows that number 00:20:58.920 --> 00:21:03.259 align:middle line:90% by these different [INAUDIBLE]. 00:21:03.259 --> 00:21:10.020 align:middle line:84% And if you sell boxes, basically, this wide, 00:21:10.020 --> 00:21:14.360 align:middle line:84% you can sort of stack them either on top of each other. 00:21:14.360 --> 00:21:20.179 align:middle line:84% And then put one vertically in front to show it. 00:21:20.179 --> 00:21:21.970 align:middle line:84% This is Risk, and if you take that box off, 00:21:21.970 --> 00:21:24.070 align:middle line:84% then you can see a whole bunch of other Risk boxes 00:21:24.070 --> 00:21:25.330 align:middle line:90% that are back there. 00:21:25.330 --> 00:21:27.820 align:middle line:90% You can take that. 00:21:27.820 --> 00:21:32.960 align:middle line:84% I believe that there is, with the Candyland and the Chutes 00:21:32.960 --> 00:21:36.400 align:middle line:84% and Ladders-- that's kind of an interesting situation where 00:21:36.400 --> 00:21:42.150 align:middle line:84% they're a little bit off, they're 00:21:42.150 --> 00:21:44.656 align:middle line:84% a little shorter, both horizontally and vertically so 00:21:44.656 --> 00:21:47.805 align:middle line:84% that you can actually fit three in a row. 00:21:47.805 --> 00:21:50.560 align:middle line:84% So the Candyland, the Chutes and Ladders-- 00:21:50.560 --> 00:21:54.882 align:middle line:84% there's probably some third very simple game-- 00:21:54.882 --> 00:21:57.431 align:middle line:84% but I can't think of one-- that all fit in a row. 00:21:57.431 --> 00:22:01.960 align:middle line:84% And then you just see this giant wall of Hasbro. 00:22:01.960 --> 00:22:04.600 align:middle line:84% That's what they want you to do when you come in. 00:22:04.600 --> 00:22:08.260 align:middle line:84% Where is it the boxes are placed in a store, 00:22:08.260 --> 00:22:11.650 align:middle line:84% whether it's Target or Walmart or some specialty game store-- 00:22:11.650 --> 00:22:16.924 align:middle line:84% it's all paid for and sold ahead of [? price. ?] 00:22:16.924 --> 00:22:22.390 align:middle line:84% How much Hasbro pays the retailer for placement 00:22:22.390 --> 00:22:24.370 align:middle line:84% determines whether it's the first thing you'll 00:22:24.370 --> 00:22:27.008 align:middle line:84% see when you come into the store or whether they're 00:22:27.008 --> 00:22:28.883 align:middle line:84% stocks that they are keeping in the back room 00:22:28.883 --> 00:22:31.010 align:middle line:90% that you have to ask for. 00:22:31.010 --> 00:22:34.982 align:middle line:90% That's [INAUDIBLE]. 00:22:34.982 --> 00:22:37.944 align:middle line:84% So maybe they'll look at one display case somewhere 00:22:37.944 --> 00:22:40.190 align:middle line:84% where they're [INAUDIBLE], but for the most part, 00:22:40.190 --> 00:22:45.023 align:middle line:84% you're not going to be able to pick a game off the shelf 00:22:45.023 --> 00:22:47.920 align:middle line:84% unless the board game manufacturer themselves have 00:22:47.920 --> 00:22:50.340 align:middle line:90% actually paid for that shelf. 00:22:50.340 --> 00:22:52.550 align:middle line:84% And they're going to make it back, for both of them, 00:22:52.550 --> 00:22:56.090 align:middle line:84% they're going to make it back by the end of the season 00:22:56.090 --> 00:22:58.573 align:middle line:84% because that game [? is repeatedly going to be ?] sold. 00:22:58.573 --> 00:23:02.257 align:middle line:84% And it's OK that they're selling the boxes to people 00:23:02.257 --> 00:23:03.590 align:middle line:90% for [? any ?] [? or Monopoly. ?] 00:23:03.590 --> 00:23:07.732 align:middle line:84% [INAUDIBLE] to somebody else. [? You all might ?] already 00:23:07.732 --> 00:23:10.615 align:middle line:84% have a copy of Monopoly, but they don't want people to take 00:23:10.615 --> 00:23:15.341 align:middle line:84% that in consideration when they [? want to buy this. ?] How 00:23:15.341 --> 00:23:17.215 align:middle line:84% many people have multiple copies of Monopoly? 00:23:17.215 --> 00:23:18.205 align:middle line:90% I have two. 00:23:18.205 --> 00:23:19.195 align:middle line:90% OK. 00:23:19.195 --> 00:23:20.185 align:middle line:90% How many? 00:23:20.185 --> 00:23:23.154 align:middle line:90% 00:23:23.154 --> 00:23:24.070 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Four, maybe. 00:23:24.070 --> 00:23:24.790 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: Four? 00:23:24.790 --> 00:23:26.260 align:middle line:90% Different kinds of Monopoly? 00:23:26.260 --> 00:23:28.301 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: Yeah, they all have the different skin, 00:23:28.301 --> 00:23:32.960 align:middle line:84% like there's [INAUDIBLE], Star Wars, Millennial, on and on. 00:23:32.960 --> 00:23:34.680 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: There's just different kinds. 00:23:34.680 --> 00:23:35.810 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Yeah. 00:23:35.810 --> 00:23:38.656 align:middle line:90% I have Star Wars, Nintendo-- 00:23:38.656 --> 00:23:39.900 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: Nintendo? 00:23:39.900 --> 00:23:42.025 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: --Pokemon, and then the original. 00:23:42.025 --> 00:23:42.650 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Yeah. 00:23:42.650 --> 00:23:44.025 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: I can imagine Pokemon. 00:23:44.025 --> 00:23:45.790 align:middle line:90% I'm interested in Nintendo. 00:23:45.790 --> 00:23:46.975 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: So we have Junior. 00:23:46.975 --> 00:23:51.320 align:middle line:84% I learned to play Monopoly when I was, like, three years old. 00:23:51.320 --> 00:23:52.730 align:middle line:90% But that [? has big board. ?] 00:23:52.730 --> 00:23:53.566 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: What's the difference? 00:23:53.566 --> 00:23:54.219 align:middle line:90% Is it-- 00:23:54.219 --> 00:23:55.760 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: Everything is just simpler. 00:23:55.760 --> 00:23:58.035 align:middle line:84% And I also do like that the dollar amounts 00:23:58.035 --> 00:24:00.682 align:middle line:84% are one, two, three, four, five instead of all these hundreds 00:24:00.682 --> 00:24:01.182 align:middle line:90% and stuff. 00:24:01.182 --> 00:24:02.476 align:middle line:90% The ones don't really matter. 00:24:02.476 --> 00:24:03.184 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: Right. 00:24:03.184 --> 00:24:05.080 align:middle line:84% You don't have to have to [INAUDIBLE] under a hundred. 00:24:05.080 --> 00:24:06.520 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: Yeah, [INAUDIBLE], but it's 00:24:06.520 --> 00:24:08.519 align:middle line:84% basically the same game with no Community Chest. 00:24:08.519 --> 00:24:09.820 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: Is it [INAUDIBLE]? 00:24:09.820 --> 00:24:10.240 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Yeah. 00:24:10.240 --> 00:24:11.260 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: I mean, [INAUDIBLE] at least? 00:24:11.260 --> 00:24:11.760 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Yeah. 00:24:11.760 --> 00:24:12.238 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: Yeah. 00:24:12.238 --> 00:24:12.716 align:middle line:90% OK. 00:24:12.716 --> 00:24:13.924 align:middle line:90% And you have the Junior, too? 00:24:13.924 --> 00:24:14.628 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Yeah. 00:24:14.628 --> 00:24:16.265 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: And then, I have Pokemon, 00:24:16.265 --> 00:24:19.160 align:middle line:84% and I also have those electronic ones. 00:24:19.160 --> 00:24:22.020 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: Oh, are you talking about electronic devices 00:24:22.020 --> 00:24:26.426 align:middle line:84% that you carry or something you load into a computer? 00:24:26.426 --> 00:24:27.260 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Both. 00:24:27.260 --> 00:24:27.470 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: Oh. 00:24:27.470 --> 00:24:27.970 align:middle line:90% OK. 00:24:27.970 --> 00:24:30.300 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: I have a disk and I have 00:24:30.300 --> 00:24:32.770 align:middle line:84% a Monopoly thing that's it's kind of Game Boy, 00:24:32.770 --> 00:24:33.986 align:middle line:90% but it's Monopoly. 00:24:33.986 --> 00:24:34.882 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: Oh, OK. 00:24:34.882 --> 00:24:36.674 align:middle line:90% I can see LEDs that light up. 00:24:36.674 --> 00:24:38.170 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: Those ones with the disk, 00:24:38.170 --> 00:24:39.092 align:middle line:84% you're playing against the computer 00:24:39.092 --> 00:24:41.230 align:middle line:84% or against a person, and the little Game Boy thing, 00:24:41.230 --> 00:24:43.755 align:middle line:84% you're playing against the computer. 00:24:43.755 --> 00:24:44.651 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: Cool. 00:24:44.651 --> 00:24:45.150 align:middle line:90% Yeah? 00:24:45.150 --> 00:24:46.080 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: I have the new one. 00:24:46.080 --> 00:24:46.545 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: Different versions? 00:24:46.545 --> 00:24:47.540 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Yeah. 00:24:47.540 --> 00:24:55.710 align:middle line:84% Regular, I think [INAUDIBLE], I have a rip off of Monopoly 00:24:55.710 --> 00:24:56.950 align:middle line:90% that's my town. 00:24:56.950 --> 00:25:00.458 align:middle line:84% And so different business in town-- back in 1985, 00:25:00.458 --> 00:25:04.320 align:middle line:84% now they don't exist anymore-- paid for their business 00:25:04.320 --> 00:25:05.820 align:middle line:90% to be bought on the board. 00:25:05.820 --> 00:25:07.945 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: Oh, so it's [INAUDIBLE] game, basically. 00:25:07.945 --> 00:25:09.880 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Yeah. 00:25:09.880 --> 00:25:12.070 align:middle line:84% And I have Junior Monopoly, and I also 00:25:12.070 --> 00:25:15.895 align:middle line:84% have Junior Monopoly, dinosaur theme. 00:25:15.895 --> 00:25:16.770 align:middle line:90% It's by far the best. 00:25:16.770 --> 00:25:19.800 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: [INAUDIBLE]. 00:25:19.800 --> 00:25:20.650 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Yeah. 00:25:20.650 --> 00:25:22.566 align:middle line:84% I do think the board was a little bit smaller. 00:25:22.566 --> 00:25:25.340 align:middle line:84% I don't think there were quite as many spaces. 00:25:25.340 --> 00:25:26.240 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: OK. 00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:28.097 align:middle line:84% So was it the best because of dinosaurs 00:25:28.097 --> 00:25:29.680 align:middle line:84% or because it's actually best to play? 00:25:29.680 --> 00:25:32.756 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: Well, Junior Monopoly is best to play, [INAUDIBLE]. 00:25:32.756 --> 00:25:34.172 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: Oh, it's the dinosaurs. 00:25:34.172 --> 00:25:35.120 align:middle line:90% Right. 00:25:35.120 --> 00:25:38.780 align:middle line:84% I think the [? version ?] is very similar to the local town 00:25:38.780 --> 00:25:39.280 align:middle line:90% version. 00:25:39.280 --> 00:25:43.730 align:middle line:84% And it's properties of the [INAUDIBLE]. 00:25:43.730 --> 00:25:47.680 align:middle line:84% Does anybody know where the original road names cam from? 00:25:47.680 --> 00:25:49.220 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Atlantic City. 00:25:49.220 --> 00:25:51.920 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: Atlantic City, New Jersey. 00:25:51.920 --> 00:25:54.002 align:middle line:84% And that's the version that we've got. 00:25:54.002 --> 00:25:55.670 align:middle line:84% The version that we've got now is 00:25:55.670 --> 00:25:58.755 align:middle line:84% being published by Winning Moves Games, which 00:25:58.755 --> 00:26:02.950 align:middle line:84% is kind of like a boutique Hasbro subsidiary 00:26:02.950 --> 00:26:06.026 align:middle line:84% that sells classic versions of all of these games. 00:26:06.026 --> 00:26:08.420 align:middle line:84% And so they sell it at fairly higher price points. 00:26:08.420 --> 00:26:09.910 align:middle line:84% I don't know if the price tags are still on these games 00:26:09.910 --> 00:26:10.653 align:middle line:90% but you can take a look. 00:26:10.653 --> 00:26:12.486 align:middle line:84% But they're more expensive than the versions 00:26:12.486 --> 00:26:13.981 align:middle line:90% that you buy in Target. 00:26:13.981 --> 00:26:15.620 align:middle line:90% They have little pieces. 00:26:15.620 --> 00:26:18.690 align:middle line:84% Therefore, people who like physically buying these games 00:26:18.690 --> 00:26:24.634 align:middle line:84% want [INAUDIBLE] rather than the cheapest [INAUDIBLE]. 00:26:24.634 --> 00:26:28.985 align:middle line:90% 00:26:28.985 --> 00:26:32.320 align:middle line:84% I'm trying to remember other things that Rob mentioned. 00:26:32.320 --> 00:26:34.030 align:middle line:84% Every little thing that you'll find 00:26:34.030 --> 00:26:38.076 align:middle line:84% inside any one of these boxes costs money. 00:26:38.076 --> 00:26:40.794 align:middle line:84% That's just [? the only ?] thing about that. 00:26:40.794 --> 00:26:42.560 align:middle line:84% Scrabble, you all the have the tiles. 00:26:42.560 --> 00:26:45.010 align:middle line:90% You have the board itself. 00:26:45.010 --> 00:26:47.950 align:middle line:84% If you're lucky, there is a nice little piece 00:26:47.950 --> 00:26:50.346 align:middle line:84% of cloth tape holding the board together, 00:26:50.346 --> 00:26:55.350 align:middle line:84% which [INAUDIBLE] opening and closing and can fold up flat. 00:26:55.350 --> 00:26:58.120 align:middle line:84% If you're unlucky, just [? one that ?] 00:26:58.120 --> 00:26:59.996 align:middle line:84% doesn't keep [INAUDIBLE] from folding in half 00:26:59.996 --> 00:27:01.394 align:middle line:90% and falling out later on. 00:27:01.394 --> 00:27:06.497 align:middle line:84% That crease, it's just not going to last. 00:27:06.497 --> 00:27:10.040 align:middle line:84% Risk, of course, has had many different versions where 00:27:10.040 --> 00:27:12.370 align:middle line:84% some of them with soldiers and horses, some of them 00:27:12.370 --> 00:27:13.690 align:middle line:90% with just numbers. 00:27:13.690 --> 00:27:16.380 align:middle line:84% I had the version at home that was big [INAUDIBLE] class 00:27:16.380 --> 00:27:18.530 align:middle line:90% of numbers. 00:27:18.530 --> 00:27:24.232 align:middle line:84% There was a designer who came to our lab who spoke about Risk. 00:27:24.232 --> 00:27:26.513 align:middle line:90% He used to work for Hasbro. 00:27:26.513 --> 00:27:29.360 align:middle line:84% And he had a version where, instead of soldiers and horses, 00:27:29.360 --> 00:27:32.210 align:middle line:90% it was arrows. 00:27:32.210 --> 00:27:35.290 align:middle line:84% And so you move all of these arrows. 00:27:35.290 --> 00:27:38.550 align:middle line:84% And it was like a war map, and all [? these forces ?] 00:27:38.550 --> 00:27:39.300 align:middle line:90% [? were marked. ?] 00:27:39.300 --> 00:27:41.090 align:middle line:84% Unfortunately, the arrows were flat. 00:27:41.090 --> 00:27:42.731 align:middle line:84% And you couldn't even pick them up. 00:27:42.731 --> 00:27:44.814 align:middle line:84% And the side things were kind of sharp and pointy. 00:27:44.814 --> 00:27:46.416 align:middle line:84% And people kind of could get hurt. 00:27:46.416 --> 00:27:49.248 align:middle line:90% And that version [INAUDIBLE]. 00:27:49.248 --> 00:27:52.164 align:middle line:84% There's a good story about why that happened. 00:27:52.164 --> 00:27:54.940 align:middle line:90% 00:27:54.940 --> 00:27:59.070 align:middle line:84% So today, when you actually play these games, 00:27:59.070 --> 00:28:01.978 align:middle line:84% I'd like you to actually take a look at all of these pieces 00:28:01.978 --> 00:28:05.700 align:middle line:84% and from [? there, ?] you might want to try to [? determine ?] 00:28:05.700 --> 00:28:08.498 align:middle line:84% how each piece actually costs and just add up what 00:28:08.498 --> 00:28:11.956 align:middle line:84% the manufacturing costs of this box might have been. 00:28:11.956 --> 00:28:15.397 align:middle line:84% I don't know if anybody here is from chemical engineering 00:28:15.397 --> 00:28:20.556 align:middle line:90% or any kind of manufacturing. 00:28:20.556 --> 00:28:24.159 align:middle line:84% Actually, Todd, you know [INAUDIBLE]. 00:28:24.159 --> 00:28:24.742 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER: Yeah. 00:28:24.742 --> 00:28:27.940 align:middle line:90% Not injection molding, but-- 00:28:27.940 --> 00:28:31.770 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: So it might just be a fun exercise 00:28:31.770 --> 00:28:34.080 align:middle line:90% versus, like, a deck of cards. 00:28:34.080 --> 00:28:37.551 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: And I'd also recommend reading the rules 00:28:37.551 --> 00:28:39.800 align:middle line:84% and actually try to play it the way the rules say, not 00:28:39.800 --> 00:28:43.830 align:middle line:84% maybe the home rules you might have remembered when you played 00:28:43.830 --> 00:28:46.830 align:middle line:84% it as a kid just to see how they are presenting this game. 00:28:46.830 --> 00:28:48.804 align:middle line:84% How are they presenting the rules to somebody 00:28:48.804 --> 00:28:50.470 align:middle line:84% who just got this as a gift, and they're 00:28:50.470 --> 00:28:52.250 align:middle line:84% going to try to figure out how to play this thing. 00:28:52.250 --> 00:28:52.750 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: Yeah. 00:28:52.750 --> 00:28:54.786 align:middle line:84% See if they've improved the rules that [INAUDIBLE]. 00:28:54.786 --> 00:28:56.911 align:middle line:84% I actually hear about a classic version of Monopoly 00:28:56.911 --> 00:29:00.660 align:middle line:84% where the original set of rules are [INAUDIBLE] updated print 00:29:00.660 --> 00:29:01.480 align:middle line:90% out. 00:29:01.480 --> 00:29:05.430 align:middle line:84% You can see how they described the Scrabble game. 00:29:05.430 --> 00:29:07.554 align:middle line:90% Does this one have a bag? 00:29:07.554 --> 00:29:09.075 align:middle line:90% Does it have a bag? 00:29:09.075 --> 00:29:11.550 align:middle line:90% Oh, wooden pieces. 00:29:11.550 --> 00:29:14.600 align:middle line:84% And a [INAUDIBLE] bag and think about how 00:29:14.600 --> 00:29:16.050 align:middle line:90% that makes things easier. 00:29:16.050 --> 00:29:16.816 align:middle line:90% [INAUDIBLE] 00:29:16.816 --> 00:29:22.240 align:middle line:90% 00:29:22.240 --> 00:29:23.960 align:middle line:84% And if you've played these game before-- 00:29:23.960 --> 00:29:27.540 align:middle line:90% and I think many of you have-- 00:29:27.540 --> 00:29:32.310 align:middle line:84% definitely go into it by reading the rules first, so not just 00:29:32.310 --> 00:29:35.680 align:middle line:84% playing the same way that you remember. 00:29:35.680 --> 00:29:37.738 align:middle line:84% And also try out some of the other games. 00:29:37.738 --> 00:29:40.696 align:middle line:90% OK? 00:29:40.696 --> 00:29:41.196 align:middle line:90% Cool. 00:29:41.196 --> 00:29:46.150 align:middle line:90% 00:29:46.150 --> 00:29:47.870 align:middle line:84% Let's talk a little bit about the games. 00:29:47.870 --> 00:29:50.760 align:middle line:90% 00:29:50.760 --> 00:29:53.010 align:middle line:84% So I think everyone got a chance to. play. 00:29:53.010 --> 00:29:57.550 align:middle line:84% It's all right that the jigsaw puzzle game is still going on. 00:29:57.550 --> 00:29:59.320 align:middle line:90% So let's talk about the pieces. 00:29:59.320 --> 00:30:02.110 align:middle line:84% Let's talk about things that you're moving around. 00:30:02.110 --> 00:30:05.270 align:middle line:84% I mean, how many of you feel that the pieces that you 00:30:05.270 --> 00:30:06.700 align:middle line:84% are playing with are significantly 00:30:06.700 --> 00:30:11.596 align:middle line:84% different from pieces that you remember playing with? 00:30:11.596 --> 00:30:12.428 align:middle line:90% No? 00:30:12.428 --> 00:30:12.928 align:middle line:90% Yeah? 00:30:12.928 --> 00:30:15.517 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: For Candyland, the board is [? totally better. ?] 00:30:15.517 --> 00:30:16.350 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: Oh, yeah. 00:30:16.350 --> 00:30:19.206 align:middle line:84% So the board design is kind of insane. 00:30:19.206 --> 00:30:20.372 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: It's really scary. 00:30:20.372 --> 00:30:22.236 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: And I remember it being a little candy 00:30:22.236 --> 00:30:23.168 align:middle line:90% thing like a square. 00:30:23.168 --> 00:30:24.100 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:30:24.100 --> 00:30:26.510 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: The board is potentially like this. 00:30:26.510 --> 00:30:27.335 align:middle line:90% It's like-- 00:30:27.335 --> 00:30:28.710 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: It's like [INAUDIBLE]. 00:30:28.710 --> 00:30:30.466 align:middle line:90% It's like a [INAUDIBLE]. 00:30:30.466 --> 00:30:32.060 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: [INAUDIBLE]. 00:30:32.060 --> 00:30:33.780 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: But the actual cards weren't all that different, 00:30:33.780 --> 00:30:34.280 align:middle line:90% right? 00:30:34.280 --> 00:30:35.141 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: No. 00:30:35.141 --> 00:30:38.439 align:middle line:84% I remember the game being each space [? like a candy. ?] 00:30:38.439 --> 00:30:39.147 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: Right. 00:30:39.147 --> 00:30:40.684 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: Now, each space is a color. 00:30:40.684 --> 00:30:41.434 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: Oh, OK. 00:30:41.434 --> 00:30:43.311 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: I thought I remembered that. 00:30:43.311 --> 00:30:44.060 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Me, too. 00:30:44.060 --> 00:30:45.356 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Yeah. 00:30:45.356 --> 00:30:46.730 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: Wait, colors or candy? 00:30:46.730 --> 00:30:47.566 align:middle line:90% OK, colors? 00:30:47.566 --> 00:30:48.770 align:middle line:90% Hands up. 00:30:48.770 --> 00:30:49.270 align:middle line:90% All right. 00:30:49.270 --> 00:30:51.710 align:middle line:90% Different pieces of candy? 00:30:51.710 --> 00:30:52.360 align:middle line:90% OK. 00:30:52.360 --> 00:30:53.330 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Well, he-- 00:30:53.330 --> 00:30:53.810 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: Well, I think it was-- 00:30:53.810 --> 00:30:55.685 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: It wasn't every piece, every space. 00:30:55.685 --> 00:30:57.559 align:middle line:84% But there were a number of every other space 00:30:57.559 --> 00:30:59.059 align:middle line:90% had some kind of image on it. 00:30:59.059 --> 00:31:00.600 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: I think it still has that. 00:31:00.600 --> 00:31:03.120 align:middle line:84% I think it still has the occasional. 00:31:03.120 --> 00:31:04.942 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: [INAUDIBLE]. 00:31:04.942 --> 00:31:06.900 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: The thing is that if every piece was 00:31:06.900 --> 00:31:08.880 align:middle line:84% a different kind of candy, it would probably 00:31:08.880 --> 00:31:11.370 align:middle line:84% be more colorblind-friendly because you'd 00:31:11.370 --> 00:31:13.380 align:middle line:84% be able to actually just see the kind of candy 00:31:13.380 --> 00:31:14.670 align:middle line:84% even if you couldn't tell the colors. 00:31:14.670 --> 00:31:15.640 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: It's not very colorblind-friendly. 00:31:15.640 --> 00:31:16.140 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:31:16.140 --> 00:31:20.225 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: This is not friendly with anyone with eyes, I guess. 00:31:20.225 --> 00:31:21.410 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:31:21.410 --> 00:31:23.210 align:middle line:90% [INTERPOSING VOICES] 00:31:23.210 --> 00:31:26.040 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: But that's just the visual design of the board. 00:31:26.040 --> 00:31:28.504 align:middle line:84% The actual spacing on the board is not all that different. 00:31:28.504 --> 00:31:31.510 align:middle line:90% 00:31:31.510 --> 00:31:35.944 align:middle line:84% So you've had the chance to pick up the pieces, slam on the bell 00:31:35.944 --> 00:31:37.110 align:middle line:90% and pit and stuff like that. 00:31:37.110 --> 00:31:39.670 align:middle line:90% 00:31:39.670 --> 00:31:42.510 align:middle line:84% Some of these pieces, like in Clue, 00:31:42.510 --> 00:31:45.480 align:middle line:84% have a lot of money put into some parts that aren't actually 00:31:45.480 --> 00:31:50.010 align:middle line:84% all that useful, like the knife and the lead pipe 00:31:50.010 --> 00:31:51.430 align:middle line:90% and things like that. 00:31:51.430 --> 00:31:52.405 align:middle line:90% Was that solid metal? 00:31:52.405 --> 00:31:53.030 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Yeah. 00:31:53.030 --> 00:31:54.238 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: Were those pieces? 00:31:54.238 --> 00:31:55.896 align:middle line:84% They are sort of like metal pieces. 00:31:55.896 --> 00:31:57.104 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: It's a sharp knife. 00:31:57.104 --> 00:31:59.062 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: It's a sharp knife? 00:31:59.062 --> 00:32:03.310 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: Well, it was when I was 10. 00:32:03.310 --> 00:32:07.260 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: So because, in assignment two, 00:32:07.260 --> 00:32:10.800 align:middle line:84% you are thinking about aesthetics, 00:32:10.800 --> 00:32:14.010 align:middle line:84% what do you think about the choices of the materials 00:32:14.010 --> 00:32:16.890 align:middle line:84% that they used for the various parts of the games 00:32:16.890 --> 00:32:18.160 align:middle line:90% that you played today? 00:32:18.160 --> 00:32:19.670 align:middle line:84% Or that you [? four ?] played today? 00:32:19.670 --> 00:32:22.832 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: Well, one thing that bothered me with Clue 00:32:22.832 --> 00:32:26.512 align:middle line:84% was if you committed a murder, or if somebody committed 00:32:26.512 --> 00:32:28.924 align:middle line:84% a murder, and you find a body, you're 00:32:28.924 --> 00:32:30.590 align:middle line:84% going to know whether they were murdered 00:32:30.590 --> 00:32:31.670 align:middle line:90% with a knife or a pipe. 00:32:31.670 --> 00:32:35.180 align:middle line:84% They don't look the same-- or a gun. 00:32:35.180 --> 00:32:39.844 align:middle line:90% [INTERPOSING VOICES] 00:32:39.844 --> 00:32:41.260 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: A very astute murderer. 00:32:41.260 --> 00:32:41.871 align:middle line:90% I don't know. 00:32:41.871 --> 00:32:44.430 align:middle line:90% 00:32:44.430 --> 00:32:45.720 align:middle line:90% So yeah. 00:32:45.720 --> 00:32:47.550 align:middle line:90% There is a problem. 00:32:47.550 --> 00:32:50.670 align:middle line:84% I played a version of Clue where the body is down 00:32:50.670 --> 00:32:52.260 align:middle line:90% a dark staircase. 00:32:52.260 --> 00:32:55.560 align:middle line:84% So you can't actually see what's at the bottom. 00:32:55.560 --> 00:32:57.570 align:middle line:84% It's kind of-- you only see the outline. 00:32:57.570 --> 00:33:00.252 align:middle line:84% So I think that was kind of the visual explanation for that. 00:33:00.252 --> 00:33:00.960 align:middle line:90% But you're right. 00:33:00.960 --> 00:33:04.800 align:middle line:84% It's not a very good justification. 00:33:04.800 --> 00:33:07.580 align:middle line:84% Although, if people remember the movie, he's kind of 00:33:07.580 --> 00:33:09.520 align:middle line:90% stabbed by everything, right? 00:33:09.520 --> 00:33:12.990 align:middle line:84% He's hit by a lead pipe and stabbed by a dagger. 00:33:12.990 --> 00:33:14.890 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: [INAUDIBLE]. 00:33:14.890 --> 00:33:15.630 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: Yeah. 00:33:15.630 --> 00:33:17.100 align:middle line:84% Which was what was the first blow? 00:33:17.100 --> 00:33:19.875 align:middle line:84% It doesn't matter what hit him after he died. 00:33:19.875 --> 00:33:21.855 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:33:21.855 --> 00:33:23.840 align:middle line:90% 00:33:23.840 --> 00:33:24.703 align:middle line:90% How about for Risk? 00:33:24.703 --> 00:33:28.230 align:middle line:84% You've got horses, people, and cannons? 00:33:28.230 --> 00:33:28.820 align:middle line:90% Is that right? 00:33:28.820 --> 00:33:29.510 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Yeah. 00:33:29.510 --> 00:33:30.397 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: Yeah. 00:33:30.397 --> 00:33:32.730 align:middle line:84% I always found it difficult to remember which was which, 00:33:32.730 --> 00:33:34.663 align:middle line:90% like what was what value. 00:33:34.663 --> 00:33:37.621 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: I seem to recall that the pieces were relatively 00:33:37.621 --> 00:33:38.607 align:middle line:90% bigger. 00:33:38.607 --> 00:33:42.471 align:middle line:84% So I remember the cannon being at least as big 00:33:42.471 --> 00:33:43.914 align:middle line:90% as the cavalry, maybe larger. 00:33:43.914 --> 00:33:46.399 align:middle line:84% And that way, oh, that's worth more 00:33:46.399 --> 00:33:50.117 align:middle line:84% than the cavalry, which is worth more than that little guy. 00:33:50.117 --> 00:33:52.700 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: The pieces could just have been shrunk due to cost. 00:33:52.700 --> 00:33:53.590 align:middle line:90% It's possible. 00:33:53.590 --> 00:33:56.530 align:middle line:84% I remember big pieces, too, but we had that [? compilation. ?] 00:33:56.530 --> 00:33:59.470 align:middle line:84% And maybe we were smaller, so the pieces looked bigger. 00:33:59.470 --> 00:34:00.442 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:34:00.442 --> 00:34:03.340 align:middle line:84% AUDIENCE: Our pieces were also Roman numerals. 00:34:03.340 --> 00:34:04.450 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: Yeah. 00:34:04.450 --> 00:34:08.000 align:middle line:84% I remember seeing people who had that type of pieces 00:34:08.000 --> 00:34:09.790 align:middle line:84% and envying them because all I had 00:34:09.790 --> 00:34:11.440 align:middle line:90% were freaking Roman numerals. 00:34:11.440 --> 00:34:13.117 align:middle line:84% But they were easy to count, at least. 00:34:13.117 --> 00:34:13.742 align:middle line:90% AUDIENCE: Yeah. 00:34:13.742 --> 00:34:17.380 align:middle line:90% 00:34:17.380 --> 00:34:19.210 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: All right. 00:34:19.210 --> 00:34:21.550 align:middle line:84% So for the rest of today, you've pretty much 00:34:21.550 --> 00:34:24.850 align:middle line:90% got time to work in your teams. 00:34:24.850 --> 00:34:27.580 align:middle line:84% A few of you can continue playing, finishing up 00:34:27.580 --> 00:34:28.540 align:middle line:90% your games. 00:34:28.540 --> 00:34:30.570 align:middle line:84% The prototyping materials are all up here. 00:34:30.570 --> 00:34:33.790 align:middle line:84% Feel free to come up and grab what you need. 00:34:33.790 --> 00:34:36.020 align:middle line:84% Rick or I will be in the room at any given time. 00:34:36.020 --> 00:34:38.750 align:middle line:84% So you can come up and ask us questions. 00:34:38.750 --> 00:34:41.817 align:middle line:84% But use this time to be able to meet up with the team. 00:34:41.817 --> 00:34:42.400 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER: Yeah. 00:34:42.400 --> 00:34:43.774 align:middle line:84% If you want us to play your game, 00:34:43.774 --> 00:34:48.230 align:middle line:84% we can't, but we're in class play tests on Wednesday. 00:34:48.230 --> 00:34:49.600 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: This Wednesday? 00:34:49.600 --> 00:34:50.860 align:middle line:90% I have the schedule here. 00:34:50.860 --> 00:34:51.910 align:middle line:90% One second. 00:34:51.910 --> 00:34:52.800 align:middle line:90% Let's see. 00:34:52.800 --> 00:34:54.790 align:middle line:90% March 12th. 00:34:54.790 --> 00:34:58.450 align:middle line:84% Yes we do, in fact, have a play test this Wednesday. 00:34:58.450 --> 00:35:01.350 align:middle line:84% So make sure your games are ready. 00:35:01.350 --> 00:35:03.277 align:middle line:84% Make sure you have a draft of your rules 00:35:03.277 --> 00:35:05.110 align:middle line:84% so that you can test whether people actually 00:35:05.110 --> 00:35:06.190 align:middle line:90% understand your rules. 00:35:06.190 --> 00:35:07.550 align:middle line:90% OK? 00:35:07.550 --> 00:35:08.380 align:middle line:90% On Wednesday. 00:35:08.380 --> 00:35:11.130 align:middle line:90% [INTERPOSING VOICES] 00:35:11.130 --> 00:35:14.948 align:middle line:90%