{"id":4129,"date":"2026-05-26T21:10:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T21:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emcher.com\/emchioi\/?page_id=4129"},"modified":"2026-05-26T21:16:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T21:16:19","slug":"risk-and-monopoly","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/emcher.com\/emchioi\/risk-and-monopoly\/","title":{"rendered":"Risk and Monopoly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This should come as no surprise to anyone older than 50. My older sister and brother taught us Monopoly<\/a> at a fairly young age. Of course, we played a highly modified version, which helped speed up the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Neither of them really ever got into Risk<\/a>. I think they were just that much older and had moved on to different things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We had a couple of cousins who lived less than a mile from our house. During the summer time, we would ride our bikes to each other’s houses, and besides many other things boys did outside, we almost always played a game of Monopoly or Risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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These are the versions of the games we played back then.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In addition to these times, we played many other Risk games at family get-togethers. My Father and Mother were both part of large families; we had many, many cousins. And back then, families visited each other way more than they do now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s funny now, but back then, kids just didn’t get to drink pop and other great drinks like they do today. Usually, my dad would make a big batch of popcorn, and for a drink treat, each of us would get one glass of pop. Getting a second one was a luxury. How times have changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was just a few years ago that I finally took the time to read and learn the real rules of Monopoly. I don’t know why I became interested after all this time, because we don’t play it anymore. I remember watching a documentary on the Monopoly World Championships. That probably sparked my interest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So my quest to share my childhood toys and games continues. Risk and Monopoly are certainly major players and will always bring about fond memories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This should come as no surprise to anyone older than 50. My older sister and brother taught us Monopoly at a fairly young age. Of course, we played a highly modified version, which helped speed up the game. Neither of them really ever got into Risk. I think they were just that much older and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4129","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":[],"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":""},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"

This should come as no surprise to anyone older than 50. My older sister and brother taught us Monopoly at a fairly young age. Of course, we played a highly modified version, which helped speed up the game. Neither of them really ever got into Risk. I think they were just that much older and had moved on to different things. We had a couple of cousins who lived less than a mile from our house. During the summer time, we would ride our bikes to each other’s houses, and besides many other things boys did outside, we almost always…<\/p>\n","category_list_v2":"","author_info_v2":{"name":"emcher","url":"https:\/\/emcher.com\/emchioi\/author\/emcher\/"},"comments_num_v2":"0 comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emcher.com\/emchioi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emcher.com\/emchioi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emcher.com\/emchioi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emcher.com\/emchioi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emcher.com\/emchioi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4129"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/emcher.com\/emchioi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4142,"href":"https:\/\/emcher.com\/emchioi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4129\/revisions\/4142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emcher.com\/emchioi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}