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Aug 2023
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841. A Conversation about MONOPOLY 🎲🏠�...

Luke Thompson
About this episode

Monopoly is one of the most famous board games of all time.

It's sold in more than 114 countries and has been printed in more than 47 languages.

It's famous for causing arguments and taking forever to finish!

But it is a fantastic and fascinating game, so let's talk about it.

In this episode I talk to Anna Tyrie from English Like a Native about childhood memories, rules that people don't follow, winning strategies, the real history of the game and more!

I guarantee that with this episode you will learn new things about Monopoly.

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Listen to Anna's episode with Luke about board games 👉 https://www.buzzsprout.com/2038858/13484501


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