I remember this game being so competitive when I played it with my sister, friends or family. We'd scream and yell at each other, because we wanted certain properties and couldn't get them. All I wanted was the Railroads dammit! And I didn't want to pass 'Go" and head straight to jail!
But not for Laura Chavez, she was sent to the slammer last Wednesday night for stabbing her boyfriend, Clyde "Butch" Smith with a kitchen knife. She told the cops, "Yes, I fucked him up." LOL. What a hot mess!The woman's grandson who was playing with Chavez before the incident happened, told the officers that his grandmother had started arguing with Smith, because she felt "he was cheating at Monopoly." The boy didn't witness the stabbing, because he was in bed.
But if you're a fan of the game, you would know that said cheating would likely involve either a) collecting $200 before passing “Go”; b) nipping some gold $100 bills from the bank; or c) landing on Baltic Avenue, but palming the Boardwalk property card.
And you'd think this was the only incident. Hell No. This has happened to other people. According to following article:
This Monopoly-inspired attack is not the first incident of board game rage. In September, a Florida man allegedly choked his wife over a game of Yahtzee, and in 2009 a Michigan man went to jail for assaulting his Monopoly foe when she would not give up Park Place and the Boardwalk.
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A good reason to avoid playing board games with family at all costs. lol And they say video games cause violence. If anything the games are an outlet to express and release violent tendencies by electronically stabbing someone in the face. You can't do that with a little metal dog, some fake dollars bills and three properties on Oriental Avenue.
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