Old Light,New Light,A Witness Board Game

by EmptyInside 6 Replies latest social humour

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  EmptyInside

  This is silly,but I thought of a Witness board game version of monopoly. The big difference would be how the players would move on the board.

  If they pick up an "Old Light" card,they move backwards,a "new light" card forward to different levels of MS,Elder,etc. They could buy and sell Watchtower properties along the way. Of course,instead of,going to jail,you land on the disfellowshipped square. Oh,it would be fun. Plus,maybe some Witnesses would actually learn what the religion doesn't teach anymore.
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  usualusername

  Would women be allowed to touch the box?
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  EmptyInside

  I guess there can be game pieces with head coverings or an elderette version.
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  QueenWitch

  My mother actually made up a JW board game. She initially had disfellowship on the board but removed it in her 2.0 version so as not to stumble anyone. She also made up a Bible Jeopardy. It makes me sad that she is still caught up. She is very intelligent.
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  jamir

  I Laughed So Hard, I almost Peed My Pants!

  That game is genius and would put an end to those boring JWs gatherings and monotonous biblical games.
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  Azazel

  Please call it "Monotony" or The game of life for JW's

  Az
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  Jim_TX

  The small green monopoly houses could be the Kingdom Halls that get put up with quick builds.

  The larger red hotels would be the Assembly Halls that get built.

  Of course, they would all be 'owned' by the bank...er... watchtower society.

  The currently defined 'Jail' and get out of jail scenario would need to be redefined as well. Jail would be redefined to be an assembly. You would go directly to the assembly, foregoing all else. Work, school, etc. Once at the assembly, you would need to throw 'doubles' with the dice, or else stay another round/day. If you stay, you would also need to pay $50.00 err... 'contribute' $50.00 to the assembly. If you never throw doubles, you just stay at the assembly, until your pocketbook is depleted. There is no 'get out of jail' - er... 'asembly' card.

  The 'new light' and 'old light' could be something like the amount that you receive when you pass 'go'. Initially it would start out as $200, but you might get a 'chance' card, and it would get redefined by new light to only $150. So, when you pass go, you get $200... no, that's old light. New light says that you only get $150. Since this is not written down anywhere, ultimately, it would cause all sorts of confusion later in the game - especially after getting redefined several times with 'new light' cards.

  There also need to be several cards in the deck that predict the end of this system... 1874... 1914... 1975... 1990... any second now. These would get pulled and armageddon would be prophesied as happening that year. The player that pulls the card would be required to ask the player to his left what year armageddon is happening. If his answer does not match that on the card, he is told that his answer is 'old light', and he has to pay $50.00. The date on the card is read aloud, considered as 'new light', and the game continues.

  There's a lot that could be redefined to JW-ize the game.

  Perhaps monopoly is not the correct game to use. I think that it needs to be a game that has a 'start' and a 'finish'. The goal is to reach finish... only... the cards and dice rolls, etc. do not allow one to ever reach the finish. One might get real close... then get 'new light', and the finish is moved 20 spaces ahead.