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Anyone for Monopoly? Mystery Cache

Hidden : 6/12/2010
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


This is the sixth in a series of themed mystery caches by

The posted coordinates will put you in the vicinity of the Kennington Reservoir. You will need to solve the puzzle below to find the exact coordinates of the cache hidden there. You will be searching for a small container containing logbook, pencil and room for a few small swaps.

HISTORY OF MONOPOLY

The history of Monopoly can be traced back to 1904, when an American woman named Elizabeth Magie Phillips created a game through which she hoped to be able to teach the single tax theory of economist Henry George (it was intended to illustrate the negative aspects of concentrating land in private monopolies). Her game, The Landlord's Game, was commercially published in 1923. It was one of the first board games to use a continuous path, without clearly defined start and end spaces on its board.

In the 1932, Daniel Layman, produced a version of the board based on the streets of his home city of Indianapolis and introduced Chance and Community Chest cards. This he sold under the name The Fascinating Game of Finance.

But it is Charles Darrow who is accredited with first publishing the actual game of Monopoly in 1934. After losing his job at a sales company following the Stock Market Crash of 1929 and seeing his neighbours and acquaintances play a home-made board game in which the object was to buy and sell property, he decided to publish his own version of the game.

You will find the cache located at coords:

S AB CB.CDG
E AxBxCxD AxB.BGH

Where:

A = You end up in gaol if you roll this many doubles in succession

B = The total number of chance and community chest squares

C = How many houses you need before you can buy a hotel

D = Cheapest rent on the board

G = The amount of money you get if you land on free parking

H = The number of squares on one side of a standard board, excluding the corners



Additional Hints (No hints available.)