# Anyone up for a game of Masterpiece? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 29, 2008, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-game-of-masterpiece/479067 "2008-12-29T15:35:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-game-of-masterpiece/479067/1 "2008-12-29T15:35:32Z")
My wife bought herself a copy off of ebay for x-mas. Said it was her favorite game as a kid. The whole family played a game yesterday and it was a hoot! Kept everyone’s interest, but not so involving that you couldn’t have fun while playing. And was done in under an hour. Any other fans of this game? Anyone else recently purchase any board games from their childhood? How did they hold up over time? ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-game-of-masterpiece/479067/2 "2008-12-29T15:43:57Z")
We used to have Masterpiece when I was a kid, but I don’t remember much about it, except for the paintings that were reproduced on the cards. I clearly remember the Rembrandt, the Pollack, and the Rothko. I’m not sure we ever even played it, actually. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-game-of-masterpiece/479067/3 "2008-12-29T16:00:14Z")
My wife said she always had trouble getting her friends to play it with her. Reading the instructions, I’m not surprised. I’ll post an example or 2 when I get home, but the vocabulary and grammar sure don’t seem aimed at inspiring “FUN!” to the average pre-teen. One thing kinda neat (at least as a lifelong Chicagoan) is that all of the paintings are from the Art Institute’s collection. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-game-of-masterpiece/479067/4 "2008-12-30T01:48:20Z")
What a coincidence! We resurrected a couple of board games and played them over Christmas. Masterpiece was one. The other was Totopoly.