# How popular is the Monopoly board game outside the U.S. and Canada?

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [June 25, 2016, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-is-the-monopoly-board-game-outside-the-u-s-and-canada/758327 "2016-06-25T15:38:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2016, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-is-the-monopoly-board-game-outside-the-u-s-and-canada/758327/41 "2016-06-29T14:33:03Z")

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> [@Nava](#):
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> Ooooh, so that’s why the Cluedo name…
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> And nice to encounter someone who wouldn’t look at me like I wore my eyes on stalks if I said Parcheesi! None of my American coworkers knew the game.

I know what Parcheesi is, but never before this thread (that I remember) heard of Ludo, nor knew that there was a reason Brits called their game “Cluedo” instead of simply “Clue.”

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2016, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-is-the-monopoly-board-game-outside-the-u-s-and-canada/758327/42 "2016-06-29T23:45:52Z")

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My parents would play Parcheezi. I think they taught it to me too, I have vague memories of playing it, but then they tired of it. I never heard of Ludo.

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