Talk:The Mansion of Happiness

Snakes and Ladders?
Interesting. Is this based in any way on Snakes and Ladders, which was originally designed in India to teach morality and good behaviour (landing on a "good" square led to a ladder, while "bad" behaviour led to a snake)? Tonywalton | Talk 19:45, 7 February 2006 (UTC)


 * Good question but have found nothing in connection with Snakes and Ladders. Both games are based on moral behavior; however, MoH appears to have a specifically Christian coloring. ItsLassieTime (talk) 19:11, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Rating
I rated this article "high" on the importance scale because it's supposed to be the first commercially produced game in the US. As such (if true, of course) this would make it quite notable. --Craw-daddy | T | 17:38, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Analysis section POV
Hello again. Before you nominate the article for Good Article status again, I recommend you take another look at the analysis section. It seems to promote Christian values while degrading Capitalism. Probably unintentional, but you might want to have another look at it nonetheless. \ / (⁂) 10:06, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

I think that the contrast drawn between the "First Board Game" and the ones that followed is necessary. I do not think it results in a biased point of view in any way. Perhaps someone elses opinion should be sought if that is what is preventing a reassessment. Glubbdrubb (talk) 09:51, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Renomination
Thanks to all who have contributed their time and talents with this article! Top-knotch evaluations only refine an article and bring it closer to GA. I've slightly rewritten the Analysis section and await comments here before renominating for GA status. Thank you! ItsLassieTime (talk) 19:07, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Well, my comment would be to go ahead and renominate it. It certainly looks like a GA to me. Glubbdrubb (talk) 12:11, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

Very good, then. I'll send it to the "Miscellaneous" category at Nominations. Thanks! ItsLassieTime (talk) 02:10, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

Best of luck to you guys! I can't review it, but it is looking like a significant improvement. \ / (⁂) 09:14, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Game of the Goose
It's strange this article does not mention the Game of the Goose. The Mansion of Happiness is simply a re-themed version of the goose game, of which there are countless examples. There's nothing unique about Mansion in terms of game design.--Countakeshi (talk) 20:12, 18 July 2020 (UTC)