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Masterpiece is a board game by Parker Brothers, now a brand of Hasbro. Players participate in...

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Masterpiece is a board game by Parker Brothers, now a brand of Hasbro. Players participate in auctions for famous works of art. It was originally published in 1970 by Parker Brothers, and then published again in 1996. The game is now out-of-print. In this game, players compete with other players to bid on potentially valuable paintings, and negotiate with other players to trade these works of art, build a portfolio, amass money, and win the game. The top value of a painting is $1 million; however, getting the full value for the painting requires some luck in landing on the right square on the board to sell a painting to the bank. The game takes utilizes bluffing because the players possess asymmetrical information about the value of the paintings they possess. Some pictures are known to their owners to be 'forgeries' with an actual value of zero. These 'forgeries' can, however, be resold to other players. One version of the game has paintings featured in the game that are on display at the Art Institute of Chicago and include At the Moulin Rouge and Paris Street; Rainy Day. Another version has paintings on display at National Gallery in London and include Sunflowers. In 1999, while

Created by: tristan Apr 10, 2007
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