fellow ridiculous historians, we are returning with this week's classic episode, a board game that I think has fascinated all of us for quite some time.

The landlord's game?

The landlord's game was the original non-broken version.

You're right.

We are talking about monopoly, but not the history of the game itself, though we'll get into a bit of that, but how the physical board

itself actually helped allied POWs captured during World War II staged their great escape.

Beautiful. Let's roll it.

This is an I-Heart podcast. Guaranteed Human.

Ridiculous History is a production of IHeart Radio. If you're like millions of other people throughout history and around the world,

then you have probably at least once

played some sort of game with your friends, whether it's a game of dice, a game of cards,

or important for our purposes today, a board game. And today's episode is about board games,

but not in the way you think.

Welcome to Ridiculous History.

My name is Ben.

My name is Noel.

And I'm a fan of the old five-finger filet, you know, where you take a blade and pop it

real quick between the gaps between your fingers.

Uh-huh.

Have you ever done that?

Only in video game form.

It's an available game in, I believe, Red Dead Redemption.

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