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Fake money is often a staple of some of the most popular board games. One of the measure of success in today's society is how much money a person earns and accumulates throughout their life and today's board games naturally reflect that ideology. Play money often helps players to accomplish their goals in the game they are playing, but sometimes, however, it simply helps them farther along the path to winning. Whatever the case is for the particular game, though, the money is often an important part of the game itself.

Monopoly is one game where the money is vitally important to the game running well. Each player starts with a certain, small amount of money. As they make their way around the board, they must then use that money to purchase properties to develop as well as paying bills and taxes. Every time that the player makes one lap around the board, they are given an additional $200 for their "payday," but this money can quickly begin to dwindle. The balance comes in trying to always have enough money on hand to pay Rent on the other player's properties, pay any bills or taxes which may arise, and having enough to develop one's own properties so that the Rent on these properties will rise for the other players who land on them.

Players slowly begin to accumulate wealth during the game while other players begin to lose more and more money. Indeed, as property values rise in the game, players will begin to owe the other players more and more money and some players will eventually have to declare bankruptcy. The winner of the game is the last player left standing with money, the one who eventually has a monopoly over the entire game board.

The Game of Life is another one that features money, although it's often simply more about the accumulation of money. The finances in this game don't work as a bartering tool and one usually doesn't need to worry about running out. In The Game of Life, players work their way around the board, accumulating money. Some spaces will force a player to pay money back into the bank, such as when they need to buy a home or pay tuition for their children. However, the salaries in this game are normally much larger than any of the expenses that need to be paid and certain spots in the game will grant a player "Life Tiles" which can be counted up at the end of the game. These Life Tiles mark certain "accomplishments" in the life of the player and usually have large payouts. The winner of The Game of Life is the one who accumulates the most money throughout the game, making building wealth into the main goal.

Other games with money can help players learn more about finances in general. Pay Day, on which the board is a calendar month, will help teach players about budgeting money as well as making smart investments. The game play is denoted by however many "months" the players want to play for, and while the winner of this game is the one who has the largest sum of money at the end, the game is not as simple as only saving all the money that one earns. Players will need to balance their budget will in order to do well with this game, which is just another prime example of games which use the influence of money.

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It just had to happen one day and it has been on the cards for some time, but the real Digital Book has finally arrived in the guise of the Sony Reader Digital Book PRS505S.

Before the advent of digital books audio books had taken the market place not exactly by storm but well enough to become a billion dollar industry world wide.

Whilst audio books have many upsides however one of the down sides is that nothing quite compares to sitting quietly and reading a book, but all that is about to change with the emergence of another technology....The Digital Book.

Its going to be interesting to see where this technology goes and what will become the main market place. On the one hand you have the book reading fraternity that really prefer the written word.

This market sector will be able to download "real books" and enjoy them as they traditionally would, although perhaps until the no doubt on the way waterproof version comes along, it will probably be best to stick to traditional paperbacks for your beach vacation.

With living space becoming increasingly smaller you will now be able to have a huge digital library that doesn't require you to be sitting at your computer to read which is a real plus in my opinion.

But there is another market place where the digital book could make an impact and see huge sales and this is in the business market.

Each day sees the transfer and downloading of literally millions of .PDF and word documents world wide. Quite often a busy exec or professional will take these home on the laptop to read in a more relaxed atmosphere, or perhaps while they are commuting on a train where it is not always convenient to open up your laptop or notebook.

Having spent hours all day possible on a laptop or computer the last thing many want to do is spend even more time at a desk or with a laptop sat on their lap so the idea of a truly digital book reader will be utopia and very appealing to the busy professional.

A digital book will make the quest for knowledge and information much more relaxing as it can be done almost anywhere.

For example, if you have ever tried to use a laptop out side or in the garden perhaps you will probably have given up as on a sunny day a laptop screen can be almost un-readable

Well technology always seems to prevail and this fact has been a real problem in the past and has obviously not gone unnoticed, the Sony Reader Digital Book for example employs a new technology called E Ink Technology to overcome this traditional problem.

Essentially this new display technology allows the text to be displayed almost book like and the resultant page can be read in direct sunlight which is a major advantage. Equally the page can be seen at very wide angles as opposed to having to be read face on.

In addition to making the text readable in bright sunlight the display is also very much comfortable on the eye making the reading experience far more enjoyable than reading of a standard screen.

Quite often battery life for portable devices can be a real problem as well, but another benefit the new display technology has is that once the image is displayed no power is required to maintain it.

This gives the Sony Reader outstanding longevity and by all accounts the reader will be able to display around 7000 pages between charges which is absolutely amazing.

With the ability to read multiple formats, hold over 150 books, and be ultra compact and light Sony has a real winner on their hands here and I can foresee that this will be a must have productivity tool for any busy professional from the CEO down to the sales team.

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