Check in the description to try out Gay Monopoly for yourself, and let me know if you'd like to see more of these playthroughs! This video look a little more cinematic than the others? That's because my braindead laptop can only capture footage in 1280x680. So instead of switching between aspects like a Michael Bay movie we're keeping just one all the way through. This is not the new norm.
I imagine back when historians didn't take gay history as seriously there was a lot of speculation about the sexuality of historical figures without as much basis.
@@illseeyaonthedarksideofthemoon Yeah it still goes on nowadays (like a lot of people are convinced Lincoln was gay when there's not much evidence) but probably less now that more respected historians aren't really afraid to say a historical figure might've been LGBT as they were before.
@@TheAlexSchmidtIt's hard to know what would have been for most of human history a closely guarded secret. Who knows how many people never expressed their homosexuality but were gay.
For those wondering about the choices on values: "Bent as a 3 dollar bill" or "Queer as a 9 bob note" were slang terms for someone who was very flamboyantly gay.
Assuming you're British. In the American South, I've always heard "Queer as a three dollar bill." Never anything about 9s, assumed it was because it was a multiple of three.
@@jessejarrett4437 Living in England, so, close enough. It's not so much the 3s as just "That's not a real note.", it would be "Queer" as in "Strange and unexpected" if someone handed you a type of currency that just doesn't exist.
as many jokes as you can make about this, it’s genuinely cool that you spent so much time re-creating the board for preservation purposes! i know this was probably a tedious process, but genuinely thank you for taking the time to do this so more people can experience such an interesting game!!
3:51 Thats because of the expression "queer as a three dollar bill", which originally had nothing to do with gender deviance, but rsther an old timey way to say something was weird and nonexistent. It then became a saying about something being queer/gay due to people misunderstanding it. Youve unironically done important archival work for queer history, because even if gay monopoly was never a big thing, it serves as a time capsule to queer culture of the time.
I think my favorite part of this vid is learning that Kam says "oh gosh dangit!" When something surprises him, like a dad from a wholesome 70's family sitcom that just bumped his head on the pipes under the sink he was trying to fix and i mean that in like, a flattering way
The robins egg blue hanky in the right pocket does mean eager bottom though, pitcher/catcher are just slang for top/bottom, I demand a recount! (this video is a blast its very fun to watch yall blindly trying to interpret this board-game from effectively an entire different culture
This is what true allyship looks like, even if it wasn’t intentional or realized at the time. You've single-handedly preserved a window into an almost forgotten part of queer culture. Thank you for that!
Balance has finally been restored to the world of monopoly. Thank you brave hero! The fact you were able to do this is legitimately rad. Can’t imagine how much work went into this
1:30 i love this bit so much since it's true. your early videos were very sam o'nella inspired and your modern videos are very scott the woz inspired lol.
same flavor of gay as you. the eyes behind his sunglasses are staring at my soul and i can feel the rattle in my fine china where a heart is supposed to be
I always heard the phrase "funny" as a three dollar bill, however it may have just been my family, they never really said gay/queer. Just "funny". (And for the younger ones, no....that's not a compliment despite the word being funny)
tbh thank you for archiving this, little things like this get so lost in history, and it’s funny to see what the elder queers that maybe played this game got to experience with their friends and loved ones
I can't believe that not only are we getting to see a function game of gay monopoly, but also, we find out that soon we will get to find out what Kam *did* in 1997.
I've seen a copy of this in person! I had no idea it was so rare. The GLBT Historical Museum in San Francisco has a copy, and the archivist there brought it out for a local event at the California Historical Society several years back.
My lovely gf was the goodwill lister for one of those board games in the beginning of the video. She gets tons of obscure, and incomplete, games everyday
It was only a matter of time before my favorite bad board game reviewer emulated my favorite bad board game maker. Appreciate the commitment to the bit, and I’m definitely gonna boot up TTS to check out this bad boy soon!
I don't know if it ever comes up again, but I have to hazard a guess that the "gay resort" spaces are properties that have the art of sexy men on them, rather than just being almost blank squares. Incidentally, not knowing what to do probably saved somebody some rent money that turn, I don't remember exactly what the board state was then. Overall, I rate this video a 69 out of 10, very fun, aggressively gay, loved it.
that was pretty awesome to recreate this game. i'd never play it since i hate triva games, but as someone that likes monopoly i think it's great that this is available.
Fun fact: they were actually planning on making a lesbian edition of this game as stated in the thank you card that came with the board, unfortunately, that project had to be scrapped after the Parker Brothers sued them over the usage of the word monopoly.
1:32 Wait a second, Kam, you can't cross that name off the list until you ALSO play a few Paradox games... And RTS games... And... *Looks at Vale's old videos* Uh nevermind, go ahead and cross that one off.
I'm not gay but I found my representation in this video: Storage Wars. I occasionally just think about the show and Google Barry Weiss as Barry White every time. Also, it took me 35 minutes to realize that the board is a circle because it's not straight.
I actually have a complete copy of this game, would help you out but i only have a tablet, not a pc lemme know if i can help out, send pics or something.
Honestly looking up the Bacon thing despite his marriage there's evidence he could've still been attracted to men. I feel like bisexual men could still belong even I doubt that's how the creators of the game would have been thinking of them. The Michelangelo love poems that were originally to a man are real too but it's unclear if he was actually attracted to men, seems possible at least
I still think that this game shouldn’t have been sued out of existence. It plays very differently from actual monopoly and a monopoly is a real word that you shouldn’t be able to copyright and/or trademark.
this is so sick, dude. thank you for this work, every time you've talked about Gay Monopoly in the past I've been so sad that it was so obscure and practically impossible to play
Honestly, when I first saw this, I thought it would be some childish "har har, gay funny" stuff, but some of these references are deep cuts from gay culture in the 70's and 80's.
Actual people knowledgeable in gay terminology can correct me, but would a “catcher” be a bottom? Because he may have lost half a point for “eager”, but if “catcher” means what I think it means, then the one player should have got half a point somehow.
3:01 as someone who worked at goodwill those online auctions were such a pain. At least at the one i worked at items that were put aside for those auctions didn’t count for your “production” targets or your average price targets
@@ob2kenobi388 I feel like that might be a bit limiting, especially since not every trans person wants surgery. I think a better way could be maybe cards and properties celebrating past and current trans icons and trans-friendly places!
Not sure if you've fixed this already, but the board is distorted horizontally. It's supposed to be square, but in your digital version it's outstretched.
My only criticism is that the board is stretched horizontally beyond its original square shape. I've never created workshop stuff for _Tabletop Simulator_ (yet), so changing it now might be prohibitively difficult, but if it's possible I would like the TTS board to be changed to square so that this game has the best possible chance to look its best.
Check in the description to try out Gay Monopoly for yourself, and let me know if you'd like to see more of these playthroughs!
This video look a little more cinematic than the others? That's because my braindead laptop can only capture footage in 1280x680. So instead of switching between aspects like a Michael Bay movie we're keeping just one all the way through. This is not the new norm.
Isn't the new norm the same as the old norm?
I haven't played it. But if it is truly gay, then I'd rather burn it. Just like Sodom and Gamorrah were.
im the old norm. i want normal monopoly.
why did you have to resurrect this abomination
YOU HAVE COMMITTED BLASPHEMY
sir
sir what do you mean you want to rip off the walten files
brother
BROTHER WHAT DO YOU MEAN-
The idea that the devs added Gay Trivia to Monopoly but some of the answers weren't even actual gay people is really funny.
I imagine back when historians didn't take gay history as seriously there was a lot of speculation about the sexuality of historical figures without as much basis.
@@TheAlexSchmidtSo, just like nowadays...
@@illseeyaonthedarksideofthemoon Yeah it still goes on nowadays (like a lot of people are convinced Lincoln was gay when there's not much evidence) but probably less now that more respected historians aren't really afraid to say a historical figure might've been LGBT as they were before.
Haven't seen all the ones that come up in this game yet but Keynes was at the very least bi judging from his private writings so that's aged alright
@@TheAlexSchmidtIt's hard to know what would have been for most of human history a closely guarded secret. Who knows how many people never expressed their homosexuality but were gay.
For those wondering about the choices on values: "Bent as a 3 dollar bill" or "Queer as a 9 bob note" were slang terms for someone who was very flamboyantly gay.
Oh, I thought it was a 69 joke.
So that’s why the 3 dollar bill in Isaac gives you rainbow tear effects
I thought it was because they weer ODD numbers.
Assuming you're British. In the American South, I've always heard "Queer as a three dollar bill." Never anything about 9s, assumed it was because it was a multiple of three.
@@jessejarrett4437 Living in England, so, close enough.
It's not so much the 3s as just "That's not a real note.", it would be "Queer" as in "Strange and unexpected" if someone handed you a type of currency that just doesn't exist.
Unfair that Fire Island is the most expensive property, but when you get there it's just a bunch of white tents and none of the bands show up.
Could also be known as "six doofuses struggle to count money for 50 minutes"
Did you mean: my entire life
@@TruKriegsaffeNo9 Are you six doofuses in a trenchcoat
@@celarts5752i am 😔
Average fruit problems 🫠
I am a shopaholic
@@lungse.2565 Same but with food, I'm way too food-motivated
as many jokes as you can make about this, it’s genuinely cool that you spent so much time re-creating the board for preservation purposes! i know this was probably a tedious process, but genuinely thank you for taking the time to do this so more people can experience such an interesting game!!
3:51 Thats because of the expression "queer as a three dollar bill", which originally had nothing to do with gender deviance, but rsther an old timey way to say something was weird and nonexistent. It then became a saying about something being queer/gay due to people misunderstanding it.
Youve unironically done important archival work for queer history, because even if gay monopoly was never a big thing, it serves as a time capsule to queer culture of the time.
Congrats on uploading the first ever recorded game of Gay Monopoly to the internet
2:36 gay monopoly technically has better handcuffs than MCE and it isn't even an official monopoly
You dare speak that name
I think my favorite part of this vid is learning that Kam says "oh gosh dangit!" When something surprises him,
like a dad from a wholesome 70's family sitcom that just bumped his head on the pipes under the sink he was trying to fix
and i mean that in like, a flattering way
gay monopoly having a three dollar bill is unironically very clever.
Hi Bet
@@W3Rn1ckz omg, hi wari!!! :D
@@betsyrocketram Hi Bet :>
Kam for the love of god you need to make a video with Valefisk playing RapRat. The world needs this to happen.
The ammount of chaos that would occur would not be seen again until the coveted CNA video
I SECOND THIS.
I love the fact that you decided to play Virtual Gay Monopoly in a church. Comedy gold.
The robins egg blue hanky in the right pocket does mean eager bottom though, pitcher/catcher are just slang for top/bottom, I demand a recount! (this video is a blast its very fun to watch yall blindly trying to interpret this board-game from effectively an entire different culture
I was about to ask how you are ripping off Huggbees, but then I realized you also constantly wear sunglasses.
@@Plantrum Those are the top three people always comment, so that'd be my best guess for him 😄
Both are victims of industrial accidents in the sunglasses factory
@@kamsandwichIt's also the way you say "Ads"
How do you "rip off" a rip off? 💀
Check out the board game rip offs episode, strangely enough it does happen!
The stand-in for Jail in this game is Straight City. This implies that in straight monopoly, Jail is the MEGA GAY ZONE.
I mean prisons are pretty full of sweaty muscular dudes.
betting right now that someone out there is mad enough to take these low quality scans and manually remake them into HD
I would have at least used AI to upscale them
@@lungse.2565Cringe
@@lungse.2565 cringe
@@girlykyuu1185 Free.
Don't tempt me
This is what true allyship looks like, even if it wasn’t intentional or realized at the time. You've single-handedly preserved a window into an almost forgotten part of queer culture. Thank you for that!
Homonopoly feels like it would be so much easier and better as a title
And they might not have lost the copyright infringement case!
"Homopoly" is way easier to say aloud
1:30
Walten Files jumpscare
The moment you rip that off will be a day I never forget
personally im waiting for when he rips off obama by becoming president of the united states
@@cryingovermagneticthen he will make monopoly money be used as legal tenure.
@@somethingclever4297 the US treasury will never be the same
@@BigBuckies They are already taking notes on LGE
2:35
The start is Stonewall Savings?
Okay, whoever made this really was in the know 100%
Fact
Balance has finally been restored to the world of monopoly. Thank you brave hero!
The fact you were able to do this is legitimately rad. Can’t imagine how much work went into this
1:30
i love this bit so much since it's true. your early videos were very sam o'nella inspired and your modern videos are very scott the woz inspired lol.
As annoying as it is to manage, making the $3 bill a core part of the Gay Monopoly economy is a great gag.
1:01
I like how he pointed at us when he said "Gays" lol. It's true for me anyway! 😅
same flavor of gay as you. the eyes behind his sunglasses are staring at my soul and i can feel the rattle in my fine china where a heart is supposed to be
@@Yvelluap
lol nice
At least in my circle, there’s a lot of transfems playing board games
He can read my fucking mind
Me and my harem of gaming lesbians
"Queer as a three dollar bill" how long did it take people to get that?
Immediately checked the comments section to see how many people knew that saying.
I always heard the phrase "funny" as a three dollar bill, however it may have just been my family, they never really said gay/queer. Just "funny". (And for the younger ones, no....that's not a compliment despite the word being funny)
I got it right away, but I was also familiar with the phrase because it's referenced in the binding of isaac
1:30
Cant wait for the offical Kamsandwich analog horror and subsequent presidency!
I love that this is phrased to imply Walten Files stuff would directly lead him to becoming president
tbh thank you for archiving this, little things like this get so lost in history, and it’s funny to see what the elder queers that maybe played this game got to experience with their friends and loved ones
I can't believe that not only are we getting to see a function game of gay monopoly, but also, we find out that soon we will get to find out what Kam *did* in 1997.
I finally broke down and bought a somewhat reasonably priced copy last week. So excited for it on TTS.
My favourite part of this game is the gaytors. I love gaytors. This game did gay funny animals before it was cool!
I've seen a copy of this in person! I had no idea it was so rare. The GLBT Historical Museum in San Francisco has a copy, and the archivist there brought it out for a local event at the California Historical Society several years back.
Damn! You're doing amazing work for the preservation of this game.
However, I don't think I can last through a whole game of Monopoly, gay or not.
My lovely gf was the goodwill lister for one of those board games in the beginning of the video. She gets tons of obscure, and incomplete, games everyday
> Be sure to thank the five guys who helped me play the game! With their help I was able to address some kinks
A+, no notes
The monopoly where everyone can have a gay time together!
What do you mean gay no longer means happy?
I believe that there exists an ice cream bar sold in australia known as a Golden Gaytime.
Finally a Monopoly game for me, a gay man
Oh hey
@@radiokunio3738 damn, you caught me gay monopoly gaming
It was only a matter of time before my favorite bad board game reviewer emulated my favorite bad board game maker. Appreciate the commitment to the bit, and I’m definitely gonna boot up TTS to check out this bad boy soon!
Edit: You’re good at what you do, but the games are bad, lol.
I don't know if it ever comes up again, but I have to hazard a guess that the "gay resort" spaces are properties that have the art of sexy men on them, rather than just being almost blank squares. Incidentally, not knowing what to do probably saved somebody some rent money that turn, I don't remember exactly what the board state was then.
Overall, I rate this video a 69 out of 10, very fun, aggressively gay, loved it.
Truly the greatest LGBT ally. Thank you Kam
that was pretty awesome to recreate this game. i'd never play it since i hate triva games, but as someone that likes monopoly i think it's great that this is available.
14:10 Oscar Wilde Waterworks? I never knew he was into that.
Gay Monopoly 2: Lesbian Boogaloo
As a lesbian who enjoys Monopoly, I approve of this idea.
Fun fact: they were actually planning on making a lesbian edition of this game as stated in the thank you card that came with the board, unfortunately, that project had to be scrapped after the Parker Brothers sued them over the usage of the word monopoly.
@@DeadHandtheSurvivor Darn Parker Brothers.
@RuinQueenofOblivion let's make it! As a bisexual, I need a funny Lesbolopoly
Very tempting.
1:32 Wait a second, Kam, you can't cross that name off the list until you ALSO play a few Paradox games... And RTS games... And... *Looks at Vale's old videos* Uh nevermind, go ahead and cross that one off.
Uuuh, can I ask wdym?
@@nplt8263 Because he'd have to play and do basically everything Vale has done to fully be a "rip-off".
@@kabob0077 Ah
I'm not gay but I found my representation in this video: Storage Wars. I occasionally just think about the show and Google Barry Weiss as Barry White every time.
Also, it took me 35 minutes to realize that the board is a circle because it's not straight.
I actually have a complete copy of this game, would help you out but i only have a tablet, not a pc lemme know if i can help out, send pics or something.
You might be able to scan/digitize it and give better assets for the game! See if youve got a good scan to PDF type app available.
You can use AI software to upscale the cards!
@@vbkfivn do you happen to know which cards( I'm assuming) are missing?
Many libraries (in the US, at least) have scanners you could use for this
@@sonofloki-wn3vj I don't know what cards are missing, but a full scan is probably helpful regardless!
Honestly looking up the Bacon thing despite his marriage there's evidence he could've still been attracted to men. I feel like bisexual men could still belong even I doubt that's how the creators of the game would have been thinking of them. The Michelangelo love poems that were originally to a man are real too but it's unclear if he was actually attracted to men, seems possible at least
8:59 theres 2 wolves in you, both are gay and both watch Valefisk
I still think that this game shouldn’t have been sued out of existence. It plays very differently from actual monopoly and a monopoly is a real word that you shouldn’t be able to copyright and/or trademark.
this is so sick, dude. thank you for this work, every time you've talked about Gay Monopoly in the past I've been so sad that it was so obscure and practically impossible to play
Honestly, when I first saw this, I thought it would be some childish "har har, gay funny" stuff, but some of these references are deep cuts from gay culture in the 70's and 80's.
The game came out around the 80s.
Actual people knowledgeable in gay terminology can correct me, but would a “catcher” be a bottom?
Because he may have lost half a point for “eager”, but if “catcher” means what I think it means, then the one player should have got half a point somehow.
12:40 Maybe it's just the fact that I'm too much of a nerd for my own good, but I knew immediately that the card was Keynes.
Same, somehow
same because history and economics drilled keynes into my head
I see you, KamSandvich. You are following Valefisk's footsteps in torturing your friends with obscure tabletop games
This is the Tabletop Sim gayme of all time.
Kam, you just become one of my favorites people on this planet, never have i had so much fun on a video
I got a commercial for an *HIV PILL* while watching this video.💀
Oh I get it; it's a circle. Because it's not straight. Clever.
Knowing what the hankie in the backpocket means recently...
Ollie is a FREAK
That’s gay…
Monopoly
I'm tired of them putting chemicals in the water that turn the frick'n Monopolies gay!
I love all the queers in this comment section. Warms my heart to see us all marvel at how even gay monopoly is boring
3:01 as someone who worked at goodwill those online auctions were such a pain. At least at the one i worked at items that were put aside for those auctions didn’t count for your “production” targets or your average price targets
YES!
Me and my polycule will 100% try to find a way to play this
i have NEVER been more excited to see a kamsandwich video in my notifications. came for gay monopoly, stayed for gay monopoly
Now we need lesbian, bi, trans, cis, a, pan, and all the other monopoly’s
Cis monopoly is just regular monopoly
@@celarts5752 yeah, it's like people asking "how about a STRAIGHT pride month?" Every month is straight pride month.
Trans monopoly could be specifically about you saving up to afford surgery-first player to reach a certain amount of money wins the game.
I’m the old Norm, I want normal Monopoly
@@ob2kenobi388 I feel like that might be a bit limiting, especially since not every trans person wants surgery. I think a better way could be maybe cards and properties celebrating past and current trans icons and trans-friendly places!
CNA just a week away…
Wait wrong channel
Vale playing gay monopoly would be a fair substitute for another week without CNA
gay monopoly jumpscare
Now all i need is a Val and Kam crossover so this side of youtube can explode
This is wild since my school has a display of this game in one of our libraries right now
I'm surprised you got your friends to not flip the board a thousand times I can't even get through a game of candy land on TTS lol
I still think that the inclusion of Sir Francis Bacon and "gay King James I" in Gay Monopoly is one of the funniest things ever.
YES, finally you’ve talked about this game so much it’s so cool to finally see it in all of its action
LET'S FUCKING GOOOO!!!
Also wanted to let you know I fucking love your videos, they're always a good time.
1:31 I can't wait for the monopoly documents analog horror series
Because Disbell made the coin land on its side, Disbell can read minds now.
Not sure if you've fixed this already, but the board is distorted horizontally. It's supposed to be square, but in your digital version it's outstretched.
There is gay monopoly in CU Boulder. I saw the original video then saw the game a couple days later. And now this comes out
24:17 "My controversial take is Snake-Eyes Poplar is Baby"
Smh the state of YGO players, saying TRUE statements as divisive
1:30 literally seconds after saying in my head “this feels like a valefisk video almost”
1:30 This is one of the funniest gags I’ve seen in a while and I’m not even 2 minutes in😭
What a great service to the gay community
I really hope vale and his pals do a video on this
Kam is slowly gonna become Valefisk over his youtube career, im calling it
i just searched up gay monopoly and just watched your video
Absolutely love the ripping off valefisk joke. Love your stuff man, keep it up
We’ve already seen him as Kam-the-Woz. Now we see he is, in fact, Kamfisk.
One step closer to him reviewing Joey's Castle...
We used to get whacked out and play Ebonics Scrabble.
Will you be porting the Campaign for North Africa to TTS next?
The whole three dollar bill joke went right over your head
Now I gotta ask... can the same be done to bring Lesbian Monopoly to life...
1:30 never be afraid rip off sam o nella. Who knows how long swiss miss is gonna let him keep living 😂
VALEFISK MENTIONED AND RIPPED OFF WE CAN REST EASY BOYS 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Now that's some REAL professional Gay Monopoly!
Lmao i got a monopoly go ad on this video
My only criticism is that the board is stretched horizontally beyond its original square shape. I've never created workshop stuff for _Tabletop Simulator_ (yet), so changing it now might be prohibitively difficult, but if it's possible I would like the TTS board to be changed to square so that this game has the best possible chance to look its best.
I tried, I just could not figure it out.
I'm just glad I found a picture of the board that was legible
now you need to make a version you can sell with updated gay trivia
Gay male respected British economist?
MARGARET THATCHER???????
Love this board game playthrough, would love to see more!