???Damn!??� yells the Commander-in-Chief, and he moves the little pewter car 5 spaces to Boardwalk. His opponent smiles and looks at the back of the boardwalk card.

???Let???s see??? that???ll be $2,000.??�

George inspects the dice to see if they're loaded. When he took over the game from Bill, there were tens of thousands placed neatly under the board, stacked in each denomination. He owned most of the property around the board. Good stuff too: Pennsylvania, Pacific, North Carolina. Now, it's all gone. He???ll have to mortgage his remaining property, Baltic and Mediterranean, just to make this payment.

How did it happen? Was it the constant trips to the fridge for another beer? Was it the half-assed attempt to gain control of the other side of the board? The bum deal he???d made with Al Saud, who owned the utilities?

Nah, it was the dice. 36 spins of the board, he never landed on Boardwalk before. Can't possibly blame it on poor judgment.

Act of god.