Monopoly Game 'Updated'

[Marla_Singer]

sorry marla but i didnt understand what you were talking about, too much french...

Dans ce cas là tu comprends dans quel état je suis la plupart du temps.

 

[CivCube]

Bah. There are a million versions of Monopoly already, so who cares?

 

[Marla_Singer]

Bah. There are a million versions of Monopoly already, so who cares?

Well wait a sec. There are million different versions of Monopoly, that's true. However, some versions are more official than others. If you go to Brussels, Abidjan, Geneva or Paris, the traditional monopoly will be with the Champs-Elysées and Rue de la Paix. The same could be said obviously about the British monopoly having Mayfair as the most expensive place.

Those versions aren't in the same category as the "NBA Monopoly" or the "Vladivostok Monopoly".

 

[Mise]

I don't get it, mayfair and park lane are STILL among the poshest places in london, and Bond street etc STILL has a tonne of utterly posh shops, so I don't see how changing it to canary warf or the city will make it more realistic. Seems pretty dumb, and I hope this plan doesn't pass go.

 

[Yom]

Why ??

Monopoly is not about reality; it's about fun.

I agree. At least they didn't change the U.S. version.

 

[Bluemofia]

I have 2 versions of monopoly. One about US national parks, and the original one.

 

[h4ppy]

Wait, foreign Monopoly doesn't use Atlantic City streets? My world view has been shattered.

 

[Yom]

Dans ce cas là tu comprends dans quel état je suis la plupart du temps.

On ne parle que l'anglais ici.

 

[CoolioVonHoolio]

Dans ce cas là tu comprends dans quel état je suis la plupart du temps

In those cases you understand in which state I am most of the time?

 

[Yom]

In those cases you understand in which state I am most of the time?

Basically. She was talking about in "this case," though.

 

[El Justo]

ahh...changing the names of the streets is blasphemous. after all, they are all street names from Atlantic City, New Jersey (10 mins from where i live), not London or elsewhere.

they should check out the soaring real estate prices around here.

 

[Marla_Singer]

ahh...changing the names of the streets is blasphemous. after all, they are all street names from Atlantic City, New Jersey (10 mins from where i live), not London or elsewhere.

they should check out the soaring real estate prices around here.

It's been 70 years now that the French monopoly uses the streets of Paris. It's blasphemous to deny such a legitimacy !

 

[El Justo]

It's been 70 years now that the French monopoly uses the streets of Paris. It's blasphemous to deny such a legitimacy !

the atlantic city version is the "original" version. 'nuff said.

 

[Marla_Singer]

the atlantic city version is the "original" version. 'nuff said.

And there's only one big mac and one pair of 501 Levi's jeans...

I REFUSE TO ASSIMILATE ! YOU BORG !!

 

[Joeb WK]

Great just what the world needed yet another version of Monopoly.

 

[Reno]

the atlantic city version is the "original" version. 'nuff said.

Are you saying Translation and Localization are bad things?

The Finnish and German versions are the best anyway.

 

[El Justo]

Are you saying Translation and Localization are bad things?

The Finnish and German versions are the best anyway.

not at all...

 

[Dann]

on a school-test for History lessons we had a question something like: "Monopoly, a world wide very populair board game. Why isnt it availible in Russia and China?"

It had something to do with communism and capitalism

Parker Bros' Monopoly isn't available here, it's true, but you should see the amount of similar games available here. Taiwan's "Da Fu Wong" series for example.

Same gameplay really. Tokens moved via rolling dice. Real estate to buy and develop. Rent to be paid and collected. The option to mortgage property. Random events that either help you or ruin your day.

Plus some innovative options: Buy and sell corporate stocks. A "dirty tricks department" in the form of a card shop. Buy and fund a lab to create gadgets which you can use to pester the other players.

And of course, the trademark cute characters and hilarious dialogue.

 

[Dann]

As for Monopoly, we played it to death when we were kids. Me and a cousin of mine were OK losers, but horrible gloaters when winning. When an opponent lands on his or my hotel and should've gone bankrupt, we don't let it happen. Instead we volunteer to do the victim's accounting for him/her and do this evil creditor skit:

"OK, let's see... You have only so much cash... I'll take your old houses for 50% off. Depreciation see?... and your land holdings for 50% off too since I have to pay the mortgages for you... Stop griping! I still have to pay the bank interest, can't you see how kind I am?.... Hmm... still not enough... do you have any valuable antique heirlooms?... No? Then your ancestral house will have to do. Prepare to move out in a week. Oh, your daughter is kinda cute. Leave her behind. "

At the end of it all, we leave him with nothing but $20 in cash, so that he dies upon stepping into the next player's property.

 

[stormbind]

I was used to the nostalgic feel of the original - not that I play. We have not updated Chess to show modern military & planning

Monopoly in the UK is produced by Waddingtons, not Parker!

Waddingtons has been more recently acquired by Hasbro. The article is a load of crock. Reuters