Monopoly Game 'Updated'

[Bigfoot]

For some reason I thought this thread was about customized rules for Monopoly, although it is a pretty good game as is. Personally I don't care what they call the properties, it is the same game.

Dann, is there a US version of Da Fu Wong? It sounds kind of interesting...

 

[OrpheusPrime]

Bah, to hell with realism. I'm sticking with my old Yankee version of the game (I've got a classic monopoly set thats somewhat of a family heirloom). Then again, the last time I actually bothered playing Monopoly I was just a youngster.

 

[stormbind]

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

Which is the foreign one?

Waddingtons (UK) and Parker (US) acquired the rights to Monopoly (pre-release concept) at the same time. They were both double-crossed by the game designer. I do not remember where I read that.

 

[El Justo]

Waddingtons (UK) and Parker (US) acquired the rights to Monopoly (pre-release concept) at the same time. They were both double-crossed by the game designer. I do not remember where I read that.

heh...how do you know all of this?

 

[stormbind]

It's just something I read a long time ago. Plus, when I read the article, I pulled a monopoly box from under the wardrobe and it says Waddingtons on it

Do not dare to think I actually play it!

 

[El Justo]

It's just something I read a long time ago. Plus, when I read the article, I pulled a monopoly box from under the wardrobe and it says Waddingtons on it

Do not dare to think I actually play it!

capitalism AND monopoly are a great thing though...i bet they don't have it in n korea or cuba (or laos or china for that matter!)

 

[JtheJackal]

Whats next, Boardwalk into Trump's Taj Mahal?
I think its great Monopoly has all this nostalgia for people from all these different countries. Eventhough the properties have different names they are ingrained in culture the same way.

 

[wit>trope]

It sounds like the classic version is still forever available so I don't see what the big deal is. They aren't changing anything about how the game actually works and plays. It's just cosmetic changes. I think they should try changing the actual game mechanics by making it more strategic and less luck dependent.

 

[h4ppy]

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

Since when were Bishops and Queens military units? You're statement would have made more sense if you'd used Stratego.

 

[Dann]

Dann, is there a US version of Da Fu Wong? It sounds kind of interesting...

Maybe there is, but the chances are slim. I'll try to look for it.

Besides it IS Monopoly mutated into something closer to the Chinese world. A lot of the nuances and humorous dialogue will be lost in any translation back into English.

Like for example a special square you land on allows you to hire a witch of some sort to curse a class of player of your choice (all males, or richest one, or one with least property etc.), which could actually turn out to be yourself if you're not careful!

 

[EdwardTking]

I played with the London version of Monopoly when I was young, but I found the world too small, so I made up and added an extra two boards complete with property deeds and spurious draw cards.

One extra board had local street names, another had UK cities. On reaching Go on the original board, the player jumps to Go on the 2nd board and then when reaching Go there, the player jumps to Go on the 1st (London) board.

There were two strategic effects; people ran out of money to first purchase properties on list price, more auctions; and you had three rounds of the board to recover from the impact of spending a night in a hotel on Mayfair (or its equivalent on the other two boards).

 

[stormbind]

Since when were Bishops and Queens military units? You're statement would have made more sense if you'd used Stratego.

My statements always make sense

Not being a historian, and not knowing the full history of chess, I cannot gives specifics but there could be stacks of examples along the lines of warrior monks, warrior chaplains, and Boudicca-like characters.

Not every period in history demonstrates pen-pushing warmongers.

 

[Knight-Dragon]

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.

Hey, I did that too!

 

[Knight-Dragon]

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.

I played something like that, but it's from Hong Kong, with all the Hong Kong street names...