Parker Brothers has decided to update Monopoly yet again - as if the hundreds of licensed content versions weren't enough. As an aside - the Hasbro web site lists no fewer than 10 versions of Monopoly now available, from the Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, and Disney editions, to the Anniversary, Deluxe, and Junior versions. Wow, now that's a way to milk that franchise (Apegames should take note!)

However this new version of the venerable classic, titled the 'Here and Now Edition" loses the fake paper bills in favor a fake plastic Visa debit card and a calculator-like machine to read them and keep track of your virtual cash. It purports to offer a modernized version of the game with new tokens (does this mean I can't be the shoe?), popular American locations from across the US, and dollar amounts updated to today's amounts (finally keeping pace with inflation, I suppose.) The game comes with a modern price as well - costing $10 more than the traditional version.

Posted by scottsh at Wednesday July 26, 2006 - 10:49 AM | TrackBack (0) | Category: Board Games | © 2006 Gaming Signal

Bah, my brother and I used to use calculators (years ago) to keep track of the money when we played because it was a pain to use the fake cash long before this came along. Guess I should have patented the idea...

Posted by Peter on Thursday July 27, 2006 at 8:30 AM

Posted by vani on Monday October 02, 2006 at 11:19 PM

2fdwed

Posted by on Wednesday October 04, 2006 at 8:45 AM