Tag Archives: monopoly
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‘Monopoly Gamer: Mario Kart’ Board Game Variant Out Now
If I were to try to think about two games that are pretty much the exact opposite of one another, Mario Kart and Monopoly may spring to mind. One is a high speed racing video game, the other is a notoriously slow real estate game designed during an era when the general public possessed the attention span necessary to […]
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Monopoly Cheaters Edition Encourages Bad Behavior
When classic board game Monopoly was developed back in the 1930s, it was intended as a not-so-subtle critique of capitalism during the Great Depression. But it’s 2018 now, and it’s more than time for that critique to have its barbs resharpened – and so, we now have the Monopoly Cheaters Edition. As anyone who’s ever played a game […]
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Vote Monopoly: Vote on the Next ‘Monopoly’ Tokens
Shoe. Top Hat. Racecar. TURTLE?? That’s right, the folks at Hasbro are once again trying to update their classic board game Monopoly, and this time they need the help of us, the voting public. On a new website Vote Monopoly, you can select eight new possible tokens from a whole mansion full of them—and yes, […]
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‘Monopoly: Back to the Future Trilogy Edition’ (Photos)
Much like Marty’s triumphant return to the future, Monopoly: Back to the Future Trilogy Edition was inevitable. But now that it’s here, we might as well try to enjoy it. Monopoly: Back to the Future Trilogy Edition has all the shout-outs you’d expect from a Back to the Future themed board game, starting with the […]
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‘Game of Thrones Monopoly’ Is Coming
The two most vicious interpersonal systems known to man are capitalism and whatever it is you call what they’ve got going on in Westeros. So a combination of Game of Thrones and Monopoly is a match made in Heaven and/or Hell, which is why the recently announced Game of Thrones Monopoly is such an exciting prospect. Game of Thrones Monopoly will follow […]
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‘Monopoly’: ‘The Legend of Zelda’ Edition
The people at USAopoly (three guesses as to what they specialize in) have developed a new special edition of the classic Monopoly board game. It’s Monopoly: The Legend of Zelda, based on the, ah, legendary Nintendo video game series that’s been going strong since the mid-1980s. Monopoly: The Legend of Zelda allows players to do something […]
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‘3D Monopoly New York Edition’: The Classiest ‘Monopoly’ You Can Imagine
In addition to being one of the most popular board games ever (if not the most popular), Monopoly is also probably the most customized board game of them all. One of the newest variants on Monopoly is 3D Monopoly New York Edition from artist Charles Fazzino. 3D Monopoly New York Edition comes in a two-inch-deep […]
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Hasbro Releases The Godfather-themed Monopoly Set (Video)
It would seem unlikely that a family friendly company like Hasbro would team up with “The Godfather”—a movie franchise that is as mature as it comes. Perhaps a Hasbro executive woke up with the head of his favorite horse in his bed. Either way, the company has announced that they will be celebrating the 40th […]
