![]() ![]() This one is based on the popular TV show (and books, but who reads those, right? :)). Only 4 players are supported – limited by the number of “credit cards” and banking unit capabilities. Not all things digitalized are positive only, I, guess. The main negative of this edition is that it takes away the trading and bargaining aspect of the game (as all transactions must be “official” and made by the central unit), thus the game is much more chance affected. Some rules are slightly changed (no railroads, utilities, and hotels – you get the fifth level of housing instead) and the gameplay is much faster. Players each have their “credit card” instead of cash and with a combination of the unit and property cards money changes hands. It’s a computer that does all the transactions for you. The main feature of this edition is the centralized ultimate banking unit. Trading is done with good old cash, so a lot of manual calculations must be made and one of the players must second-role as a banker. Houses and hotels are unfortunately plastic not wooden (try looking for retroversion). Tokens are metal and feel really nice and heavy: a battleship, a car, a dog, a hat, etc. The list wouldn’t be complete with the one, that started it all.īaltic Avenue, Vermont Avenue, Atlantic Avenue, Park Place, and Boardwalk are some of the properties you will compete for with other players. You can find more about the family of Monopoly games on BoardGameGeek. If you constantly get beaten by your friends and would like to get better at playing Monopoly, check out my guide for winning at Monopoly. The remaining player is then declared a winner. The game is played until all but one go bankrupt. Other tiles that make up the board are jail (you cannot move for a while), chance and community chest tiles (you draw a card from a deck that contains either positive or negative impact on you – you pay or you receive money), utilities and railroads (properties that work a bit different as regular). When a player owns all the properties of the same color (usually 3), he can start building houses and hotels on them, thus further increasing the rent that must be paid upon a visit. In a case when the property is already owned by someone else, the visitor must pay rent to the owner. If the property is not bought, it goes up for auction. ![]() Board is made up of several properties, which the players who visit them have the option to buy. Players use dice (usually two of them) to travel along on the board (clockwise). Game mechanics allow for very easy implementation of different themes, and there are a lot of different editions of Monopoly on the market. Persuading players to trade properties with you, looking for the right price, and satisfying your inner salesman/tycoon is really what keeps this game on the top charts of popularity. Before I get on with my pick for the best monopoly editions, let’s quickly go through the basics.Īlthough it involves a die and a very high luck factor, the true skills lay in money management and negotiation. It was first published in 1935 and after 84 years it’s still going strong. One of the oldest and most popular board games. ![]()
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