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Monopoly - New Edition?

money.cnn.com — A change to possibly THE classic board game is coming down the pike - and they are looking for player suggestions. I would propose that at least some of the properties be changed to ISPs or Internet Services. What changes would you think would modernize an old classic, but with the same feel?

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  • knupso, on 10/12/2007, -31/+18You beat me by a half minute. Digging yours.
    • RexKwando, on 10/12/2007, -14/+6How are they going to include the .com bust?
    • tapo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14If you want the .COM Bust, ISPs, and Internet services in a Monopoly game, it's called the Monopoly .com Edition: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/2929

      I have a copy, it's actually pretty cool to have a game birthed from the height of the .com bubble.
    • defythereds, on 10/12/2007, -3/+15chance card?

      ...like "your internet startup goes under. pay each 10 times what you rolled" or "ISP rate hike, pay $50 a turn for the next 5 turns"

      what i want to know is how are they going to handle the corporate scandal stuff? more chance cards? "you are caught laundering millions, get out of jail free!"
    • xENo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12It would never qualify as web 2.0 if you played it on a table...
    • defythereds, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9^ or if it didn't have an AJAX driven social networking feature to see how your friends are playing Monopoly 2.0
    • retawd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7And a +/- system to rate the buy/trade choices the other players made
    • soogy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2http://monopolyhn.hasbro.com/
    • joshjoneswas, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0How about a number you could call for helpdesk advice so your drunk ***** friends don't start cheating! That's pretty "modern" right? There could be a nice voice on the other end that answers questions on the rules of the game such as the free parking thing!
    • Silencer7, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2-antitrust lawsuits!!!
      -wheelchair ramps
      -Free ADSL and HBO in all rooms
      -something more logical than putting the skid rows of Baltic and Mediterranean right around the corner from Boardwalk and Park Place...or maybe that's from the busted rich people who blew all their money on coke...
      -Railroads? In America? How old is this game?? You only get CSX (chemical spills, vehicle collisions) or Amtrak (you lose money. period.)
      -No Free Parking. In fact, parking tickets. lots of 'em.
      -$200 now no longer worth the gas it takes to pass Go; soon to be replaced with Euros or Yuan
  • theblackgecko, on 10/12/2007, -3/+17Looks like yet another edition with the same old mechanics and different names. The only change will be that all the dollar values are multiplied by 100.
    • dclowd9901, on 10/12/2007, -22/+12Make it less ***** boring. That'd be a start.

      It's just like Dane Cook says: About 4 hours into it, you're bored, frustrated, and wanna punch Nana in the face.
    • soogy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4You also forgot that they're replacing everything with stadiums and malls, according to the votes. How sad, 73% of voters picked the Mall of America. How culturally significant!

      This is going to be Commercialopoly.
    • infracani, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0A nice playable Monopoly-like clone called Blogpoly can be played online at http://www.kurnik.org/
      It was first presented as a fun idea at http://littleoslo.com/eng/blogpoly.htm and made headlines on many blogs some time ago.

  • SpacemanSpiff, on 10/12/2007, -7/+44They should put Bill Gates on the front instead of the guy in the top hat.

  • Durvivor, on 10/12/2007, -1/+16Hmm, I wish they didn't have landmarks as options. Doesn't it seem strange to say "I just put a house up on the Mall of America?" It just doesn't roll off your tounge does it?
  • joehobbes, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11Anybody seen the .com edition of Monopoly?

    Its funny to look back at some of the properties on there :)
    Some are ISPs and such like mentioned above for the utilities.

    I picked on up on clearance a while back and don't regret it.
    Years from now it will ooze lots of geek nostolgia :D
  • dvddesign, on 10/12/2007, -3/+56Why do they feel the need to update this? This drives me to go purchase the game in it's current form.
    Board games easily last 20 years with good care, and permanently updating it to be topical and current seems to be silly and unneccesary. I can forgive the one off special editions (Texas A&M Aggie-opoly?!) and movie tie-ins, as those are special editions, but this is MONOPOLY!

    Next we'll be updating Connect Four to be more culturally sensitive.
    Bullemic Bullemic Hippos?
    El Uno?
    Sugar-Free Candy Land (Sugar-Free Candy Land has been known to cause loose stools if played in above average quantities...)
    Slides and Ramps (chutes sound too violent, and ladders aren't supportive of the disabled)
    Asian Checkers
    • adam84a, on 10/12/2007, -10/+3nice
    • GravyTrain6, on 10/12/2007, -9/+4dugg the comment just because of the sugar-free candy land disclaimer
    • atmablue, on 10/12/2007, -4/+9"This drives me to go purchase the game in it's current form."

      I think you just answered your own question.
    • dWhisper, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9If they wanted to update some games, go nab a copy of Life, make it less boring, toss in things like divorce, infidelity, and make it so your insurance would screw you when you tried to file your claim.

      Half of the fun with Monopoly is seeing those old properties, and then, when you have a chance, visit some of them and see ooooh, that's why Boardwalk was so damn expensive.

      Luckily they say the original will still be available in the article. I'm willing to bet it will outsell the new version. Didn't New Coke taught us anything?
    • matts0344, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Exacty! I want Monopoly to stay the way it is. Its Menopoly, it works, it doesn't need changing.
    • CarlosReyes, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"When this game came out, we were only a 49 state union and had 1 World War under our belt. The civil war was as old then as world war 2 is today."

      If im not mistaken, and I know im not, The US had 48 states, Alaska and Hawaii becane states in 1959.
    • Vimes, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I want someone to finally make OLYGOPOLY. It's like Monopoly but to survive you'd have to join into a loose conglomorate with other players to set prices and gouge customers. Chance/Community Chest cards would include the "Anti-trust Lawsuit" card.
  • seanmc303, on 10/12/2007, -2/+18They should make it a MMORPG!
    • ianweir, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Yeah, throw in a few NPCs, get an exp. system that lets you build bigger houses, and then you can do a couple of quests and establish contacts that can shorten your jail terms. :P
  • winterwynde, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Somehow I suspect that presenting an update to Monopoly as the new de facto version won't go over to well with the public.
  • mayhemt, on 10/12/2007, -1/+18Instead of a jail corner, there should be a 'Patent infringement' corner. Where the owner/banker would have option of taking the settlement amount or sue the other guy (pay small amount, but miss n turns).... That would put a modern twist to the game.
    • pjh3000, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6No, the Jail square should be replaced with "Guantanamo Bay", and instead of going to Jail, you are classified an Enemy Combative.
    • JangoFett, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4Nah, the jail should be "RIAA Lawsuit".
  • zyang, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3monopoly vice city
  • monkzero, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6I think the old classic feel and look is what makes Monopoly great, for today. I think making it more modern will have that feel like other "Special Edition" games like Star Wars Monopoly... Although, the car peice would be even more popular and most wanted, when it's a modern sports car.
  • cambrown99, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6Stupid marketing ploy
  • databasecowboy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7They need to include patents and copyrights... download an illegal song, forfeit game. Or maybe use an obscurely patented algorithm lose two turns while fighting in court.
  • aliengoods, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Better question. Why would I give any good ideas I had to Hasbro so they could get a patent on 'method of improving gameplay by screwing over people who gave them good ideas' and charge me more money to buy the game I thought of. Call me cynical, but IF I get a good idea for a game such as monopoly I'll try to manufacture the game myself or take it to my grave. I'm not about to buy an exec a new island in the carribean. Just my thoughts.
  • dolby, on 10/12/2007, -23/+2Monoply is dead, bury it already.
    • Xinareiaz, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9Dude, Monoply is awesome.
    • darookee, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Monopoly Rocks!
    • bannonto, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Monopoly is one of the best games around. I play it with my 5 yeary old daughter at least once a week. She is now the banker, and has learned some great math skills.

      Math Rocks!!
  • Anth, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5While I like the idea of airports replacing railroads, the four should be LAX, ORD, ATL and DFW, since they're the four busiest airports in the US.
    • ianweir, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Yes, because there's nobody outside of the USA who plays monopoly. ;)
    • perral1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Well, they're all already American airports anyway...

      -Perral1
    • darookee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Don't they allready use other names in other countries? I thought I heard that every country has it's own edition of Monopoly and uses it's own popular street and railstation/airport names.
  • Scopitone, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Duh! Change every single playing piece to the metal car.
    • jhuebel, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6Nah, there needs to be a Hummer H2. Isn't that a symbol of our excess?
    • CarlosReyes, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1screw that, we need the windows logo.
  • Ainast, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Things I would add.
    A stock market.
    Airports
    Fraud Cards. etc
  • DisposableRob, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Risk 2210 had a good idea: tactical nukes. Launched from the Moon.
  • fatlip, on 10/12/2007, -0/+17screw the dog.. i want to be the RIAA that way i always win

    land on my property? SUE.
    land on someone else's property? SUE.
    own a computer? SUE.
    don't own a computer? SUE.

    i have a feeling i'll win.
  • rm999, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15The best advice - don't change a classic. Ever. It will only look like a gimmick and dilute the original's name.
    • Jonas398, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5wiser words have never been said.
    • drunkenoaf, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3wiser words *have* been said.
    • crappylinks, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Yeah, I grew up in Atlantic City (in fact lived on some of the streets on the board) and I boycott all non-original versions of the game.

      And no I did not live in a little green plastic house.
  • equanimous, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2Hi

    I have made an eigenpoll to find the best financial IQ games.
    http://all-technology.com/eigenpolls/fiqgames/

    When starting to study a new subject, I like to find best material on the subject and that is what eigenpolls is designed to do.
    While most polls find the most popular option, eigenpoll helps find the rare jewels of a subject and my experience from other eigenpolls is that the rare jewels is about a order of magnitude better than the popular ones.
    I do know that an eigenpoll looks a little confusing at first and if you have suggestions to make it simpler let me know.
    Just start adding missing games to the list, then mark the games you have played and rank them in the little window at the top.

    Right now the list of options looks like.

    St. Petersburg
    Edel, Stein & Reich
    Traders of Genoa
    Basari
    Cashflow 202
    Puerto Rico
    Palmyra
    Cashflow 101
    Rags To Riches
    MONOPOLY
    Bohnanza
    San Juan
  • johnnybravoh, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10Monopoly unfortunately is what most people think of as the pinnacle of board gaming. Nothing could be further from the truth. Go to http://www.boardgamegeek.com and check out a few games there. If you are adventurous enough to step outside of the standard games that most of us in the U.S. are accustomed to, you will find a wonderfully rich, challenging and thought provoking world of board games out there. Plus boardgamegeek.com has one of the most active communities I have ever had the privilege of being a part of.

    Check it out. You will be happy you did.

    Oh, and if you do get hooked. Please give me the credit.

    :)
  • ejwilliam, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Yea kinda like they failed with that game park ave this will not work.

    How about a game called SIM:Candyland from the makers of SIM city
  • Hentez, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Vote away http://monopolyhn.hasbro.com/
  • bacon_skoda, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2add more chance cards like eminent domain.
    and of course, up the freakin utilities to sky high when war happens on chance.
    then, maybe someone will buy the utilities.

    also replace railroads with GM/Ford/Chrysler/Toyota.
    • Jacob, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Hmm I dont know, with GM/Ford/Chrysler the owner of the property would end up having to pay the bank 200 every trip around the board.
  • quokkapox, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Monopoly seems outdated because there is no concept of litigation in the game. The rules are explicitly defined. You cannot file frivolous lawsuits against people who land on your property, or against people on whose property you have landed. Maybe that's why it's fun...
  • indeh, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6What, nobody has suggested "buy a politician" yet?
  • FishyJoe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The current 500 editions of Monopoly aren't enough? More is needed?
  • thewise1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Change Boardwalk to Google.
    Make the "Go straight to jail" square instead say "Caught pirating mp3s. SWAT breaks down your door and disrespects your family. Go straight to jail!"
  • ElGuano, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I'm not sure why it has to be updated. Part of the reason it's fun is because of that nostalgic, "Carnegie/Rockefeller" era feel. Besides, as mentioned before, there are a billion and one special editions for every blockbuster movie and college campus in America. Would a "Millennium Edition" really add to the appeal for anyone?
  • CoolDude330, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Awesome. I mean, the special editions of Monopoly are way over the amount they should be, but this is ACTUALLY a good idea.
  • shillbert, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Two words:
    Edna Krabappoly
  • fyngyrz, on 10/12/2007, -2/+22They need new cards:

    o Your ability to travel has been restricted. Go back one space.
    o You are being searched. Miss one turn.
    o Your civil rights have been stripped. Go to jail for rolling dice.
    o "Call a lawyer" card -- results in "get out of jail" if roll of dice does not come up snake eyes
    o Lose "call a lawyer" card: Removal of citizen's rights to representation
    o Lose all your funds to pre-emptive assumption of guilt
    o Lose most expensive property: Government exercises eminent domain because they want your land
    o Celebrity card: Same as "get out of jail free", suggest pictures of OJ, MJ, GB
    o Spammer sends you child porn. Go directly to jail.
    o You're caught smoking pot. Removal from game, all property and money forfeit.
    o In-state growth, sales and medical use of pot results in declaration of "interstate commerce." Go to jail.
    o You're caught driving drunk after a hit-and-run. "DUI school." Go back one space..
    o You've gotten sexy body piercings in Georgia. Go to jail.
    o You've bought adult toys in South Carolina. Go to jail.
    o You've gained control of an oil company. You win the game.

    ...and so on.
    • quokkapox, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Maybe Digg humor *can* compete with Slashdot humor :)
    • bluemech, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2No, it can't because those weren't funny. At all.
  • potatomasher, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2how about instead of buying property you can buy stocks and apply for patents. Then you could sue other players whenever their cards/actions infringes on your patent. In the "luck" pile of cards you could also pick up cards like "You have been found guilty of copyright violation, please pay 5000$ in damages to the *IAA" :)
  • lukejames, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7You definitely have to have PATENT VIOLATIONS.

    "Small company wins patent and sues you for your own invention. You are bankrupt."
    • Demarche, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Or some sort of IP Holding Firm/Domain Squatter who you have to pay off after accumulating a matching set of properties.
  • thewise1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Add a card to the chance stack that says "You trip on the person to your right's unfinished kitchen floor and fall on a kitchen knife while trying to steal their TV. You win a settlement of $1800!"
  • gotamd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I'm glad we'll still be able to buy the original. I like it the way it is.
  • flap, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1So nobody else wants to have a system for robbing the bank or what?
  • peteyako, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Is this going to be Monopoly Microsoft Edition?
  • uptown, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Just add boobs ... leave the rest the same.
  • equanimous, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Hi

    Check out this eigepoll of similar games.
    http://all-technology.com/eigenpolls/fiqgames/
  • SpeedyG, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2This is an inaccurate headline/description, period. INSIDE the flash being linked to, it says that these are the choices for the upcoming Monopoly: Here and Now edition. There is no change being made to the classic version; this is just another in a long line of specialty editions of the game.

    Marked as Inaccurate.
  • signal15, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Personally, I like the classic feel. I definitely think they should keep that. Putting current things in it is gimmicky.

    I think they should give it a more classic feel. Fake dark leather printed on the board, gold colored game pieces. Kind of that Rockefeller mansion cigar room kind of classic. Then, add in the capability to invest money in stocks and bonds, or form a trust where you couldn't be bankrupted by accidentally landing on someone else's Boardwalk or Park Place. Maybe have a way of doing offshore accounts and tax evasion. Cheating on taxes with the possiblity of getting caught, etc.

    They could even go electronic with some of it, as long as the retain the classic 1920's corporate feel.
    • CarlosReyes, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1There Is a real expensive version, cant remember the name though, the faimous ney york toy store, basicaly its monopoly with a lether board, gold engravings, a real diamond, and real money.
  • wintersheart, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0Cool it needs an upgrade but I must say it will never replace my Star Wars monopoly.

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  • nebunezzar, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1It could be cool, or a bunch of idiots could vote for the lamest landmarks ever. Anyone know where to rent a board game?
  • GGERG15, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3they need to add pimps, ho-izzles, and the game piece needs to be an escalade on twenty fooes. That will make it updated
  • scotty2012, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2how about net neutralopy? where you are sand isp, and you have to pay the telecom companies to get through?
  • BuSkiLLS, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0They better still be making the original version of the game, that i will cherish forever. I do agree that the change may make the game seem a little weird, with the new versions of the classic landmarks, but i do like the new Waikiki beach, vote for it!!1
  • Pottersquash, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12nd place in beauty pagent card should be partnered with 10th Place dog show Pay Groomer 200
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