Product Description

Monopoly is the classic property trading board game. Starting from the famous "GO" space, move around the board, buying, selling and trading properties, making deals, building apartments and hotels as you go. Watch out for players landing on your property - they owe you rent! And don't forget to collect ?2,000,000 every time you pass "GO"! That's right, ?2MILLION in cash! For the first ever time, Monopoly Here and Now UK Edition features the "22 greatest places in the UK...as voted by YOU!" Buy anywhere from Liverpool to St. Albans! Your success depends on wise speculation, smart investments and clever deals. Even if your luck fails, you can still resort to mortgages and deals with other players. If you become the wealthiest player with so much money that you own it all - you win Monopoly! Suitable for 2 to 6 players.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #17583 in Toys & Games
• Brand: Hasbro
• Released on: 2007-10-01
• Dimensions: 10.43" h x 2.36" w x 15.35" l, 2.07 pounds

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Manufacturer's Description

Monopoly is the classic property trading board game. Invented in America during the Great Depression, it’s the game about dealing in big money and getting rich quick. Starting from the famous "GO" space, move around the board, buying, selling and trading properties, making deals, building apartments and hotels as you go. Watch out for players landing on your property – they owe you rent! And don’t forget to collect £2,000,000 every time you pass "GO"! That’s right, £2MILLION in cash!

The world has changed amazingly over the last 70 years and you’ve now got the opportunity to decide which are the greatest locations in the UK to go onto our new Monopoly Here & Now UK edition. For 4 weeks in May we’re running an online vote on the Monopoly website to ask the people of the UK to decide the Top 22 greatest locations in the UK to make it onto the final board and the one with the most votes will make it onto the coveted ‘Mayfair’ spot. You can vote for one of the 66 UK cities or cast a vote for your town or village using our ‘Wildcard option.’ There are campaign packs online so you can download posters and drum up support locally to try and get your location onto top spot. Also there is a live leader board so you can see exactly how your location is doing. The vote will run until midnight on the 25th May and you can vote once a day so don’t forget to come back and check how your chosen location is doing! We’ll reveal the final board and which locations have made which spots later in the year!!

Your success depends on wise speculation, smart investments and clever deals. Even if your luck fails, you can still resort to mortgages and deals with other players. If you become the wealthiest player with so much money that you own it all – you win Monopoly! .

Features 1 Gameboard 1 pack of Monopoly money 6 Movers 2 Dice 32 Green Apartments 12 Red Hotels 28 Title Deed Cards 16 Chance Cards 16 Community Chest Cards 6 Monopoly Bank Cards Game Rules & Instructions For 2-6 players Manufacturers recommended age 8 years +

The Game The idea is to buy and rent or sell properties around the board. Starting from "GO" players move their tokens around the board according to the throw of the dice. When a player’s token lands on a space that’s not already owned, they can buy it from the bank, otherwise it is auctioned off to the highest bidder. The object of owning property is to collect rent from any other player that lands there. Rent is increased by the erection of apartments and hotels, so it is wise to build them on some of your properties. Community Chest and Chance spaces give the draw of a card, instructions on which must be followed. Sometimes players land in Jail! The game is one of shrewd and amusing trading and excitement.

Which location will take the ‘Mayfair’ top spot!
What will be top spot?? According to a recent survey by rightmove.co.uk – the best places in the UK to own property are
1.Wandsworth (London)
2.St Albans
3.London

But are they the greatest locations???……Please go to the Monopoly website and make your vote count!

The History It was 1934, the height of the Depression, when Charles B. Darrow of Germantown, Pennsylvania, showed what he called the Monopoly game to the executives at Parker Brothers. Can you believe it, they rejected the game due to "52 design errors"! But Mr Darrow wasn't daunted. Like many other Americans, he was unemployed at the time, and the game's exciting promise of fame and fortune inspired him to produce it on his own. With help from a friend who was a printer, Mr Darrow sold 5,000 handmade sets of the game to a Philadelphia department store. People loved it! But as demand grew, he couldn't keep up with all the orders and came back to talk to Parker Brothers again. The rest, as they say, is history! In its first year, 1935, the Monopoly game was the best-selling game in America. And over its 65-year history, an estimated 500 million people have played! The Monopoly game is so much a part of today's popular culture that lawyers have trademarked many of its graphic elements. The Tokens, Railroad, Community Chest, Chance, and Title Deed designs, as well as the original Boardwalk and all four gameboard corners are legally protected.

And Now? Nowadays Monopoly is sold in 80 countries and published in 26 different languages. The current line includes Monopoly Nostalgia Edition, Monopoly Junior and Irish Monopoly as well as some great licensed versions of the game. These include Simpsons Monopoly, Star Wars Monopoly, Monopoly Lord of the Rings, Duelmasters Monopoly, Thunderbirds Monopoly and the great new Disney Monopoly. The classic game is being brought up to date with an edition that has been voted fo. Available in both UK & Irish versions!

A Few Funny Facts Long games: The longest Monopoly game ever played was 1,680 hours - that's 70 straight days! Longest game in a bathtub: 99 hours Longest game underwater: 45 days Longest game played upside-down: 36 hours The Monopoly game at War: Escape maps, compasses, and files, were inserted into Monopoly game boards and smuggled into POW camps inside Germany during World War II. Real money for escapees was slipped into the packs of Monopoly money. Outsiders and Insiders: The largest outdoor game ever played used a gameboard 938 feet wide by 765 feet long. The Monopoly contest required approximately a full city block! The largest indoor game ever played used a gameboard 122 feet by 122 feet in size. Around the World: An estimated 500 million players from around the globe have enjoyed the Monopoly game since its creation in 1935. The Monopoly game is published in 26 languages and available in 80 countries around the world. A Building Boom: The Monopoly game has to be the biggest builder in the world! Who else manufactures a hundred million houses in a year? The Bank: Parker Brothers prints about 50 billion dollars worth of Monopoly money in one year. Ever wonder how much Monopoly money comes with a standard set? The total is £15,140.

Customer Reviews

If it ain't broke don't fix it
While this retains a lot of the original enjoyable features of the game and trying to buy our favourites cities added to the interest,the attempt to update the prices and money have just complicated matters beyond belief. Now you need a calculator handy to work out some of the transactions and our 'banker' was driven to distraction by players constantly needing change. We abandoned our attempt to count up at the end as it all those extra zeros just got too confusing... and we had 4 maths O levels between us!