Tuesday, July 5, 2005

Monopoly - The Here & Now Limited Edition

Monopoly

Well this is the new edition of
Monopoly released to mark the 70th anniversary of the popular board game. They says it is limited (update: it is limited only for the inclusion of the London bus mover) but I am not sure. We will see. Some has even said that this is a complete revamped. The classic version is still available if you prefer as are other special edition boards such as Star Wars or Brighton. Monopoly - The Here & Now Limited Edition is available from Woolworths and most places for a crisp twenty.

Monopoly

Here is the revamped board dominated by a rendering of London's popular and modern landmarks like the erotic
Gherkin, London Eye, Thames Barrier and Wembley Stadium. I really like the new design. New locations for purchase include London airports which replaces the train stations and GMTV studio, Soho, Notting Hill, Wimbledon and The Scum.

Monopoly

Here is a close-up of the famous Go starting point. Instead of £200 you now collect £2m as you pass go. You would really need them with prime estates such as The City and Canary Wharf costing £4m and £3.25m. I am a little disappointed by the design of the houses (now called apartments) and hotels. A little too cheap (but stackable). But the new movers are amazing. They finally got on with time, now you have a rollerblade, skateboard, burger, racing bus, F1 car, airplane and a classic routemaster London bus (limited).

Monopoly

The design of the new paper money isn't that great. It's all available in white background colour for all denominations up to £5m.

Monopoly Bus

All in all the redesign is wonderful. There are a couple of minor misses such as the inclusion of The Scum for £1.5m. Who the hell wants to purchase a rag like that? This is the budding game for hardcore capitalist and wannabee property developers. Which is all a little weird since my ideals are more towards the left. But then again this is just a game. A great game which I played since I was a kid.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow...u actually went and got it..hehe.. I've just been playing the online version last week. Got a bit boring. IMO, I like the names from the old board but this is an interesting update.

Jon Choo said...

Its actually Jennifer's. We played it last night (I won) and the paper monies are a little too thin. The big denominations needs getting used to but I am happy with it. Would be a blast if I could get a couple more people to join in. Alas most of the people I know are die hard anti-capitalist. Most of the time I just play Monopoly for Pocket PC version.

living-in-the-uk said...

looks quite nice actually. hehe monopoly is nice with 10 ppl.
not that i remember how to fit 10 players in there.good one. just when i thought i could buy marylebone. it becomes outdated. lol.