Monopoly Deal Card Game

The box measures 3.75 by 5.75 inches and contains two stacks of cards for a total of 110 cards, a detailed rule sheet, and an exclusive robot token. The cards are slightly smaller than a normally sized playing card. Within the mix there are four rules cards, 28 property cards, 11 property wild cards, 34 action, 13 rent, and 20 money cards.

Set up as follows: remove the 4 rule cards and pass them out for reference, shuffle the remaining cards and deal 5 cards to each person. You are look at your cards, but are to keep what you have in hand secret until you are ready to play them. Put the remaining cards face-down in the center to create a draw pile. Decide you will go first and continue clockwise.

To play, first pick 2 cards, play up to 3 of your cards in anyone combination of 3 ways:

1. Put money or action cards in your bank
2. Put down properties into your collection
3. Play action cards (action cards are used to charge rent, swap cards, demand birthday money, ETC.)

You don’t have to play any cards if you don’t want to. The player to collect 3 full property sets in different colors wins.

Classic Monopoly Game Refills

I haven't made a post on this topic for some time. However, after having played Monopoly a few times I have noticed that we have continually ran short of houses. Here is a source for refills for Monopoly money, tokens, houses, and hotels.

How a Charm Bracelet Inspired the Monopoly Games Tokens

The article “How a Charm Bracelet Inspired the Monopoly Tokens” tells how Charles Darrow, the creator of the Monopoly game, nieces were fond of using pieces from there charm bracelets as game tokens when they played Monopoly. It seems Parker Brothers liked the idea and decided to include charm like tokens in their first release of Monopoly.

The article goes on to tell of other tokens that have been used throughout the years. The last photograph on the page displays some vintage 1950’s tokens, some of these I vaguely remember playing with a child.

Monopoly in the News

Here are some recent news articles on the game of Monopoly

Monopoly Tokens have Changed over the Years

The article recounts on the tokens that have been included in Monopoly over the years, starting back in 1935. It was interesting to read on the many different tokens that have come and went over the years.

Monopoly among new Adventure Time Games in the Works

Cartoons Network’s is releasing an Adventure Time special collector’s edition of Monopoly. Now they have us colleting Monopoly games. And of course you realize, that games in their original wrapping will be worth more than those that have been played. This edition features 22 locations from the Land of Ooo and six collectable tokens. I thought the edition was a collectable? You mean you would purchase the game just for its "collectable" tokens?

The Onion Takes a Swipe at Hasbros Game Token Change

If you don’t know about the Onion, it is a site that provides satires of current news articles.

Monopoly Tokens

I should have included this material in with my post on Monopoly editions, but alas, here it is on its own. Wikia provides a page that describes Monopoly tokens that have been found in different editions of Monopoly throughout the years. The Wiki also provides information and images of the tokens that are found in special editions of Monopoly, in which on my last post on this topic, I did not know existed.

Monopoly Token Alternatives

Recently the people at Hasbro had the public vote on a new token for their board game, Monopoly. It is official; the iron will be replaced with a cat. I wonder whether Hasbro will allow users to send in for the updated piece and will they allow users to send back the iron so that it can be scraped?

I wonder how many people will take the time to send in for the updated token? Perhaps the iron should be kept as a memento to days gone by...How many know what an iron is and what it was used used for? Who irons any more anyway?

I have seen other tokens being provided in special editions and have found a few sources for alternative token pieces, but none of them are like the six alternative tokens being written about on the 6 New Monopoly Tokens We Really Need on Smosh Pit.

Monopoly turns us into capitalist vultures

I never really looked at Monopoly in this way, but as the article explains, that it is just what Monopoly is all about. There really isn't anything friendly about this game, even though the cutesie game tokens might suggest otherwise. The game starts off friendly, but after awhile it becomes a dog eat dog, capitalist vultures, pick your opponent clean affair.

Monopoly Editions

My wife and I have been married for twenty-plus years and have never purchased a board game for ourselves. To give ourselves something to do on those snowy weekend days, we recently purchased a copy of Monopoly.

I remember the common game tokens that were provided and was wondering whether alternative tokens could be found. In my searches I came across alternative tokens and a couple special editions of Monopoly that I had no idea existed.

One such edition you can read about on the Fire Wire Blog’s June 15, 2012 post. The author introduces a licensed Godfather edition of Monopoly. The Godfather edition was released to celebrate the 40th anniversary release of the Paramount movie.

The game board is set to depict different businesses that were acquired in the movie. You know, they made an offer that could not be refused. Places like International Pictures. Moe Green’s Casino and Joe’s Diner can be bought, sold, and traded. There’s even a set of special game tokens that depict different scenes in the movie like a dead fish, a horse’s head, Tommy gun, and Town car.

Another edition of Monopoly that I came across was the Futurama edition. I take it, that the game is a takeoff of Comedy Central’s Futurama animated series. Like the Godfather edition, the game board has places that relate to Futurama. What drew me to site were images of its unique game tokens. The tokens depict some of Futurama’s characters like Bender, Hypnotoad, Brain Slug, Seymour, Planet Express Ship, and what if Machine and are rendered in Pewter in all its glory.