Yahoo Link to Article 'Monopoly' Gets a Makeover, but Will Die-Hard Fans Buy It? by Lindsay Robertson Thursday, February 4, 2010 Hasbro has unveiled the design of the new 75th anniversary edition of their classic board game, Monopoly, set to hit stores in fall of 2010. "Monopoly: Revolution Edition" is slick and round instead of dull and square, with debit cards and an ATM instead of paper money and a banker, clear plastic representations of the classic tokens (bye-bye, little boot!), and clips of popular songs (like Rihanna’s "Umbrella," Daniel Powter’s "Bad Day," and Beyonce's "Crazy in Love") that play after certain actions. This is not the first game to get a modern reboot (there’s an update to the classic Trivial Pursuit, and Scrabble got a face-lift for its 60th anniversary), but Monopoly’s changes will undoubtedly appeal to the 21st century's techie youngsters. For one thing, the adjusted-for-inflation prizes are more impressive. Players can collect $2 million dollars for passing “Go” instead of a mere $200 — practically what the average kid gets for losing a tooth these days. But it's bound to annoy die-hard fans of the comforting classic version, who might send it directly to jail come next fall. (At least they can take comfort in the fact that Monopoly: Revolution retains the classic Atlantic City-based street system.) So far, the Internet echo chamber's biggest criticism focuses on the new version's tight security. It seems that when it comes to Monopoly, half the fun comes from cheating by stealing from the till when nobody's looking, a loophole the new version closes with its fancy electronic banking. (However, an electronic banking version has actually been on the market for years.) Surely our nation's tech-savvy youth will somehow find a way to game the "Monopoly" system, assuming they can be pried away from screens long enough to start a game.
Good thing I still have the (if you can call it that) "Classic" older version and my family and I take good care of it. No way am I going to play with some "inflated" and "adjusted" game. Sign of the times? Was it modified since they created it? Maybe they just modified it a little... but none of these "techie" things. "DO NOT PASS GO, DO NOT COLLECT $200" is one of the most awesomest if not one of the most popular phrases of all board games.
I like how they changed from paper money to credit and debit cards. Doesn't get anymore realistic then that with a real estate monopoly game.
They need enough cards in chance to make sure at least one person per game has to forfeit because of medical debt. Also add in a "Madoff Card" where everybody loses everything and one person must commit suicide using the official monopoly 9mm pistol.
and the ken lay card where you get to fake your own death, get a facelift and live out your life in luxurious anonymity in argentina. but seriously, that new game looks stupid - this is more offensive than new coke. DONT F*** WITH AN ICON!!!
LAZY STUPID PEOPLE will love this game because another thing that will be "GONE" is having to calculate the percentages and totals for paying and giving back change. That's right, 'cuz owning roads, hotels, railroad companies, utilities, and going to jail is very realistic. I kid, man. Well, OK, for some peeps here the last one might be.
Those "special editions" don't change the entire board's shape, add silly R&B singer's music or add calculators for slow people.
