Monopoly Boards Are Circular Now. Circular!

[Viva Las Espuelas]

hmm. i don't know about this.

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Monopoly Boards Are Circular Now. Circular! (http://gizmodo.com/5459690/monopoly-boards-are-circular-now-circular)

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For its 75th anniversary, Monopoly's getting a massive update, pitting brazen and new against proven and old: Circular board or quadrilateral? Cash currency or fake credit cards? This is the stuff of ruined relationships.
In the monopoly wars, I'm imagining there will be two camps, not four. there will be people who are OK with the circular board and the switch to digital currency, and people who are fine with neither—the purists and the pragmatists. There will be a middle ground in this fight, but it will be drenched in blood.
I think I might be one of the purists. I get that the new design makes a bit more sense, and that giving players credit cards is less trouble than managing a bank full of cash. But you know what would be even less trouble? A video game.
Monopoly Revolution (http://gizmodo.com/tag/monopolyrevolution/) will be out in Fall, for $35. And don't worry—you'll still be able to find old-style boards, too.

[IronMexican]

I play monopoly city.

[MookieCrew]

this is the monopoly board eminem would buy and play every night with conan o'brien and the cast of the life aquatic.

they'd be all

community chest
hailey my baby
there will be oil
chance
spaghetti
macadamia
boardwalk

[Strike]

I don't like it.

[Dex]

This is bullshit.

[Kori Ellis]

:td

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

This game will go the way of New Coke.

You don't mess with the classics.

[Scola]

Hate the new design.

[Das Texan]

Its a gimmick.

either it catches or doesnt, not a big deal. they will make more than enough from it to justify it.

not like they are getting rid of the original anyway.

[Shaolin-Style]

I think digital currency would be okay but the circular board looks crappy.

[The Reckoning]

4cc misses being the big brother banker managing the cash flow.

[MaNuMaNiAc]

I think making it circular takes away from the feeling of advancement you get when you turn the corners in the rectangular board. It simply isn't the same. Remember when one side of the rectangular board would get loaded with hotels and you'd dread that damn corner. I don't know, it doesn't look feasable to me. Don't get me started on the digital money. Don't they know that half the fun of Monopoly is handling the big wads of fake cash. Watching your bank swell while the others' dwindle.

Personally, I give it a huge fucking FAIL.

[Mister Sinister]

What the hell is this shit?!

[Trainwreck2100]

Purists really have no room to bitch, the first monopoly board was circular after all

[anakha]

I think digital currency would be okay but the circular board looks crappy.

Completely agree.

I have no problems with changing the fringe stuff, like money management and tokens, but the circular board just doesn't look aesthetically pleasing.

[Spursfan092120]

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In all seriousness though....lame

[CosmicCowboy]

They had to change it because kids couldn't find anyone to be "banker" because nobody could make change.

[mrsmaalox]

I like to play monopoly but sometimes the games just take too long and I get too bored. So if this new design will help it move along a bit faster, I'd definitely give it a try.

[The Reckoning]

500 parking isnt in the official rules

[Viva Las Espuelas]

500 parking isnt in the official rules


right, you are!

[Bukefal]

:lol that sucks. Some need to realize that not every new change/innovation is a good one. Some things just need to stay the same, the usual.

[JudynTX]

What the hell is this shit?!

+1

They better leave Chutes & Ladders alone. :bang

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

+1

They better leave Chutes & Ladders alone. :bang

It's just a matter of time before this nation becomes so out of shape that it will become Elevators and Elevators.

[Dex]

It's just a matter of time before this nation becomes so out of shape that it will become Elevators and Elevators.

:lol

Introducing the new, politically correct version of Sorry!, Pardon Me!

Also coming soon, Underprivileged Hippopotamuses.

[JudynTX]

:lol

Introducing the new, politically correct version of Sorry!, Pardon Me!

Now that's funny! :lol

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Hippopotami

[JudynTX]

Operation "Repo"

[Viva Las Espuelas]

I like to play monopoly but sometimes the games just take too long and I get too bored. So if this new design will help it move along a bit faster, I'd definitely give it a try.

Well the quickest path between two points is a straight line.

[I. Hustle]

I love it. This new board and the credit card system is the best. I hope they change connect four to a circular board with new colors too. I AM EXCITED! I am going to go to target during lunch and pick one up.

[scampers]

I don't like the circular board at all. Fail.

I've tried the credit card thing, and personally I find it to be a huge annoyance. Plus, when I have kids and play Monopoly with them, I would rather they use paper money. It helps their counting skills and whatnot.

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

I've tried the credit card thing, and personally I find it to be a huge annoyance. Plus, when I have kids and play Monopoly with them, I would rather they use paper money. It helps their counting skills and whatnot.

Exactly. The math training was about the only reason that my parents were willing to let us play. The games I remember growing up usually involved someone jumping out to an early lead on sheer luck (or on the back of a dumb deal which the other players had railed against in the first place), the leader started talking shit, tempers flared, and suddenly we all had tiny metal things to throw at each other within easy reach.

[Dark Gable]

:td

[Stringer_Bell]

shitty shitty shitty. that game board has no personality.

[I. Hustle]

http://www.uberpix.net/wp-content/main/2009_05/samuel-l-jackson-playing-board-games.jpg

[caribbean_spur]

Lame!

[MLewis]

The square board is a classic. You don't mess with the classics. Having physical money is one of the best parts of the game.

[Drachen]

Yeah, I don't like the credit card thing because it doesn't promote math skills. Also, how are you going to wave a fistful of credit card in someone's face? I used to do that with the money, and I would make it rain before make it rain even entered our vernacular.

[Shaolin-Style]

It's just a matter of time before this nation becomes so out of shape that it will become Elevators and Elevators.

Elevators and escalators would be worth the money.