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Monopoly goes circular for 75th Anniversary



Monopoly owners Hasbro will be launching a circular version of the board game to celebrate the 75th anniversary of its creation the company has announced at this year's Toy Fair. The game, which stays the same when it comes to gameplay, will involve players moving around the board as if it were a roundabout rather than the traditional square set we've all come to know and love.

But it's not just a random move to give die-hard fans a reason to buy yet another version, it turns out one of the first concepts for the board game was circular according to Hasbro.

Not to be out done by the latest video games, however, the Monopoly board will do away with cash and the chance to raid the bank when no-one is looking. Players instead will be issued with a chip and pin credit card and a central console that plays banker. No fair.

Expect the new version to be in the shops later this year.












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[info]anasella_emm 2nd-Feb-2010 11:25 pm (UTC)
ive never played monopoly. am i missing out?
[info]neversquare 2nd-Feb-2010 11:26 pm (UTC)
nope
[info]anasella_emm 2nd-Feb-2010 11:27 pm (UTC)
thought so
[info]inflixion 2nd-Feb-2010 11:28 pm (UTC)
me either.
[info]love_allure 2nd-Feb-2010 11:28 pm (UTC)
hell no. it takes forever and a day to finish a game. i don't think i've actually finished a game without someone cheating.
[info]xpirate_queenx 2nd-Feb-2010 11:29 pm (UTC)
Nope. You now have those 6-12 hours of your life to waste on something else.
[info]mellawe 2nd-Feb-2010 11:29 pm (UTC)
No , unless you play the bank and are good at cheating
[info]vegasonacid24_7 2nd-Feb-2010 11:38 pm (UTC)
It's never a fair game, it's really long, and there is a lot of arguing.
I love it anyway.
[info]u_belong_to_me 2nd-Feb-2010 11:39 pm (UTC)
Nope, boring as hell. Especially when you play with people who are REALLY competitive.
[info]salacious_pop 2nd-Feb-2010 11:56 pm (UTC)
99% of games end in everyone conceeding, because usually after 3-6 hours its obvious that one person is ruining, or about to ruin, everyone's shit.

It can get crazy when people are super competitive, but usually everyone grows Over It and its obvious who will win.

So yea I can't recommend a game that no one ever really finishes
[info]yourremedy 2nd-Feb-2010 11:56 pm (UTC)
Seriously?
Can I ask how old you are?
[info]vivisexion 3rd-Feb-2010 12:02 am (UTC)
no. monopoly is the worst game ever.
[info]dasvedanyaanya 3rd-Feb-2010 12:05 am (UTC)
No, it takes forever and everyone gets mad and impatient, at least I do. I prefer clue.
[info]hotpinkluver 3rd-Feb-2010 12:30 am (UTC)
It's fun but it never ends. By the end of it, you pretty much just want to throw the board across the room lol.
[info]_panache 3rd-Feb-2010 12:33 am (UTC)
Yes
[info]cloths 3rd-Feb-2010 12:44 am (UTC)
It's only fun for like 15-20 minutes but you still end up playing for 3 hours+ Plus it takes a while to set up.
[info]coffeenmorphine 3rd-Feb-2010 12:47 am (UTC)
idk, i love that game. but my brother and i aren't allowed it play one another anymore. the tension can break a family apart.
[info]4st7lb 3rd-Feb-2010 01:08 am (UTC)
guess you're not one of those 'try anything once' people
[info]_pluginbaby 3rd-Feb-2010 06:16 am (UTC)
only if it's drunk monopoly
[info]usnbfs 3rd-Feb-2010 12:25 pm (UTC)
Not really. There are tons of board games that are more interesting.
[info]rhapsodeeinblue 2nd-Feb-2010 11:26 pm (UTC)
What is this fuckery
[info]queenwashu 3rd-Feb-2010 01:03 am (UTC)
MTE
[info]cickiz 2nd-Feb-2010 11:26 pm (UTC)
I have yet to finish a game. I just give up halfway. Seriously I can be there for 2 hours and there will still be no end in sight.
[info]vehiclesshockme 2nd-Feb-2010 11:31 pm (UTC)
I finished my first game in December! We played for three days. o.0
[info]redhandedjilll 2nd-Feb-2010 11:47 pm (UTC)
I was just telling some friends of mine that I've never finished a game of Monopoly. Either everyone gets bored or a huge fight happens and we're too pissed off at each other to keep going.
[info]fwee_prower 3rd-Feb-2010 12:00 am (UTC)
We finished a game one time. serious epic shit there.
[info]pottergirl26 3rd-Feb-2010 07:45 am (UTC)
That's how it was for me all of senior spring. We even snuck that game into the library during study hall hours.
[info]wherezmyprozac 3rd-Feb-2010 12:02 am (UTC)
lmao seriously
[info]firecracked 3rd-Feb-2010 12:33 am (UTC)
I haven't either. Everyone gets bored and gives up.
[info]4st7lb 3rd-Feb-2010 01:09 am (UTC)
how do you 'finish' it? everyone goes broke except for that one person?
[info]elizabethjoan 3rd-Feb-2010 03:48 am (UTC)
That's why I like having the LOTR edition. The game usually ends in about an hour.
[info]joaniemaloney 3rd-Feb-2010 05:05 am (UTC)
there is no way you'd be able to finish a game in 2 hours, lol.
[info]astormatsea 2nd-Feb-2010 11:26 pm (UTC)
who the fuck even finishes a game of monopoly


CLUE is where it's at
[info]grammaire 2nd-Feb-2010 11:28 pm (UTC)
Scrabble
[info]newhigh 2nd-Feb-2010 11:28 pm (UTC)
Yes!
Scrapple while high is amazing.
[info]astormatsea 2nd-Feb-2010 11:29 pm (UTC)
have you played Scrabble SLAM? it's kind of fun
[info]spiritxx 2nd-Feb-2010 11:36 pm (UTC)
Scrabble ftw.
[info]konvict_gaga 3rd-Feb-2010 12:11 am (UTC)
FUCK YES.
[info]nene718 3rd-Feb-2010 12:52 am (UTC)
YES
[info]magwildwood 2nd-Feb-2010 11:28 pm (UTC)
LIFE
[info]skylark67678 2nd-Feb-2010 11:29 pm (UTC)
Clue is the best board game, tbh
[info]mattay 2nd-Feb-2010 11:34 pm (UTC)
Clue is where it's at. Though I always get really upset if it's in the kitchen with the knife. I throw down my cards and push my chair over and yell "WHAT KIND OF! THIS IS DISGUSTING!" and storm away.
[info]luxis_lil 2nd-Feb-2010 11:37 pm (UTC)
Clue gets finished in ten minutes. Clue the movie > Clue the game
[info]eclatez 2nd-Feb-2010 11:48 pm (UTC)
LIFE
[info]jennyholly2 2nd-Feb-2010 11:56 pm (UTC)
I LOVE CLUE.
[info]jessi_cola 2nd-Feb-2010 11:57 pm (UTC)
I was wondering what board game you were going on about lol
Its called Cluedo here in the UK :)
[info]fwee_prower 3rd-Feb-2010 12:01 am (UTC)
I HAVE. and i lost. You can win the game if you land on the new york properties and put a shit load of houses on it.
[info]wherezmyprozac 3rd-Feb-2010 12:03 am (UTC)
THE GAME OF LIFE

BATTLESHIP
[info]ohtheglorious 3rd-Feb-2010 12:10 am (UTC)
i fucking love clue
[info]beach_justice 3rd-Feb-2010 12:48 am (UTC)
RISK
[info]coffeenmorphine 3rd-Feb-2010 12:48 am (UTC)
i do. and it ends in tears or shouting. always.
[info]msroyalt 3rd-Feb-2010 12:59 am (UTC)
I fucking love Clue, best board game ever
[info]secretly 3rd-Feb-2010 01:32 am (UTC)
LIFE is the best one!
[info]hproxmysox 3rd-Feb-2010 06:31 am (UTC)
Clue is the best game ever! My roommates and I play it all the time.
[info]pottergirl26 I have finished several games of monopoly — 3rd-Feb-2010 07:47 am (UTC)
I'm the one Marx warned you about
[info]gotthissillyway 3rd-Feb-2010 12:24 pm (UTC)
I only play monopoly while getting intoxicated. my fiance's mom is a scrabble addict and i'm slowly becoming addicted. it's awful.
[info]shutterdragon 2nd-Feb-2010 11:26 pm (UTC)
don't like it
[info]sianisit 2nd-Feb-2010 11:26 pm (UTC)
Why are they fucking with perfection? DNW.
[info]dnfrommn 2nd-Feb-2010 11:27 pm (UTC)
I kinda like the round board, looks more portable and like it might go faster.

However, doing away with math is ridiculous.
[info]fearlesst15 2nd-Feb-2010 11:43 pm (UTC)
haha <3

that is why i was always the banker when i was younger. i was a dirty cheat.
[info]imsodeep 2nd-Feb-2010 11:27 pm (UTC)
this game fills me with so much rage. i think one game we played actually lasted like 15 hours or something GOD DAMN YOU MONOPOLY.
[info]palmthejoker 2nd-Feb-2010 11:33 pm (UTC)
Haha, I've had a few multiple-day Monopoly sessions. That was back in the day, though, before all this newfangled shit.

You could still steal from the bank then, too.
[info]milly93 2nd-Feb-2010 11:27 pm (UTC)
dislike
[info]jjuunniiee 2nd-Feb-2010 11:27 pm (UTC)
One time, a friend and I got high on E and played Monopoly for almost 14 hours.

/Riveting tale, Chap!
[info]neversquare 2nd-Feb-2010 11:27 pm (UTC)
lol that sounds like the only way it would be fun
[info]jjuunniiee 2nd-Feb-2010 11:28 pm (UTC)
And was it ever. We were SO into it and would barely leave the board to pee, lmao.
[info]ledgers 2nd-Feb-2010 11:27 pm (UTC)
That sounds strangely awesome
[info]poison20 2nd-Feb-2010 11:28 pm (UTC)
lol
[info]bienenkiste 2nd-Feb-2010 11:29 pm (UTC)
LOL
[info]xpirate_queenx 2nd-Feb-2010 11:30 pm (UTC)
Some of my friends started playing a game one night...I eventually went to bed and the next morning, they were still playing.
[info]omfgpubichair 2nd-Feb-2010 11:39 pm (UTC)
well i know what im doing this weekend
[info]hologramxx 3rd-Feb-2010 12:01 am (UTC)
LOL! I don't think I could do that though. I'd probably get depressed whenever I would start to come down and just give up.
[info]dasvedanyaanya 3rd-Feb-2010 12:08 am (UTC)
That's awesome! Hahaha.
[info]sporkier 3rd-Feb-2010 12:22 am (UTC)
How? I could not concentrate on Monopoly if high on e.
[info]alita_b_angel 3rd-Feb-2010 02:29 am (UTC)
I am doing this next time I'm high.
[info]the_o_in_god 3rd-Feb-2010 04:04 am (UTC)
this sounds awesome
[info]insert_noun 3rd-Feb-2010 11:03 pm (UTC)
lol that's awesome
[info]shortliljackers 2nd-Feb-2010 11:27 pm (UTC)
NO.

i've never finished a game of monopoly though. i like to play it, but i get bored after the first 18 hours.
[info]neversquare 2nd-Feb-2010 11:27 pm (UTC)
Have never even got quarter of the way through a game. There's a version for my city though, which is cool/sad.
[info]gheyman 2nd-Feb-2010 11:27 pm (UTC)
nope. ppl would start cheating, somebody would cry, and ppl would walk away.
[info]ehtkornkid 3rd-Feb-2010 01:36 pm (UTC)
Every version is for my city and it is just sad, not cool.
[info]gheyman 2nd-Feb-2010 11:27 pm (UTC)
life > monopoly


[info]ledgers 2nd-Feb-2010 11:28 pm (UTC)
Loooove LIFE
[info]brandon198403 2nd-Feb-2010 11:28 pm (UTC)
preach
[info]queen_jillybean 2nd-Feb-2010 11:29 pm (UTC)
This. Even if I have to grab a second car to fit all my kids.
[info]magwildwood 2nd-Feb-2010 11:29 pm (UTC)
agreed
[info]planetraincar 2nd-Feb-2010 11:32 pm (UTC)
yupp
i always name my children
[info]neversquare 2nd-Feb-2010 11:34 pm (UTC)
this
[info]annabolena 2nd-Feb-2010 11:39 pm (UTC)
FUCK YEAH
[info]luxis_lil 2nd-Feb-2010 11:43 pm (UTC)
WORD. When we were younger, my brother and I would always play LIFE every night during the summer while watching Nick @ Nite. Good times...
[info]dnttllhrry 2nd-Feb-2010 11:54 pm (UTC)
pretty much.
[info]carma_bee 2nd-Feb-2010 11:54 pm (UTC)
yess, I loved this game. I had the computer game at one point, I think I still have it in a drawer somewhere.
[info]pikapika217 2nd-Feb-2010 11:55 pm (UTC)
get LUCKY in the game of life!

MTE
[info]i_said_boourns 3rd-Feb-2010 12:07 am (UTC)
LIFE was THE SHIT! I love that game so much.
[info]getmeacampari 3rd-Feb-2010 12:33 am (UTC)
Seriously, agreed.
[info]firecracked 3rd-Feb-2010 12:34 am (UTC)
I've only played Life a couple times, and I loved it.
[info]anna_is_macabre 3rd-Feb-2010 01:13 am (UTC)
AMEN
[info]secretly 3rd-Feb-2010 01:34 am (UTC)
TRUTH.
[info]andbetty 3rd-Feb-2010 01:54 am (UTC)
r u srs, life is the worst fucking pansy game there is
[info]rlmoonyk 2nd-Feb-2010 11:27 pm (UTC)
Too fancy

I enjoy the good old days~ w/ your family members stealing from the bank
[info]invaderscythe 2nd-Feb-2010 11:28 pm (UTC)
Lol I was always a little bitch and cried when I was losing and my parents gave me money from the bank to shut me up.
[info]mellawe 2nd-Feb-2010 11:31 pm (UTC)
I alway threw the game around the room
[info]ledgers 2nd-Feb-2010 11:27 pm (UTC)
uNpOpUlAr oPiNiOn~*~ alert but I love Monopoly. It's obviously the cold hearted Capitalistic bastard in me that comes out when I play that shit.
[info]kennard 2nd-Feb-2010 11:29 pm (UTC)
Monopoly is rad as fuck. When else do you get to be a dog buying up property and peeing on hotels?
[info]measuringcups 2nd-Feb-2010 11:29 pm (UTC)
I love it too, but I think because my sister always beats me so now I'm obsessed with winning it.
[info]rlmoonyk 2nd-Feb-2010 11:31 pm (UTC)
lol mte

idg the hate. love the game
[info]lamboyster 2nd-Feb-2010 11:31 pm (UTC)
I love the fuck out of Monopoly, unfortunately most people are too lame to stick with a game for more than half an hour.
[info]ledgers 2nd-Feb-2010 11:34 pm (UTC)
Agreed person with awesome icon, I love it when I play with hardcore winnerz and everyone starts to get intense and refuses to move for the next hour and a half.
[info]palmthejoker 2nd-Feb-2010 11:35 pm (UTC)
No one will play with me so I haven't played for years : (
[info]imsodeep 2nd-Feb-2010 11:49 pm (UTC)
well if i'm at a get together and don't start playing a game until 7 or 8 pm i would like the game to last less than 10 hours.
[info]xballet 2nd-Feb-2010 11:35 pm (UTC)
i fuck shit up in monopoly

my family hated playing that shit with me when i was younger because i dominated
[info]bienenkiste 2nd-Feb-2010 11:38 pm (UTC)
lol same here it's my favorite board game negl
[info]miwa201 2nd-Feb-2010 11:41 pm (UTC)
lol same here
[info]lapoix 3rd-Feb-2010 12:00 am (UTC)
lmao same
[info]i_said_boourns 3rd-Feb-2010 12:10 am (UTC)
I loved it, but my mom banned it when I was a kid because I was too viciously competitive. I haven't played in years ;__;
[info]miuratenshi 3rd-Feb-2010 12:13 am (UTC)
I love Monopoly too. I have like four different versions. XD
[info]delicate_____ 3rd-Feb-2010 12:17 am (UTC)
i love it, too
[info]goldnchild87 3rd-Feb-2010 12:23 am (UTC)
Same with me. I get pretty ruthless and refuse to trade unless I'm benefiting the most.

Basically, I'm the one that never misses collecting rent and ultimately locks the board by not trading. :)
[info]andbetty 3rd-Feb-2010 01:54 am (UTC)
shit is so multi coloured cash
[info]joaniemaloney 3rd-Feb-2010 05:06 am (UTC)
I LOVE MONOPOLY.
but I'm always one of the first ones to get bankrupt, lmfao.
[info]pottergirl26 3rd-Feb-2010 07:50 am (UTC)
LOVE IT. I just linked my friend to this post. We are vicious anti-Marxist bitches when it comes to this and won't leave rounds unfinished.
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