Then there’s Monopoly U-Build ($19.99, available for fall 2010)…here you’ll notice you are building your own board. Ok, this may be fun–but it’s not really Monopoly. The round electronic game unit keeps track of where you are on the board and promises to have song clips including “Celebration” by Kool & the Gang and “Drive My Car” by The Beatles. One is Monopoly Revolution Edition ($34.99, available for fall 2010) – You’ll see that the game board is now round and looks ever so Apple-like. I much prefer looking at what you have and adding it up…the score pad complicates the whole experience.įor 2010, Hasbro is rolling out two new versions. Even if your kids can share the title, I also really don’t like the score pad where you tally up the value of your properties. Now I don’t know about you–but in any of the houses I grew up in, this is just asking for a dispute. This year we got Championship Edition Monopoly…it comes with a trophy –and a nameplate that can be changed as the names change. Whether you could always do the calculations in your head (like my friend Lisa)…or needed a little paper…this was part of the game. The last few years have brought an electronic scorer–taking away the wonderful math experience of paying for properties. Unfortunately, I haven’t really loved many of the “improvements”. So when they roll out new versions, I’m always game. If I look back on my Monopoly experiences, it’s a wonder really why I feel fondly about the game – but I do. I always wonder if other people play Monopoly quietly–or if that’s just our family.
The games were always loud…often ending in some tears (and a family meeting about feelings and good sportsmanship). I quickly found that my kids loved the wheeling and dealing that their father and uncles enjoyed. We would be thoughtful and supportive….ok, so that lasted for about ten minutes. So when I had my kids, I determined to create a kinder and gentler Monopoly environment. I quickly discovered he learned Monopoly from the same school as my brothers! When I first met my husband, I tried playing Monopoly with him. I was a big fan of collection the railroads. When I got older and could play with my friends, my math anxiety would usually kick in and I would never want to be the banker…but still there was some math to be done. To make matters worse, they had a rule that the loser always had to put the game away–so when they were done, I was left to put the pieces away. They were both older, I would trade away all the good properties…and I would be out of the game in what always seemed like minutes. Truth be told my involvement in any given round was pretty brief.
I grew up playing Monopoly with my brothers.
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