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Is Monopoly the greatest board game ever?

Posted on 07. Jun, 2010 by Rob Watson in News

Last week it was announced that Blackpool would be getting their own version of Monopoly.

This new version will join the staggering 1,812 other versions of Monopoloy that have been produced.

Clearly a game where people are rewarding for accumulating massive wealth, whilst trying to bankrupt their opponents is a winning formula.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not trying to take a moral high ground – I’m a sucker for Monopoly myself. There are 3 versions of the game in my house, including 1 of the 4 Star Wars versions, My First Monopoly (that my kids love) and Ghettopoly – Monopoly for da ‘hood.

There are editions for cities all over the world including:

• Coratia
• Egypt
• Iran
• Latvia
• Peru
• Panama
• Zimbabwe (Rhodesia edition)

In fact a version of the game even sold in Czechoslovakia during the commuist era, though the theme was changed to horse racing.

But I love the non geographic versions the most. Talk about appealing to people’s niche interests. Check these out for a taster:

Kiss Opoly

Game play is the same as the original, but properties become songs from the KISS back catalogue.

I’m surprised I didn’t find too many other Band versions of Monopoly. The only other one I noticed was for The Beatles.

Bible Opoly

Good vibes rule in the Christian version, where good deads are rewarded, including helping other players. You travel through biblical cities, doing community service, making offerings whilst building churches.

Doesn’t sound very Monopoly like to me!

Chocolate Opoly

Collect chunks of chocolate, trade in for chocolate factories and try to avoid a visit to chocoholics anonymous!

The only downside might be avoiding eating the pieces.

I love lucy edition

TV nostalgia ahoy! I bet you know someone who would live this one.

FedEx edition

Even corporations get a slice of the monopoly action.

This one I find absolutely baffling. Can you imagine being round someone’s house when they pull this one out. You’d have to hope there would be a good explanation.

With all these choices, unless the person you are buying a gift for has a serious aversion to board games, you really can’t go wrong with Monopoly.

So congratulations to Blackpool, you’ll certainly be in good company.

Tags: bible opoly, chocolate opoly, fedex monopoly, Ghettopoly, i love lucy monopoly, kiss opoly