Do Not Pass Go, Do Not Collect $2 Million

[Michael Hopcroft]

When I was a child, one my dreams was of a Monopoly tournament in which the final round was played with real money, and the winner kept everything he had accumulated at the time of his victory.

That will be a lot more difficult with the new Monopoly: Here and Now edition announced today, where you now get two million dollars, far more currency than existed in the entire game last week, just for passing Go.

[Lemurion]

I still like the old version

[ghost-angel]

moving the digits around is kinda ... dull.

[Thia Halmades]

... you know. I always sucked at Monopoly. Now I can suck at Monopoly and feel even worse about it.

[garou]

I frequently lose, badly, at Monopoly. (I know the various strategies - but my luck is the kind that will land on three hotels in a row, and then go to jail for rolling three doubles. . . all on one turn.) Now, I might have a new strategy - to see if I can lose by a billion.

[Edsel]

Nuclear Monopoly (http://interoz.com/madhatters/legionwest/nukemonop.htm)

[Evil Steve]

Nuclear Monopoly (http://interoz.com/madhatters/legionwest/nukemonop.htm)

Finally, a version of Monotony that actually sounds interresting.

[Pyre-Archer]

Nuclear Monopoly (http://interoz.com/madhatters/legionwest/nukemonop.htm)

Cool. Though I'd rather just use OGRE counters instead of the little hat.

"Do not pass go. Just blow it up real good."

[CBikle]

I've always done pretty well in Monopoly (the key is to trade aggressively and point out how much of a threat the other player is when making trades).

As far as the new changes go, kind of irks me. Monopoly isn't really meant to be updated.

[Thia Halmades]

Why would you play Nuclear Monopoly when you can just play RISK 2210?? (or, in my circle, Spite 2210. I like Nuclear Commanders).

[sinanju]

Nuclear Monopoly (http://interoz.com/madhatters/legionwest/nukemonop.htm)

I prefer Nuclear Risk, myself. The game seldom lasts more than an hour, tops. There's frantic stockpiling of nuclear weapons, generally followed by a nuclear conflagration.

[Curufea]

Why would you play risk when you can just roll a random amount of dice and yell at your friends?

(I'm not a fan of the game - try Diplomacy instead)

On a side note - more variants on Monopoly - http://boardgamecentral.com/games/monopoly.html

[kjamma4]

(I know the various strategies - but my luck is the kind that will land on three hotels in a row, and then go to jail for rolling three doubles. . . all on one turn.)

Technically, I think that you move to jail immediately upon rolling your third double so you wouldn't have to hit the third hotel. Hope that makes you feel better. :)

[Seenar]

I use a SuUpremecay Nuke Mushroom Cloud as my Monopoly Piece.

[Evil Steve]

Why would you play risk when you can just roll a random amount of dice and yell at your friends?

(I'm not a fan of the game - try Diplomacy instead)

On a side note - more variants on Monopoly - http://boardgamecentral.com/games/monopoly.html

Ah, Deplomacy. When I worked at a games store, we called it Divorce. Its a brilliant game, just never play it with someone you love.

I was more partial to Supremacy, myself. How often in life to you get to have conversations like

Roger:Do you want that territory
Jason:Yes.
Roger:I have 8 nukes, do you want that territory
[Jason withdraws his forces]

[garou]

Technically, I think that you move to jail immediately upon rolling your third double so you wouldn't have to hit the third hotel. Hope that makes you feel better. :)

Nah. Forgot about that - so it's two hotels, three doubles, and jail. It's not much of an improvement, really.