With ATMs, debit cards, and a circular, rather than square playing board, the 75th anniversary, or “Revolution Edition” of classic board game Monopoly, is certainly moving with the times:
“Monopoly: Revolution Edition” is slick and round instead of dull and square, with debit cards and an ATM instead of paper money and a banker, clear [...]
Coming full circle with the 75th anniversary edition of Monopoly
Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 9 February, 2010 to the comment subset
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How to win Monopoly: by mixing luck, strategy and people skills
Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 5 May, 2009 to the comment subset
Some pretty comprehensive tips for winning Monopoly, together with some analysis of the costs of owning properties and the possible returns on said investments.
Monopoly is a game of luck, strategy, and people skills. No strategy will guarantee you a win; that’s one of the reasons Monopoly is so interesting. In any given game, a newcomer [...]
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In the new Monopoly you may be voted off Mayfair Island
Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 6 April, 2009 to the comment subset
A German produced board game “The Settlers of Catan”, where play is set on an undiscovered island rather than the streets of London, could replace Monopoly as the world’s most popular game.
One day Teuber began tinkering with a new theme for a game: an uncharted island. In his original vision, players would slowly discover the [...]
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A bored game no more, Monopoly reboxed
Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 2 January, 2009 to the design and art subset
First there was Helvetica Monopoly, and now the game’s packaging has been redesigned!
Monopoly, in spite being the classiest of all board games, unfortunately is packaged just as boringly and uncreatively as every other garbage board game on the shelves. So, I decided to repackage it… turning the class up to 11.
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Helvetica has a monopoly over Monopoly
Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 3 October, 2008 to the design and art subset
Park Lane and Mayfair never looked so good than they did when in Helvetica.
A “Helvetica revival” makes no sense to me though. Since when when has Helvetica been so out that it needed reviving?
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It’s a monopoly: Sydney now next to London & New York
Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 20 August, 2008 to the comment subset
Sydney has been voted a spot on the playing board of the international version of Monopoly, and is situated along with London and New York on the red section of the board.
Interestingly, Melbourne gained the most votes for a spot on the board among Australian voters, but Sydney managed to cross the line after international [...]
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