Dear Hasbro,
I was never that good at Monopoly as a child as I was too honest and didn't realise the whole point of the game was to steal from the bank without getting caught
While you can learn many things from playing it does not really teach much about society at present
I think a new Monopoly special 'recession' edition would be a fantastic addition to the company portfolio alongside the Monopoly Millionaire and that silly one with bank cards where there is no chance you can 'borrow' from the bank :
In the recession edition nobody would be able to afford anything on the board so you just pay extortionate rents to numerous buy to let landlords aka 'bankers'
The Chance and and Community chest cards cards could have real life scenarios rather than the usual 'you have won a modeling competition collect £50'
here are some of my ideas:
Your girlfriend discovers that you have been shopping at Boots without her Advantage card. After 2 hours of whining you suggest that she is overreacting and all you bought was one tube of toothpaste anyway. Pay the bank £400 for dental treatment
Congratulations you won the lottery ! The scratchcard cost £2 and you only won £1, miss a turn
You spent your last £5 on a lottery ticket and win £1000. Your success is noted in a local newspaper. Collect your £1000
You spend your last £5 on a lottery ticket. You lose. You are a bad parent. Miss 2 turns
The condom splits.....Luckily losing your car and having to bike 20 miles a day to work has caused infertility problems. Miss the next 2 turns worrying about where you are gonna' find the money
Your you tube video of a cat gets 10,000 hits in 24 hours...... Nobody cares
Your dad is a financial backer for the Conservative party, consider this your get out of jail free card
Your ex wife phones you to say she no longer wants to be responsible for your speeding fine; go straight to jail
You are contacted by the head of the bank of Ghana and all he needs is your bank details so he can transfer £200,000,000,080, into your bank account from the Ghana royal family. You accidentally delete the E-mail . Miss a turn
A bank error in your favour... Not really someone has cloned your card. Surrender all your money for 3 turns when you will get it back.
Your parents die in a freak jam making accident . At the will hearing you realize you are the least favorite child . You gain £1,500 but all other players get £3,000
The game ends when a fight / riot breaks out
Hope you like my Ideas
Genius!!!!
ReplyDeleteHilarious.
ReplyDeleteI hope you don't mind if I incorporate a few into my personal game.