In 1998, Winning Moves procured the Monopoly license from Hasbro and created new UK city and regional editions [56] with sponsored squares. Initially, in December 1998, the game was sold in just a few W H Smith stores, but demand was high, with almost 50,000 games sold in the four weeks before Christmas. Winning Moves still produces new city and regional editions annually. Don't Go to Jail: Dice game originally released by Parker Brothers; roll combinations of dice to create color groups for points before rolling the words "GO" "TO" and "JAIL" (which forfeits all earned points for the turn). [126] USpatent 2026082, Darrow, Charles B.,"Board game apparatus",published 1935-12-31,issued 1935-12-31, assigned to Parker Brothers Inc

Parker Brothers and its licensees have also sold several spin-offs of Monopoly. These are not add-ons, as they do not function as an addition to the Monopoly game, but are simply additional games with the flavor of Monopoly: a b Orbanes, Philip E. (2013). Monopoly, Money, and You: How to Profit from the Game's Secrets of Success (Nook E-Booked.). McGraw Hill Education. p.39. ISBN 978-0-07-180844-6.

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Money can be loaned to a player only by the Bank and then only by mortgaging property. No player may borrow from or lend money to another player. Parlett, David (1999). The Oxford History of Board Games. Oxford University Press. p. 352. ISBN 0-19-212998-8. The Monopoly game board consists of forty spaces containing twenty-eight properties—twenty-two streets (grouped into eight distinct color groups), four railroads, and two utilities—three Chance spaces, three Community Chest spaces, a Luxury Tax space, an Income Tax space, and the four corner squares: GO, (In) Jail/Just Visiting, Free Parking, and Go to Jail. [36] US versions [ edit ] If you are not "sent to jail" but in the ordinary course of play lands on that space, you are "Just Visiting", you incur no penalty, and you move ahead in the usual manner on your next turn. You still are able to collect rent on your properties because you are "Just Visiting".

From 1936, the rules booklet included with each Monopoly set contained a short section at the end providing rules for making the game shorter, including dealing out two Title Deed cards to each player before starting the game, by setting a time limit or by ending the game after the second player goes bankrupt. A later version of the rules included this variant, along with the time limit game, in the main rules booklet, omitting the last, the second bankruptcy method, as a third short game. [101] House rules [ edit ]a b c d e f g h i j k l 1973–2003 US Champions are listed in Philip Orbanes's Monopoly Companion, third edition, p. 169. Whitehill, Bruce (1999). "American Games: A Historical Perspective" (PDF). Board Games Studies. Research School CNWS, Leiden University, The Netherlands (2): 116–141. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 20, 2008 . Retrieved April 19, 2013.

Monopoly is a multiplayer economics-themed board game. In the game, players roll two dice to move around the game board, buying and trading properties and developing them with houses and hotels. Players collect rent from their opponents and aim to drive them into bankruptcy. Money can also be gained or lost through Chance and Community Chest cards and tax squares. Players receive a salary every time they pass "Go" and can end up in jail, from which they cannot move until they have met one of three conditions. House rules, hundreds of different editions, many spin-offs, and related media exist. Monopoly has become a part of international popular culture, having been licensed locally in more than 103 countries and printed in more than 37 languages. As of 2015 [update], it was estimated that the game had sold 275 million copies worldwide. [4] The original game was based on locations in Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States. Once Mr. Monopoly is in play, if another player cashes in their sore loser coins to become him, the old owner restores their normal token to the space they are on, and Mr. Monopoly is transferred to the space of the new owner, whose token is placed in the centre of the board. The final luxury Monopoly set to consider is Monopoly Heirloom Edition. Again, you’re unlikely to find these in the UK, but if you can find a board in good condition elsewhere, then it may be worth having it shipped over. After the Thuns learned the game, they began teaching its rules to their fraternity brothers at Williams College around 1926. [28] Daniel W. Layman, in turn, learned the game from the Thun brothers (who later tried to sell copies of the game commercially, but were advised by an attorney that the game could not be patented, as they were not its inventors). [28] [38] Layman later returned to his hometown of Indianapolis, Indiana, and began playing the game with friends there, ultimately producing hand-made versions of the board based on streets of that city. [30] Layman then commercially produced and sold the game, starting in 1932, with a friend in Indianapolis, who owned a company called Electronic Laboratories. [39] This game was sold under the name The Fascinating Game of Finance (later shortened to Finance). [40] Layman soon sold his rights to the game, which was then licensed, produced and marketed by Knapp Electric. [41] The published board featured four railroads (one per side), Chance and Community Chest cards and spaces, and properties grouped by symbol, rather than color. [42] [43] [44] Also in 1932, one edition of The Landlord's Game was published by the Adgame Company with a new set of rules called Prosperity, also by Magie. [45]

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A 65th Anniversary Edition was released in a variation of the white box in 2000. [137] In 2001, the European Edition is reissued, correcting the mistake of the 1999 printing, and correctly listing Bern as the capital of Switzerland. [131] In 2005, a 70th Anniversary Edition was released in a silver-metallic tin with a plastic slip case. [138] Also starting in 2005, various "Here & Now" editions were released in multiple countries. The first release of this edition was for the UK market, and its success led to the selection of properties for a US edition by online vote. The most popular properties were released on the US "Here & Now" edition board in 2006. This, in turn, led to a worldwide "Here & Now" edition (released in 2008), along with other national editions (including a second UK "Here and Now" edition) with properties selected by online vote. [139] [140] [141] The main principle of the "Here & Now" editions was "What if Monopoly had been invented today?" [142] The set contained the Battleship, Boot, Iron, Racecar, Scottie Dog, Thimble, Top hat and Wheelbarrow as well as the iron's potential replacements. These replacement tokens included the cat, the guitar, the diamond ring, the helicopter, and the robot. [88] [93] [98] Hasbro released a 64-token limited edition set in 2017 called Monopoly Signature Token Collection to include all of the candidates that were not chosen in the vote held that year. [99] Rules [ edit ] Official rules [ edit ] Select as Banker a player who will also make a good Auctioneer. A Banker who plays in the game must keep their personal funds separate from those of the Bank. When more than five persons play, the Banker may elect to act only as Banker and Auctioneer.