Dedicated to the Collecting and History of Monopoly

Month: April 2022 (Page 10 of 12)

Monopoly Here & Now

Monopoly Here & Now was released just over 70 years since the first official Monopoly was sold. Monopoly Here & Now looks at how a board may look now if the game was invented in the 21st Century. All properties have been changed, picked via an online poll. Prices have been multiplied by 10,000 to represent inflation and the rising house prices. Moreover, a new selection of eight tokens were created for these editions.

  • Limited Edition (Original) (2006)
  • Electronic Banking (2006)

Cash has been replaced by an Electronic Banking Unit.

  • Here & Now Electronic Banking Tin (2006)
  • The World Edition (2008)

Also uses an Electronic Banking Unit.

Monopoly Deal – Themed

  • Deal Transformers (2016) [HK]
  • Deal Cities – London (2017)

Three editions were made by Cartamundi in 2017 – the last year of their production of Monopoly Deal. These editions include: London, Paris and Berlin. I have never seen a Paris or Berlin edition for sale. However, this collection includes Monopoly Deal London – which appeared to be an Amazon exclusive.

  • Deal DFB – Die Mannschaft (2018) [DE]

Monopoly Deal Disney

Released: 2014

Cartamundi released a Disney themed edition of Monopoly Deal. The now discontinued Shuffle App was compatible with both the standard deck and Disney deck. This edition is also valuable online due to it being out of print. Rules identical to that of Monopoly Deal – just with a Disney art work theme

Spanish

Monopoly Millionaire Deal

Released: 2012

The aim of Monopoly Millionaire Deal is to bank One Million in cash, instead of the usual aim of gathering three colour Property sets. Otherwise the game plays the same.

Monopoly Millionaire Deal did not initially sell well compared to its board game counterpart – Monopoly Millionaire, released in the same year. Therefore, this card game now sells for a higher price online.

Monopoly Deal – International

  • Hong Kong (2008) & Greece (2008)
Sealed Greece (2008) Cards
  • India Funskool (2008 Copyright)
  • Deal (2008) [USA] – Shuffle Shaker
  • USA (2009)

Rebranded from Parker to Hasbro

  • Hong Kong (2009) – Cardboard Box

Potentially not a genuine Monopoly Deal – box and cards low quality

  • France (2010)
  • Spain (2010)
  • Canada (2011)
  • USA / Canada (2013) – Robot Token Edition
Robot Token – loser from 2013 Save Your Token event
  • USA (2014)
  • Shuffle – France (2014)
  • Special Pack – Hong Kong (2015)

Extra cards were included in special editions of Monopoly Deal in Hong Kong.

These are:

  • Speeding Fine – you can ask any two players to discard one card from their hands
  • Pay My Rent – when other players charge you rent you can shift this so another player pays the rent
  • You Inherit – Get one card from another player for your use
  • Go to Jail – ask any player to skip one turn. They can’t play any card in the corresponding turn
  • Double Sly Deal – Steal TWO property from any player (not from full sets)

  • Italy (2017), Spain (2017) & USA (2017)
  • USA (2017)*

This edition is lacking the Hasbro Gaming logo. Perhaps a production sample or simply a counterfeit edition. It has also been claimed that this is a Canadian version?

  • Germany (2018)

2008 – : Monopoly Deal (card game)

Monopoly Deal is a card game produced by Hasbro (Cartamundi between 2014 and 2017). The aim of the game is to collect 3 different complete colour Property sets.

How to play Monopoly Deal:

To start the game, every player takes five cards.

On your turn, you draw 2 cards and can play up to three cards from your hand. A turn can consist of adding money to your bank, adding properties to your collection or playing an Action card. You may only have 7 cards at the end of your turn – if you have an extra, you must discard down to seven.

All cards can function as cash if added to the bank. You may only ever pay debt with cards in front of you – never from your hand! There is no change allowed in the game. If you owe more money than is in your bank, you must complete the debt with properties. Otherwise, there is no trading allowed, apart from what is mandated by Action cards.

To win, collect three different property sets. All Action cards have instructions printed on them.

2008 – Original Release

2009 – Monopoly Deal Cracker Set

Copyright: 2009

More information is requested about this version.

A reduced size version of a standard 2008 deck of Monopoly Deal. Also photographed is three keyrings and three money clips that would have been ‘rewards’ in the crackers.

See the 6 cracker set sales page here

Also included in this collection: Six Crackers + Mini Board Game

2014 – Morrisons Promotional Pack (Cartamundi)

In 2014, Cartamundi held the license to produce card game versions of Hasbro products. Condensed versions of these games were available for a short time at Morrisons. Customers who spent a certain amount (£20?) were given one of these games for free – Monopoly Deal was once of these.

This version has less cards than the regular Monopoly Deal. To win, one must complete only two colour property sets. Six colour groups survive – Pink, Orange, Red, Yellow, Dark Blue & Utilities. The number of Action Cards is also reduced. Although, there is a new type of Action Card – the Forced Purchase. This forces a player to sell a property at twice the purchase price.

2014 – 2017: Cartamundi Shuffle (Hard Red Case)

Cartamundi released hard case versions of Hasbro games – including Monopoly Deal. The game is otherwise identical. However, a companion app was released, which adds Chance Cards to the base game. This edition is now Out of Print with the app no longer available to download – making this game sell for over £30 online. In 2017, it was republished with a new cardboard sleeve – game remains the same.

2017 – 2024: Return to Hasbro

This is the current version of Monopoly Deal, which is still available in shops and online. The game is identical to previous releases albeit with a return to the cardboard packet. The cards also has a completely new art style.

  • 2021 reprint

Game remains unchanged – production code now 0421 (April 2021) implying there was a change during the reprint. The only difference appears to be a change in Hasbro UK address on reverse of box. Now located in Newport.

2024 + : Current Edition (Refresh)

Read more about this edition and its remarkable error here.

Misprinted Bow Street card – Pall Bow Street

Monopoly Keyrings

Keychain (2000)

The game does not contain all the pieces required to play. A small drawer contains tokens.

Keychain Games (2021)

Properties (in order): Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, Denmark, Sweden, Luxembourg, Austria, Germany, Malta, Switzerland, Italy, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Russia, Haiti, Canada, France, Argentina, Mexico, Spain, England and USA.

These are fully playable games. Red has properties labelled by flags, Gold has properties labelled by geographical outline.

Red has a traditional theme for pieces, whereas Gold has a grey/black/gold theme.

Hasbro has released many other games in the Keychain Games series.

Gold Keychain contents

2021 – New Design

Keychain Games Super Pack (2022)

Contains the Red Monopoly Keychain Game along with four other Hasbro Keychain Games (Connect 4, Guess Who?, Cluedo and Operation)

World’s Smallest (2020) [USA]

2014 – : Grab & Go

Grab & Go is the current release of Hasbro travel games – including Monopoly.

Spain & Portugal hybrid board

Notes:

Spain & Portugal combine to share a board

Scandinavia is designed for Sweden/Finland/Denmark/Norway/Iceland and uses the traditional British board

Otherwise the game is a reduced sized version of the regular gameboard.

2021 Grab & Go Production Code
  • Road Trip (2018)

2001 – 2011: Games to Go!

2001

Also a Spanish version in the collection

2002

Board now becomes attached to a case which also holds the pieces.

2005

contents of red case

2010

The only difference between the 2005 release and the 2010 release is the presence of separate Chance & Community Chest cards, instead of printing it back to back.

Magnetic Pocket Edition

Three variants of Magnetic Pocket Edition were made in the UK.

1991 contents
1993 contents
  • Tax Free (c1993)

This edition was sold at UK airports. The tokens are gold coloured, and the box is labelled ‘Tax Free’

  • Alternative Design (1993)
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