Monopoly: The Card Game is different to standard Monopoly. To win the game you must finish with a balance of over 10,000 points (trackable by the bank notes).
Players take turns drawing and swapping cards, the round ends when one player has ensured all 10 cards in their hand are in a monopoly. Players then count up the value of their hand and draw the value in bank notes to keep track.
The game is produced by TOP Cards, who also produce Top Trumps. However, it is an officially licensed Hasbro product.
Monopoly Express was released by Waddingtons in 1995. Hasbro reused the name Monopoly Express ten years later when it rebranded Monopoly Dice Game. This page refers to the Card Game version.
The game is played in rounds. Each round, the dealer hands four cards to each player. The remaining cards are left in the middle.
At the start of your turn, draw as many cards as necessary to ensure you have five cards in your hand. Play any one card onto its matching space next to the interlocking board. You may play additional cards if that one card will complete a Monopoly set, and/or you may use the special use – Steal One Card.
The round ends once every card has been played. Tally up the scores – which is based on the value of the property sets acquired. You gain an extra five points for collecting both property sets on one side of the board, or all four corners with all four railroads.
A new round is started unless a player has achieved at least 50 points. Once this is the case, the player with the highest score wins.
Monopoly Express is a dice game for two to four players.
Players take turns rolling dice. On your turn, remove the house/hotel die and roll the remaining dice. If you roll a Policeman, place the die on the matching square – collecting three policemen immediately ends your turn and scores zero. A Go sign scores an instant £200.
With the remaining dice, you must choose which dice to keep and which to reroll. Every property die has a monetary value depending on the colour set. Colleting a full set earns a large bonus. Chance is used as a wildcard and can be placed anywhere – albeit only one Chance is allowed per colour set.
Completing a colour set unlocks the House/Hotel die. Roll this die to earn houses (or hotel) or to remove a Policeman. Houses score an addition £1,000, Hotels earn £5,000.
Once you have ‘banked’ all the die you wish to keep, you may choose to roll again. This helps you complete your colour sets, however, rolling a third policeman will result in no score (except money earnt from Go). Add up the complete set values of any complete property sets you have collected (and any houses). In addition, you may score for properties on the highest colour incomplete set – you may only score for one incomplete group.
Play rotates until one player has won £15,000 – although this target may be changed to suit a shorter or longer game.
Dice Game (1993)
Initially released by Waddingtons in 1993, Monopoly Dice Game is the earliest form of the dice game. This edition does not include the house die and therefore that rule is not included.
Express (2005)
Express Casino (2005)
This upgraded release adds a mat, for holding saved dice, in the shape of a board. Also, instead of an included score pad, poker chips keep the score.
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.
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.
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
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.
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)
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?
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.
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)
20142017
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.
2021reprint
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.
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