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)
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.
There are two tiers of Monopoly Junior. Some have the full Monopoly Junior branding, whereas some are just branded Monopoly – despite having very similar gameplay to its Junior counterpart. This section looks at both types
My Monopoly Junior collection consists of:
Angry Birds
Cars 2
Cars 3 (Junior) [FR]
Despicable Me
Despicable Me [USA]
Despicable Me 2
Despicable Me 2 [CA]
Dig’n Dinos [USA]
Disney Channel (Junior)
Dragons
Finding Dory (Junior)
Frozen (Junior)
Incredibles 2 (Junior)
Incredibles 2 (Junior) [CA]
Kung Fu Panda 3 (Junior)
LOL Surprise
Moi Moche Et Mechant [FR]
Monsters University (Junior)
My Little Pony (Junior)
My Little Pony – The Movie (Junior)
Peppa Pig (Junior)
Planes (Junior)
Pokémon (Junior) – not officially licensed
Shrek 2 (Junior)
Sofia the First (Junior)
Toy Story and Beyond (Junior)
Trolls – World Tour (Junior)
Angry Birds (2015)
Cars 2 (2010)
Cars 3 (2015) [FR]
Despicable Me (2013)
Despicable Me (2013) [USA]
Moi Moche Et Mechant [FR] (2013)
Despicable Me 2 (2013)
Despicable Me 2 (2012) [CA]
Dig’n Dinos (2003) [CA]
One of the first ‘themed’ Monopoly Junior editions
No money is required in this version. To win, one must collect all 5 pieces of their ‘crown’. You get one piece for passing Go, or when an opponent lands on one of your properties. When landing on a property, a ‘book’ of the player’s colour is placed on it. All properties are free therefore the Dark Blue properties are just as good as the Brown properties.
All players play through one token, Mr Monopoly. He also decides what number is rolled, as there is no dice in this game.
In addition, no chance cards are needed in this game as the Mr Monopoly token can read out a chance when it detects that the player has landed on Chance.
When a property is landed on, the player must place a green block on the property. When the number of blocks, indicated by the number by the property, is reached then the player may place one of their coloured roofs on the stack. To win, you must play all your roofs.
Crazy Cash (2009)
The game ends when a player goes bankrupt or when the cash machine runs out of money.
The Cash Machine is the major difference between this version and the regular Junior editions. The Cash Machine is used when a player lands on the designated Cash Machine space. A card is inserted and then four items are produced. These could either be Chance cards or money. Money is stored as usual and Chance cards’ actions must be followed.
Monopoly Junior Party (2011)
Monopoly Junior Party was released in 2011, the same year as the last of the original Monopoly Junior sets were produced. The board and gameplay is very similar to how Monopoly Junior would become in 2013 – with the four traditional corner squares implemented. The only addition is the ‘Party Box’ which includes money raised from Chance Cards. The ‘Party Box’ would appear in other themed Monopoly Junior sets.
2013 saw a major redesign to the game of Monopoly Junior. The board looks like similar to a standard Monopoly board. The tokens have also changed from four coloured cars to four tokens which also appear in the regular game. Despite continuing with the attraction theme, Mayfair and Park Lane are the Dark Blue properties. All cash denominations have been replaced with £1 notes.
In a two player game, players take £20.
In a three player game, players take £18.
In a four player game, players take £16.
Players take 12 ‘Sold Signs’ which display the player’s token
The instructions also included ‘Advanced’ rules. This allows a player to pay off debt by selling properties.
The rules remain the same as previously, once a player goes bankrupt, whoever has the most cash wins!
The board also now has the traditional four corner squares – with the introduction of Jail and Free Parking instead of loose change.
2013
2014 – 2 More Tokens!
For this limited edition release, a Boot and Hat token have been included
2015 – 80th Anniversary
2016
2018
Cat, Ship and Car have been replaced by the new Rubber Ducky, Penguin and T-Rex
2018 – without NEW TOKENS label
2018 – Russian Error?
Despite being a UK box, my copy included a Russian board – presumably an error in production. Production code date is identical
In 1991, Monopoly Junior was released to the UK Market. Classic Monopoly was advertised as a board game for ages 8 and above, whereas, Monopoly Junior is designed for ages 5 to 8. Monopoly Junior can be played with 2, 3 or 4 players. Despite many changes to the box design, and small cosmetic modifications to the contents, the game was unchanged from release in 1991 until 2011.
The rules are as follows: All players choose a colour and take that colour’s car token and 10 ticket booths (12 for a two player game). Each player receives £31 (5x £1, 4x £2, 3x £3, 1x £4 and 1x £5).
Players then take turn moving around the board with one die. If you land on an amusement without a ticket booth, you must purchase the attraction by paying the fee and placing your coloured ticket booth on the space. If you land on an amusement with a different colour ticket booth, you must pay rent. Rent is the purchase price (or double if they own both in the colour set).
Instead of purchasing railways, landing on this space allows you to roll again. Landing on ‘Fireworks’, ‘Water Show’ or ‘Take a trip to the cafe’ means you have to pay a fee, which is placed in Rich Uncle Pennybag’s loose change (later Mr Monopoly) – this can be won by landing on his square.
The game ends when one player goes bankrupt, all players then add up their cash totals and whoever has the most is declared the winner.
1991
1996
The box has changed shape from long to square. This change can still be seen with the latest release of Monopoly Junior. The board shape changes from square to rectangular. This change survives until 2013 when the board changes for the first time.
2001
Slight redesign, although the game remains identical. Rich Uncle Pennybags has been rebranded to Mr Monopoly. This was the first Monopoly in my collection.
2011
The 2011 release has an error on all boxes. The game is mistakenly labelled as for 2 to 8 players and 8 years and up. This was the label seen on classic Monopoly sets. Junior is normally for ages 5 to 8. However, stating that this game can be played with up to 8 players is impossible.
The game would significantly change for the next release in 2013.
Another poll was taken for a new token line-up. This time, all eight tokens were at risk, with 56 ready to take their place. Ultimately, five tokens survived – Racecar, Battleship, Top Hat and Dog. The Thimble, Wheelbarrow and Boot were all retired. The victorious three new tokens were the Rubber Ducky, Penguin and T-Rex
2017 – ‘0317’
2017 – September Reprint
Reprinted in 2017
Date code: 0917
NEW TOKEN LINE-UP! label dropped from the box
Box depth decreased from 51 mm to 42 mm
2018 – Grab the Flying Cash
2020
Reprinted in 2020
GRAB THE FLYING CASH label dropped from the box
New style of Houses and Hotels (quality appears to have decreased)
From 2008, green boxes were used instead of the previous white standard/square boxes. The token line-up was reduced to eight from ten with the retirement of the Cannon and Horse & Rider. This also saw the introduction of the Speed Die
2008 – Parker
0408
2009 – Hasbro
The photographed edition is from 2009, one year after the new design. The only difference is branding. This edition has Hasbro branding on the bottom right of the box cover. The 2008 saw Parker branding. Parker branding remains on the board
2011 (Re-Print)
Everything remains identical apart from the side of the box. 2011 saw the copyright information slightly change. As shown by the first photo the first four digits of the production code change from 1009 to 0411 – these numbers indicate the month and year of production (MM/YY format).
2013 – Cat Replaces the Iron
A poll was held in 2013 – ‘Save Your Token’. The eight tokens were voted upon and the least popular, Iron, was retired from the game. Another poll was held at the same time to choose between introducing either: robot, ring, cat, guitar or helicopter. Ultimately, the Cat topped the poll. The Cat would also appear on the box cover for some releases.
2015 – Cat on the Box
Contents remain identical. The Cat now joins the Dog on the Box Cover
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