Monopoly: Right Here, Right Now

Written by Lynnette on September 21, 2006 | Comments (1)

Monopoly's 'Here and Now'' edition, plus some of the tokens found inside the new game. Hasbro's newest Monopoly Board Game is the "Here & Now Edition".

In short: the classic monopoly game has gotten a facelift. No, wait... I guess it's more like a complete makeover!

They asked people to vote on which properties they wanted on the Here & Now Edition of Monopoly. (More than 3 million online votes were cast!)

As a result, there are 22 new properties...

Blue (High-Rent) Properties:

Boardwalk is now Times Square in New York City

Park Place is now Fenway Park in Boston

Green Properties:

Pennsylvania Avenue is now the White House in Washington, D.C.

North Carolina Avenue is now Wrigley Field in Chicago

Pacific Avenue is now Las Vegas Blvd. in Las Vegas

Yellow Properties:

Marvin Gardens is now the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco

Ventnor Avenue is now Hollywood in Los Angeles

Atlantic Avenue is now the French Quarter in New Orleans

Red Properties:

Illinois Avenue is now Disney World in Orlando

Indiana Avenue is now Waikiki Beach in Honolulu

Kentucky Avenue is now Camelback Mountain in Phoenix

Orange Properties:

New York Avenue is now Pioneer Square in Seattle

Tennessee Avenue is now Johnson Space Center in Houston

St. James Place is now South Beach in Miami

Magenta Properties:

Virginia Avenue is now the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia

States Avenue is now Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Denver

St. Charles Place is now Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta

Light Blue Properties:

Connecticut Avenue is now the Mall of America in Minneapolis

Vermont Avenue is now the Gateway Arch in St. Louis

Oriental Avenue is now the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville

Purple (Low-Rent) Properties:

Baltic Avenue is now Texas Stadium in Dallas

Mediterranean Avenue is now Jacobs Field in Cleveland

If you want to understand the American attitude toward capitalism, look inside your hall closet. There's probably a Monopoly game in there somewhere. Monopoly is the most popular board game in history, with more than 250 million copies sold.

Time Magazine

Here's what the new Monopoly game board looks like:

...Truly a sign of the times!

The 'Do Not Pass Go spot on the Here & Now Edition of the monopoly game board.

See for yourself... Play the online demo! (I believe if you keep rolling the dice long enough, you eventually stop land on every single spot on the board.)

...You can even print your own Monopoly money!

There are 8 brand new tokens:

a New Balance tennis shoe
a Starbucks coffee cup
a Motorola RAZR phone
a laptop computer
a Toyota Prius hybrid vehicle
an airplane
an order of McDonald's french fries
a Labradoodle dog

Here's more about Labradoodles and other hybrid dog breeds with funny names.

The new Monopoly Here and Now game tokens.

We were always either the top hat or the thimble. We don't want to be french fries! We like owning railroads no one has ever heard of! It's not fair! And if you think that's bad, wait until you hear about the British version: it -- gasp -- has no money, but instead gives everyone a Visa debit card. And Hasbro may inflict this horror on the American version as well. It's just too horrible to contemplate.
ShoppingBlog.com

Just for FUN... take the Monopoly Token Personality Quiz to see why you always choose the same playing piece whenever you play Monopoly!

A Few Other Changes...

The money starts with $10,000 bills and goes up to $5 million.

The little plastic houses are blue and gray.

The Community Chest and Chance cards have been modernized with items about reality TV, computer viruses, identity theft, insider trading, and such.

Pass "GO" and collect $2 million.

The 4 railroads (B&O, Pennsylvania, Reading, and Short Line) have been replaced by the 4 busiest airports in the U.S.: Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson, New York's Kennedy, Los Angeles and Chicago's O'Hare.