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Via NY Times: Can’t Play by the Rules? It’s Fine by Mr. Monopoly

Maybe you and your friends have made Free Parking more like a winning lottery ticket by adding the proceeds from taxes and fees. Or you’ve started your own stimulus program by jacking up the take for landing on Go — or amended those pesky regulations limiting houses and hotels.

If so, you’ve been playing Monopoly incorrectly. But soon such “house rules” may receive an official blessing….

To kick off the promotional effort, Hasbro will invite fans to debate the pros and cons of 10 popular house rules on the game’s Facebook page through April 3. Then it will choose five to become part of a special edition and to be included as an addendum to the official rules in a Monopoly game guide next year….

I guess I am what the article calls a “Monopoly die-hard” fan.

The rules are there for a reason, right?

And breaking the rules can easily lead to board anarchy.

So, I won’t be sending in any suggestions.

Besides, I’m still steamed about the loss of the iron.

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  1. TAMocantor says:

    Ironically the Electronic Banking edition has a Space Shuttle token yet the actual Space Shuttle has been retired.

  2. Kitten says:

    At our house, Mom always got outta jail for free. Oh, and you couldn’t buy property until you went around the board once.

  3. Dave says:

    Did you know that the Red Cross dispensed Monopoly to Allied prisoners of war during WWII that were really escape kits in disguise. Many Allied prisoners of war successfully escaped captivity because of these monopoly escape kits.

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