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You'd think this was from The Onion... #162428
07/25/06 12:42 PM
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Don Sicilia Offline OP
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Monopoly swaps cash for plastic

Monopoly money will be phased out in a new version of the game in a bid to keep up with the times.
Instead players will use mock Visa debit cards to keep track of how much money they are winning or losing.

An electronic machine is provided, which allows the banker to transfer money from players and record their earnings and payments.

The new updated edition of the game is being sold along with the traditional cash version.

The revamped model will also include several changes, such as an increase in property prices and new fines like paying the congestion charge, to bring it upto date.

Chris Weatherhead, brand manager at Parker games, which makes Monopoly, said: "We wanted to design a more relevant version of Monopoly to reflect modern society.

"As the popularity of plastic cards increases when paying for goods instead of using cash, we wanted to reflect that in the new Monopoly."

Re: You'd think this was from The Onion... #162429
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DB, when was the last time you started a thread that didn't involve sports? :p


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Re: You'd think this was from The Onion... #162430
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Don Sicilia Offline OP
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2003 :p

Re: You'd think this was from The Onion... #162431
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It's fun to stay in the YMCA
Isn't half the fun messing about with the change?

No. No it isn't.

Sounds like a good idea. But they've already made versions to reflect the times with Ghettopoly and Chavopoly. I don't think I'll be updating my Steelers Monopoly anytime soon.


So die all who betray Giuliano
Re: You'd think this was from The Onion... #162432
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As long as they keep the little metal shoe, I ll still play the damn game.

Re: You'd think this was from The Onion... #162433
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The Slippery Slope
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The Slippery Slope
Another game I can offer to play people at for real money .


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Re: You'd think this was from The Onion... #162434
07/25/06 02:03 PM
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With Geary in Fredo's Brothel
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Half the fun is slipping a few $500 bills under the board before the game begins!

How they gonna change with the times? Condos instead of Hotels?


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Re: You'd think this was from The Onion... #162435
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Quote:
Originally posted by klydon1:
As long as they keep the little metal shoe, I ll still play the damn game.
What about that little Iron?


Dylan Matthew Moran born 10/30/12


Re: You'd think this was from The Onion... #162436
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Instead of a "get out of jail free card" do you now get the phone listings of the local bail bondsmen?


How about a little less questions and a lot more shut the hell up - Brian Griffin

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Re: You'd think this was from The Onion... #162437
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Quote:
Originally posted by Don Sicilia:

Instead players will use mock Visa debit cards
How long before Master Card sues?


How about a little less questions and a lot more shut the hell up - Brian Griffin

When there's a will...put me in it.
Re: You'd think this was from The Onion... #162438
07/25/06 03:31 PM
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Don Sicilia Offline OP
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Quote:
Originally posted by Beth E:
Instead of a "get out of jail free card" do you know get the phone listings of the local bail bondsmen?
No more free parking... You have to pay $20 to valet. :p

Re: You'd think this was from The Onion... #162439
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Quote:
Originally posted by klydon1:
As long as they keep the little metal shoe, I ll still play the damn game.
For me, it was the hat.

:p

I still prefer Ghettopoly , though.



Re: You'd think this was from The Onion... #162440
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The iron, the shoe, the hat?? C'mon, everyone knows that the racecar is the ONLY way to go!!


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Re: You'd think this was from The Onion... #162441
07/25/06 10:05 PM
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Right here, but I'd rather be ...
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Quote:
Originally posted by Don Sicilia:

Instead players will use mock Visa debit cards
"Keeping up with the times" or product placement?


"Somebody told me when the bomb hits, everybody in a two mile radius will be instantly sublimated, but if you lay face down on the ground for some time, avoiding the residual ripples of heat, you might survive, permanently fucked up and twisted like you're always underwater refracted. But if you do go gas, there's nothing you can do if the air that was once you is mingled and mashed with the kicked up molecules of the enemy's former body. Big-kid-tested, motherf--ker approved."
Re: You'd think this was from The Onion... #162442
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Quote:
Originally posted by Sicilian Babe:
The iron, the shoe, the hat?? C'mon, everyone knows that the racecar is the ONLY way to go!!
No way man, the little Scotty dog was the way to go.


If winners never lose, well, then a loser sure can sing the blues.
Re: You'd think this was from The Onion... #162443
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The best part about this whole deal is that its continuing the deterioration of basic math skills - I love when people cash me out someplace and can't do the tax...God forbid if the power is out and the registers were down! :p



Re: You'd think this was from The Onion... #162444
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Quote:
Originally posted by klydon1:
As long as they keep the little metal shoe, I ll still play the damn game.
!


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- whered' they get you?"
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