Last night, I played a nice game of Monopoly. Not gonna delve into details, but it was fun. It was simple... ish, but still, simple. Today, my grandmother took me and my brother to Indigo, a bookstore. In it, we saw...

Yes, that's right, Mega Monopoly. Check out this quote.

Everyone loves the timeless game-play of Monopoly. Now with Monopoly: The Mega Edition, you'll be able to own more properties, build more buildings, handle more cash, and -- amazingly -- play faster than ever before!

 

OWN MORE: The massive game board has 12 additional spaces, including 9 new properties. You'll be able to buy, for the first time: California, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, South Carolina and Arctic Avenues, plus the Gas Company. Each joins an existing group.

BUILD MORE: Buy all the properties of a group, build your houses and hotels, and then keep on going by building Skyscrapers for a chance to earn mega rents. Good news: you can build houses and hotels once you own three out of four properties in a group (or two out of three in the smaller groups). You can eve build a Depot on a railroad to double its rent.

GET RICHER: Start play with $2500, including a $1000 bill.

PLAY FASTER: Roll three dice on your turn: two regular dice and the special Speed Die. the Speed Die gives you a chance for a free trip to the next unowned property. (Later in the game the Speed Die could send you to the next property you owe rent on. Ouch!) From time to time you'll earn free Bus Tickets. Use them to go where you want to go, but beware: they expire! The Speed Die and the Bus Tickets make the action speedy, intense, and sure-fire fun!

Best of all if you already know how to play the Monopoly game, you'll be playing Monopoly: The Mega Edition in minutes.

 

Contents:

 

1 quad-fold game board

32 houses

12 hotels

8 skyscrapers

4 depots

tokens

37 title deeds

16 Chance cards

16 Community Chest cards

16 bus tickets

2 dice

1 speed die

pad of money

banker's tray

full-color, illustrated rules.

Bus tickets, skyscrapers, new territories, a Speed die, skyscrapers, depots... $1000 bills?! This ain't Monopoly; It's a modern mockery. I like the original game. It was simple. No bus tickets, no speed die, just roll, move, buy, pick a chance, go to jail: It takes a while to understand, but it's better than... this.

*phew* Glad I got that outta my system.

Bionus