Posted on 02/16/2016 2:10:20 PM PST by EBH
If you've never come close to murdering members of your own family over a friendly game of Monopoly, you're probably doing it wrong.
We don't think we've ever played a game where someone didn't have a hidden stash of cash, tried to swipe a C-Note while no-one is looking or bargained for their lives, prolonging the agony for way longer than necessary.
Now a new version of the game is seeking to settle those dangerously vociferous arguments once and for all by doing away with paper money altogether and bringing the game into a digital age.
The Monopoly Ultimate Banking edition (via Gizmodo) gives players credit cards and requires them to scan that card using the bundled in scanner every time they wish to make a purchase.
All cards in the game, including Chance, now have unique barcodes, so if you're lucky enough to win £10 in a beauty contest a quick scan of the card will deposit the sum in your bank account.
Then, once an opposing player lands on your property, they'll be required to scan that card and you'll be the recipient of an instant bank transfer, rather than experience the joy of ripping the cash from their grasp.
Thanks to the digitalisation of rent and purchase fees, the game is able to be a little more flexible. New Chance cards called Life Events, which can have reverberations around the board and even cause rent prices to fluctuate.
Of course, it's not the first time Monopoly has tried to do away with regular money. There are electronic editions with chip and pin like card machines, but Ultimate Banking offers the most techy version yet for the annual holiday-ruining board game.
The Monopoly Ultimate Banking edition is coming out in the autumn and will be priced at $25 (around £18)
New game or propaganda and brainwash training for the masses?
Gets rid of everybody’s favorite house rule too. It’s amazing how popular Monopoly is, being that pretty much nobody will admit to ever liking the game.
I thought they came out with that back in the late 90s or early 00s. It used “Credit Cards”.
So much for teaching kids to count money.
In college, my roommate was a flagrant cheater playing Risk. So, when he started cheating we would all gang up against him.
I hate Monopoly. It’s like playing poker for pennies. How are you supposed to bluff when there is 45 cents on the line!?
I LOVED the game and would still play it if my friends still liked to play games. They don’t.
Ah me.
Sorry, but if you can’t cheat, it’s not really Monopoly. It’s not a bug, it’s a feature.
How can you hate Monopoly? It is the ultimate game in capitalism and it teaches kids how to deal. Like poker teaches one to handle situations, Monopoly teaches people basic economics and buying and selling. It is still better than most video and computer games out there.
Funny how he assumes that everyone will try to cheat. NEVER did anyone in my family cheat at the game. My kid sister got so mad she tipped the board and hasn’t played it since (going on 45 years now) but no one ever cheated. EVER.
I’ll be honest. I have monopoly installed on my ipad and ipod touch. Love the game.
GOOD for you! :o)
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