For visual interest, you’re provided with a close-up forced isometric 3-D view of the current player’s location on the board, which is often framed by a zoomed-out view of the full 11-block grid. version is bettered by more famous locales.Įither city map is presented from two perspectives, simultaneously. version teaches less about geography than it does the general benefits and consequences of real estate investment the U.K. Though the company hasn’t included some of the streamlined or expanded variants on Monopoly popularized in recent years, it does give the player an initial choice to use the Atlantic City (U.S.) version or London (U.K.) version of the board and currency, with Park Place replaced by Park Lane, Illinois Avenue by Trafalgar Square, and so on. Your goal is to bankrupt your opponents by owning enough property that they run out of money after some combination of bad investments, luck, and movement on the board.īy the standards of EA’s previous board game translations for the iPod, Monopoly is not only fun, but legitimately replayable and educational. Buy several blocks in the same neighborhood and you can develop them with houses or hotels the more and better developed the property you own, the more you collect every time one of your opponents lands on that property. You roll two dice to move as few as two or as many as twelve blocks at a time, and you have the opportunity to purchase the land on virtually any block unless it’s owned by someone else. If you’re not familiar with the premise, Monopoly places you on a square board that runs 11 blocks on each side, starting with a piece of land called “Go” and continuing to form a frame of separate properties until you come back to the Go square.
Developed by Electronic Arts, Monopoly does a very good job of letting as many as four people enjoy Parker Brothers’ classic game of buying, managing, and exploiting a portfolio of property, armed with an initial budget of $1500 and whatever additional funds can be secured through luck or wise speculation. (Batteries not included.If you’ve ever wanted to learn how people can bankrupt themselves investing in real estate, good news: you don’t have to read California or Florida newspapers - the classic board game Monopoly ($5) is here for the third-generation iPod nano, iPod classic, and fifth-generation iPod. Requires 3 x 1.5V AAA alkaline batteries.Includes gameboard, banking unit, 4 plastic token, 4 bank cards, 16 Title Deed cards, 20 Chance cards, 4 Reference cards, 1 die, and game guide.Get together for family game night and watch kids enjoy being in charge of their own banking card GREAT FAMILY GAME: This Monopoly board game is fun for families and kids ages 8 and up. GET INTO TRADING SPACES: Land on a Forced Trade space? Choose any property and immediately trade it for your choice of any other player's property GET REWARDS BACK: Choose your rewards! Each token in the Monopoly Super Electronic Banking board game has a matching bank card that offers a unique reward by performing a certain action in the gameīANKING UNIT: The Monopoly Super Electronic Banking board game features an all-in-one banking unit with tap technology that makes gameplay faster than the classic Monopoly gameįLIGHT SPACES: Instead of purchasing railroads in this edition of the Monopoly game, players can choose to take a flight to any property on the gameboard Monopoly name and character, as well as each of the distinctive elements of the board and playing pieces are trademarks of Hasbro for its property trading game and game equipment. The Hasbro, Hasbro Gaming, Parker Brothers, and Monopoly names and logos, the distinctive design of the gameboard, the four corner squares, the Mr. It's an exciting game as players buy properties, collect rent - and get rewarded for it! The player with the most money at the end of the game wins. There is no paper money in this game - the cards and banking unit track each player's cash. Players can also choose to fly to any property on the board, and force another player into trading one of their coveted properties. The Monopoly Super Electronic Banking board game features an all in one electronic banking unit, and amps up the excitement with unique rewards! Each player has a bank card that will earn them different rewards for gameplay: roll a certain number, land on a certain space, or purchase a particular property.