Monopoly "Monopoly Cheater's Edition", which is recommended by Ikashima but balanced and physically restricted by handcuffs, will be out this fall

byMike Mozart

Popular Board Games that earn assets by purchasing land, real estate, railroads, swinging dice by shaking the dice in the manner of Sugoroku "MonopolyAs a new work of the manufacturerHasbroAnnounced to release "Monopoly Cheater's Edition", which will encourage players' cheating, in autumn.

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In order to win in Monopoly it is necessary to earn more assets than other players or to bankrupt all the other players. As a result, monopoly frequently exchanges in-game notes and various cards. A toy maker, Husbrough, who manufactures and sells monopolies investigated 2000 board game players, "steal money from banks", "do not pay for cheating on coming to others' land" Increase the number of homes and hotels secretly "and" Forcibly push local rules that are advantageous to you "About half of players have cheated on MonopolyI am making it clear.

byJonathan Lin

In order to combat misconduct of these players, Hasbro has released "Monopoly Game: Ultimate Banking Edition" which excludes physical items such as banknotes and asset cards by introducing IC card and ATM in the past.

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Meanwhile, the "Monopoly Cheater's Edition" announced this time is not designed not to be able to cheat, but as it is said to be for Cheater, rather to actively engage in cheating during game play It is designed to urge you. Handcuffs are appealed along with the message "Put handcuffs when they are caught" in the package, but this handcuffs are not decorations but items used in the game.


"Monopoly Cheater's Edition" includes 15 "Cheat cards" in addition to "Joint Fund Card" and "Chance Card" which are also included in regular Monopoly. Five cheat cards are placed in the center of the board and players can play quietly as Momopoly as usual, while secretly conducting cheat activities on cheat cards so that they can not be found by other players.


Misconduct written on the cheat card is "jailbreak secretly from the prison", "move yourself by another player's place instead of your own hand", "frighten payment to other players", "rent other players I will collect my fee as my own. " If you succeed to succeed in not being noticed by anyone, it is possible to get money and real estate free of charge. However, if someone notices it, you have to pay a penalty and furthermore the pieces are sent to the prison, and the players themselves are physically restrained by handcuffs connected to the board.


Furthermore, the board is set to "being hacked by cheetah", and in "Cheater's Edition" some land and real estate prices have been tampered with, it is different from ordinary monopoly. Husbrough's managing director Jonathan Berkowitz said, "We finally decided to accept dishonest fans by positively bringing players who work cheating to the game. For this sneaky and overwhelming game I'm looking forward to seeing what kind of monopoly fans will react. "


"Monopoly Cheater's Edition" is 19 dollars 99 cents (about 2200 yen), and it is planned to be released in the US this autumn. The release in Japan is undecided at the time of article creation.