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Monopoly is a board game which was launched in
1935, in which players take it in turns to roll dice and travel
around the board, which comprises well known roads, landmarks and
other buildings. When they land on a property, they can buy it,
and if an opponent subsequently lands on it they have to pay
rent. Players can build up to four houses and finally a hotel on
each property, which increases the amount of rent they can
charge. The objective of the game is to get more money than the
other players.
The original game featured roads and landmarks of Atlantic City,
New Jersey, while a London version was launched the same year and
has become more well known worldwide.
Queen Monopoly is a Queen themed version of the game which was
released on 8 May 2017, and developed by Queen, Bravado and
Winning Moves. While the game rules are identical, in the Queen
version, each square is a concert venue, and players can build up
to four staging blocks followed by a full production (which
loosely resembles the stage for the 2014 Queen + Adam Lambert
tour), which allows them to charge higher admission prices.
Compared to the London edition, the Queen Monopoly board consists
of the following:
The venues are arranged in order of performance, although there are a few exceptions, for example Queen first played the Budokan Hall, Tokyo in 1975, but it is included alongside venues from 1979. Earl's Court and Bingley Hall have swapped positions, while Wembley Stadium is the last square on the board, when it should be before Budapest. Each square is illustrated with either a photograph from the show, a related album sleeve, merchandise, or a promotional photograph. The full list of venues is as follows:
The game also contains six Queen themed player
tokens, namely a Red Special guitar, 'Frank' robot (from 'News Of
The World'), a bicycle (from 'Bicycle Race'), a radio (from
'Radio Ga Ga'), a vacuum cleaner (from 'I Want To Break Free')
and a hammer (from 'Hammer To Fall'). The instruction booklet,
money and title deed cards are based on the original game but add
small Queen elements.
Full photographs of the game and contents are shown below.
Outer Box Front and Back.....
.....Outer Box and Inner Contents.....
.....Outer Box Sides.....
.....Inner Box Side and Promo Shot.....
.....Game Board.....
.....Player Tokens.....
.....Staging Blocks and a Full Production.....
.....Instruction Booklet and Money.....
.....'A Kind Of Magic' and Title Deed Packs
(these are still shrinkwrapped, with a horizontal gold strip for
opening)
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