Monopoly Clone Wars
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Being one of the most loved board games in history, Monopoly has seen many television shows and movies being used as themes for the game, and in 2007 Monopoly Clone Wars was released.
Monopoly: The Cult Phenomenon
Monopoly has been at the forefront of Parker Brothers games for many years with an estimated 500 million players of Monopoly the world over. The game of Monopoly first came on the scene in 1935 as a creation of Charles B. Darrow. The story goes that Darrow used to play a similar game on his kitchen table and created his own version. He would make the games and sell them from his home until he eventually presented it to Parker Brothers. Unfortunately for Darrow, they rejected the game citing over 20 design errors.
In true entrepreneurial fashion Darrow never gave up and continued making them by hand and selling from his home. He become very successful in his business, and evetually Parker Brothers gave the game another look and subsequently bought the rights to it.
The Monopoly formula has been used many times to create different themes based on television, movies, sports and even pop culture versions of the game. Other game companies have also used the same general principle to create games like Horseopoly and Make-Your-Own-Opoly. Parker Brothers has even taken the game into the electronic age with its banking edition.
Monopoly continues to be one of the best sellers that Parker Brothers has had. They continue to create new versions of the game to keep it fresh and enticing for the players. There even those that set out to collect every version of Monopoly that is created, and as long as there are popular movies and television there will most likely be new versions of the game. Monopoly Clone Wars is one such version.
Monopoly Clone Wars
May the force be with you when you're playing this unique version of Monopoly. This edition of Monopoly has you playing as either a Jedi, Sith or one of the Republic's minions. The game is good vs. evil constantly battling for control of the force – a continuously waging battle. Monopoly Clone Wars is based off of the Clone Wars animated series. Your goal is to become the most powerful player by controlling as much of the force as possible.
The first thing that you must do is choose your side. Will you join the forces of good and play as a rebel, or will you aid the evil Republic in their goal for supremacy?
You will still be buying real estate, but you'll be doing so within the many galaxies of the Star Wars universe. You will be buying, selling and renting out property based on the Clone Wars animated series. The more property that you control, the more your power will spread. You do not build hotels or houses but settlements and cities. There are even optional Star Wars rules for an added twist to classic Monopoly.
What’s in the Box
The game components that you are used to are still here – sort of. They have changed of course to stick with the Star Wars theme. You will receive:
- Star Wars game board
- 28 title deeds of Star Wars themed locations
- Rulebook including optional Star Wars alternate rules
- 16 Sith cards
- 16 Jedi cards
- Republic credits (i.e. money)
- Banker’s money tray
- 12 cities
- 32 settlements
- 6 collector Star Wars tokens:
- Clone Commander Rex
- Obi-Wan Kenobi
- Anakin Skywalker
- Ahsoka Tona
- General Grievous
- Asajj Ventress
This version of Monopoly is best played with 3 players but can accommodate 6. The age range for the game is 8 and up. Like classic Monopoly, the time it takes to play the game varies. There are rules for a quicker style of play for those who don’t wish to play the game for hours on end. The alternate rules vary the style of the game as well as the rules and the time it takes to play.
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