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n unemployed Charles B. Darrow df Germantown,
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changed history. The ~epressionwas in full swing
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dreams
of
were quickly1 fading. It was
Darrow developed a game, which woqd allow people to
ce the thrill of becoming instant milliopaires by buying,
renting and selling property. But how could he pake it relevant to
the times?
destination of the early 1900s. And so,
from around the city, he developed what is still old today as
MONOPOLY.
Now more
MONOPOLY
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70 years later, history is again
HERE & NOW
Edition offers
become the billionaire you've always
longer the streets of Atlantic City that are on
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This edition sports
22
landmarks from today's most popular trav-
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dese chosen? By
you! In May 2006, an online vote was conducted and millions of
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votes were cast. Three landmarks from each of
cities were
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The gameboard spa& and corrt?=ding Title Deeds represent landmarks
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The tokens have beenredesigned to represent some of to
icons, including
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Place the gameboard op a flat surface within reach of all players.
MaNOPOLY@
Place the Chance and ommunity Chest cards facedown on their
nding spaces
e money by denornination and lay each denornination on
side in a separate compk-tmmt of the Banker's Tray.
Each player is given
O,OOOs, S1,000,~00s and $5W,OOOs; six $ZOO,OOOs:
50,000s
a token and pl ce it on
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advantage to have buildings
blue properties), you have a Monopoly. Now you can begin improving your
properties by building houses. The price for each house is shown on the Title
Deed card for the property on which you build the house.
The property owner still collects double rent from an opponent who lands on
the unimproved properties of hislher complete color group
Even
Build1Brea.k
properties. If you buy just one house, you may place it on any one of the
properties in your complete color group. The next house, however, must be
placed on one of the remaining unimproved properties of this or any other
complete color group you own. You can never build more than one house
on any one property of any color group until you have built one house on
every property of that group. After you have built one house on each of the
properties in your color group, you can begin building a second row of houses.
Selling
Back
half the amount paid for them.
one by one, evenly, in reverse of the manner in which they were built.
Down
Houses:
Rule:
You MUST build houses evenly across your
Houses may be sold back to the Bank at any time for one-
All
on
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houses on one color group must be sold
rats
value of the hotel as shown on the Title Deed card. You may build only one
hotel on any one property.
at once, or they may
houses), evenly,
be
sold back one house at a time (one hotel
in
reverse of the manner in which they were buil
BUILDING SHORTAGES
When the Bank has no more buildings (housedhotels) to sell, players wishing
to buy them must wait until another player returns hislher buildings to the
Bank before buying. If there is a limited number of buildings available and two
or more players wish to buy more than the
auctioned to the highest bidder.
Bank
has, the buildings must be
SELLING PROPERTIES
Unimproved properties (without buildings), airports and Service Providers may
be sold to any player as a private transaction for any amount the owner can get;
be
however, no property can
any property of that color group. Any buildings so located must be sold back to
the Bank before the owner can sell any property of that color group.
sold to another player
if
buildings are placed on
MORTGAGES
Unimproved properties can be mortgaged through the
an improved property can
of its color group must be sold back to the Bank at half price.
value is printed on
No rent can be collected on mortgaged properties, Service Providers
However, rent can be collected on un-mortgaged properties
be
each
Title Deed card.
mortgaged, all of the buildings on
Bank
at any time. Before
all
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mortgage
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the pr~perties
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airports.
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The HASBROa PARKER BROTHERS and MQNOPOLY names and
tinctive design of
name and character, and
are
trademarks of Hasbro for its prapmty tmding game and game equipment.
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DONE IT WITHOUT THE HELP OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
OF
MONOPOLY
RALLIED TO HELP DEFINE THIS TRULY MODERN EDITION*
WOULD THE MONOPOLY CAME BE LIKE IF IT WERE
TODAY?
THE
MONOPOLY: HERE & NOW
FANS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHO VOTED AND
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THE VOTE
For three weeks, starting in late April 2006,
the official MONOPOLY
were cast, determining the fate of MONOPOLY: Here
properties.Three landmarks from each of 22 great cities across
our country were up for grabs. Not only would America decide
which landmarks made the cut, but also the order in which
they would appear on the
would land on the coveted Dark Blue properties, traditionally
home to Boardwalk and Park Place. Cities (and their landmarks)
would then
lower-rent Purple properties.
be
placed in counterclockwise order,ending with the
website. More than three million votes
gameboard.The highest vote-getters
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Now, truly dozens of great American cities are
representation on the MONOPOLY gameboard; but with only
available property spaces, some tough decisions had to be made.
Game designers struggled over which cities to
going back to the spirit in which Charles Darrow first designed
MONOPOLY, they ultimately based their decision on which cities
were great "Here
wanted to ensure that the final
ample geographic diversity so that all regions of the counrrywert
represented.
Of course, creating such3 T5fma'It that some
be represented. A few cities even came forward, voicing their
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objections to not being included when a neighboring city was
chosen instead -for example, in the Buckeye state, Columbus
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questioned Cleveland's inclusion, while Memphis felt tky
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would have been a better choice than Nashville
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THE VOTE:
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LIGHT BLUE
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LANDMARKS
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MOST
ORDER):
GATEWAY
SPACE
WERE
BASED
VOTES
COLLECTION
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ABOUT
MINNEAPOLIS
VOTES,
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AROUND
CENTER.
PLACED
ON
FOR
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THE
VOTES
WERE
DISNEY
ARCH,
AND
[LANDMARKS
ON
THE
NUMBER
THEIR-CITY'S
OF
SPECIFIC
FOR
THE
GATEWAY
TO
THAT
WORLD,
THE
LANDMARKS,
ARCH
RECEIVED
WOULD
CORNER
HAVE
MAGENTA.
RECEIVED
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OF
LANDMARK
CITY.)
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RALLIES
Government and tourist officials in each of the
were told that the number of votes cast for that city
ultimately determine where
board.Mayors and tourist officials helped rally local
on the
voters, and several Convention and Visitor's Bureaus placed
links on their official sites to the MONOPOLY voting site,
Two weeks into the three-week voting process, Phoenix
officials realized that their landmark would land on a
rent Purple space
mentioned this in his weekly press
Phoenix media rallied Arizonans to start voting every day.
The effort resulted in Phoenix moving from
the comer and surpassing cities such as Denver, Atlanta and
St.
Louis to ultimately land on a Red property.
And while the rally hurt Atlanta, the Georgia city can be
consoled by knowing that their fall in rank landed them on
the traditional "St. Charles
landmark a place on a CHANCE
splashing in the world's largest interactive
to Centennial Olympic Park."(NewYork City and Orlando also
earned cards by landing on Boardwalk and Illinois Avenue,
respectively; properties which traditionally have cards
directing players to them.)
Dallas and Cleveland remained in the low-rent Purplc-
properties throughout most of the voting process. Nashville
occupied one of those spaces for a short time during the first
week of voting, but a surge of civic pride moved them up to
a
Light Blue where they remained
Atlantic City, not one of the
for inclusion in the game. Fighting for a spot,Atlantic
officials staged a rally on the famed BoardwalkThe New
Jersey congressional delegation in Washington, D.C. joined
the effort and sent a letter to Hasbro's CEO, requesting that
MONOPOLY reconsider and find room for them. Ultimately,
Atlantic City would be represented by a COMMUNITY CHEST
card:"Win big at the casinos in Atlantic City."
Atlantic City still holds the ultimate MONOPOLY honor: to
have an entire game, the original version, dedicated
to properties within its city limits. This original MONOPOLl
version will continue to be sold alongside the MONOPOLY,
Here & Now
if
the voting ended that day.The mayor
Edition.
To fully experience this
its
landmark would appear
conferenceland the
Placenspace, and earned Atlanta's
card:"Beat the heat by
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proposed properties, rallied
MONOPOLY
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built, simply open the gameboard, grab the modern
tokens and start buying your way across the country,
We hope you enjoy playing in this
estate market
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