'Monopoly' as you've never played it before!

It seems that Hasbro, makers of the Monopoly board game, are teaming up with Google to offer an online version of the game using Google Maps.

The online version will be the same as the traditional board game but players will be able to build football stadiums and skyscrapers as well as the usual houses and hotels.

The Chance cards will also give players the chance to build prisons and rubbish dumps on their rivals’ streets.

Players start the free game with three million Monopoly dollars and can buy Downing Street for $231,000, while Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, where the White House stands, costs $2 million.

Rent is paid automatically each day, from $50,000 for a house to $100 million for a skyscraper.

Hasbro said: 'It’s a chance to escape the harsh reality of recession and enjoy building up an empire.'

There's more at the link.

I think one could have a lot of fun with this. Imagine for a moment . . . you're playing the online version, and you land on someone's property. The property 'owner' demands rent for the 'houses' or 'hotel' or 'stadium' or 'skyscraper' he's 'built' on his property. You can now call up Google Street View for a quick look at the actual property in the real world, find there's no such building(s) there, and refuse to pay!



Peter