I was reading the news on the internet this morning as I am wont to do. And what did I spy? An article about a new Monopoly game! That's what! OMG! Guess who loves herself some Monopoly games? I have more than I can count on one hand, but not more than I can count on two hands, cause that would just be weird and hoarder-ish, wouldn't it?
Or would it?
Anyhoo, back to said article which you can read Here
Take a look at this horrific thing:
(pssst, did you notice that I figured out how to put a pic up in my blog again??) : ) Soo happy!!
Here is what they did:
1. They took the guts out of the game.
2. They took the money out of the game.
3. They made it ROUND.
4. They took away the houses and hotels.
5. They took away the cute little metal tokens!!!
6. They put shitty plastic tabs in place of the metal tokens!
7. There is no way to do side-deals, no way to put income tax, etc in free parking.
8. There is no way to learn to count out money.
9. Basically, they took the game out of the game.
Grrrr. Rat bastards. I am so ticked off right now that I am highly pissed off! WTF is the point of the game now? Nothing to hold, nothing to count, it doesn't even seem like a game at all!
I have already sent a scathing email to the rat bastards at Hasbro. Shame on them. Imagine coming up with a new game idea in the idea meeting that is basically "Here is a new twist on an old game about buying and selling property; there will be no money to handle, there will be no cute little race cars or slow little irons, no way to negotiate, and let's just squeeeeeeze all the fun right on out of this classic game". How the hell did this idea make it out of the idea room? Were they all high? Were they all "bored" (get it? BOARD games???) All I know, is they are all RAT BASTARDS!
And not only will I not buy this travesty piece of crap, I will boycott all of their games if they don't shape up. Shape up back to a square board game, not a round one.
Update, my ass. Hhhmmmmppphh.
1. They took the guts out of the game. - my version came gut-free... did you by chance get a used version from a serial killer?
ReplyDelete2. They took the money out of the game. - I can live with this
3. They made it ROUND. - this is too weird, though it will fit better when we play on the lazy susan
4. They took away the houses and hotels. - Chris will not play. His favorite part of the game is blowing all his money... I'd be ok with this. houses and hotels make it too complicated for me ;)
5. They took away the cute little metal tokens!!! - made in China
6. They put shitty plastic tabs in place of the metal tokens! - cost reduction move
7. There is no way to do side-deals, no way to put income tax, etc in free parking. - OUTRAGED!
8. There is no way to learn to count out money. - what is money? I never see it in real-life...
9. Basically, they took the game out of the game. - game is totally changed, agree
I think I mentioned previously, but Chris and I both bought each other the 3D monopoly for Christmas (are we gamers, or what?). After returning one version, we sat down to play. Not...a....fan. I will stick with original or Aggieopoly
Um...Just the fact alone that they took away my little Scottie dog. I always called that piece. And the money!!!! What is this: Monopoly for the short bus riders?
ReplyDelete"Rat bastards." Heeeeee!
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