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In-Game Advertising Comes to Board Games
Grooves writes "Monopoly is getting rid of paper money in favor of credit cards. From the article: 'The new card, which resembles a debit card, is inserted into a small plastic reader/writer that can display and update the balance on the card. Traditional money is gone altogether, though purists can still purchase the original version.' Does this mean the end of complex Monopoly games where I charge grandma interest to borrow money?"
It's so much easier for the banker to 'accidentally' press the wrong key, than to stuff bright pink notes under something. And I'd be so pissed if the battery died halfway through the game.
damn, one of the best things of monopoly is about having big stacks of money in front of you.
Sure a game with the name Monopoly would be above the influence of corporate interests like Visa!!
It's not stupid. It's advanced.
On the bright side, we won't have to deal with those stupid 5s and 1s, which only serve to get in the way.
On the other hand, this is going to make a lot of rulesets more complicated... ranging from embezzlement to the more common and legitimate Free Parking "put $500 and any taxes/fines in the middle, pick them up when you hit Free Parking" rule.
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It is a neat idea that puts a spin on monopoly other then themed boards. Notice how it costs more. The company is trying to come up with ways for you to buy the same game you already own. And it will probably work. When you go to buy a board game odds are that you will buy a game you have already played. That is why we have the same dozen games, but with 50 themes (trivial pursuit star wars!). The sad thing is that Monopoly was a great way for kids to learn about money.
Do you changes clothes while making the "chee-chee-cha-cha-choh" transformation sound?
Will the bank will also keep 2.5% per transaction like in the real world?
One nice thing about Monopoly is that children learn things like how to count money. With the credit card version it will be easier (and less time consuming) to play a game, but will there be the same educational value? Probably not.
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pretty much monopoly is just about perfect. The changing of the board does not affect it significantly. But if the money is gone, there is really no inherent benefit of monopoly over any other random game.
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"The winner of the game is decided so early on in play, 80% of the time spent playing the game is virtually pointless because everyone can tell who is going to win (unless he/she makes an incredibly dumb trade or someone cheats)."
How so? If one player gets really good properties and is on top, then the other players, if they are interested in winning, are going to team up in order to bring down the top player, so that he doesn't win.
Bravo Slashdot submiter & editor... Bravo.
Let's see first of all RTFA. It is ONE edition of monopoly. Not all future editions.
Secondly, the title of the slashdot post. "Advertising comes to Board Games."
Really? Ok, hrmm lets read the summary.. Odd No mention of this advertising...
Yes, I know Visa worked with Parker Brothers to make a credit card swiper for ONE edition of monopoly (only in UK and parts of europe so far). And they have the Visa logo on it... Of course, I know that not from this summary.. I guess it was good that I RTFA before slashdot posted it, so I knew what this post was about before I read the summary that misses the point.
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