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In-Game Advertising Comes to Board Games

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the people-still-use-paper-money dept.

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?"

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  1. Easier to cheat! by celardore · · Score: 4, Insightful

    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.

  2. Absolutely Shocked by KU_Fletch · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Sure a game with the name Monopoly would be above the influence of corporate interests like Visa!!

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  3. Mixed feelings by Incoherent07 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    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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  4. Finance Charges by Ahtha · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Will the bank will also keep 2.5% per transaction like in the real world?

  5. What will kids learn from this? by soft_guy · · Score: 4, Insightful

    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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  6. Re:The old game is still there by fermion · · Score: 4, Insightful
    It has nothing to do with a lack of appreciation for electro-nics, but rather a grasp of why monopoly is one of the better board games for children. I know most will think i am just being silly, but there are a number of skills taught in the paper money monopoly, things like organizing money, budgeting money, protecting money, etc. Many of these skill are not taught with a cash card. Children are not even going to have as much fun with a cash card given there is not concrete representation to signify a variable about of money, just a single card that could mean 0-1000000000000 dollars.

    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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  7. Re:Blast from the past by a+whoabot · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "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.