Talk:Localized versions of the Monopoly game

Debate on title
This title is awful. How about Localized versions of the Monopoly game, or something like that? -- Zoe

Is it true that in the Congo Monopoly Game everything belongs to Leopold II and there is no game to play ?

I think it would be a good idea to move this page to a List of variants of the Monopoly game or something like that; that way, we could include things like Star Trek Monopoly and so on in addition to the localized versions we already have here. -Branddobbe 19:04, Feb 24, 2004 (UTC)


 * I tentatively concur, but there are so many variants that it could get unwieldy. The Simpsons Monopoly, University Of Manchester Monopoly, Star Trek Monopoly... the list is endless, particularly given the existence of Create Your Own Monopoly (I've seen it in geek shops (Forbidden Planet and such like) in the UK). Kinitawowi 11:55, Aug 17, 2004 (UTC)


 * I also agree with both of you (Branddobbe and Kinitawowi). It'd be better to at least call it (rather than List of...) Variations on the Monopoly game, because it would discuss the variations, not list them. Am I right? --D. F. Schmidt (talk) 08:33, 10 August 2005 (UTC)


 * Well, no, according to Naming conventions, as a general rule, if you can't singularize it, then it's a List of… List of localized version of the Monopoly game. There should be a small sub-article in Monopoly (game) about localized vartiants, and then that should have a See List of localized version of the Monopoly game And perhaps pull out the section Monopoly (game) and make a List of themed Monopoly games as well. If you were clever, you could make that shorter themed Monopoly list and refer to it as a template inside the main Monopoly article with  until it got too large. But I digress. —Fitch 23:03, 17 October 2005 (UTC)


 * I've started something of a list at List of licensed Monopoly game boards. I'm mostly doing the officially licensed themed boards, by Hasbro, Winning Moves and USAopoly - I'm still debating whether or not to do "official" national sets, I might do that in a forked Monopoly history article, which I think the main article also could use. --JohnDBuell 04:34, 18 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Are there state monopoly boards? I know there's a "Wisconsin" one, and a "Wisconsin Badgers" one, and I own a "National Parks" one - I was wondering if they'd count? mathwhiz  29  01:51, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Never mind, see Other editions ~ mathwhiz  29  01:55, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Jinsei
Isn't the game which the Japanese call "jinsei game" a different game? I think that "jinsei game" is the Game of Life, but I'm not sure. --User:Juuitchan

I need to add the Dublin board but the table could get very wide if all the variations are added, so I think we need to rethink the format of this page.

Dublin Monopoly
The Irish Monopoly contains the streets of Dublin on the board, with one noticable exception - Shannon Airport. The pound version of the game was replaced by the Euro version in 2002.


 * Formerly the Red streets were in Cork - Washington St, Oliver Plunkett St, Patrick St. I had heard the new version had Dublin Castle and Govt Bldgs replacing Shrewsbury Rd and Ailesbury Rd, and all Dublin railway stations.  Joestynes

German version colors
Can someone confirm the German colours? This picture of a German board from 2003 (with Berlin streets) http://www.muurkrant.com/monopoly/images/D-nostalgisch-2003.jpg, seems to have completely different colours. Mintguy (T) Also this page seems to use the British colours http://www.bewersdorff-online.de/monopoly/ Mintguy (T) 16:48, 16 May 2004 (UTC)

Good point.. and someone needs to fix the table with regards to the colours on the purple/brown properties.. the way it is now has the british version purple. I'd do it, but i'm not good with HTML :( 131.111.8.101 11:04, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Done, but I havent got a clue with HTML either and I still did it. You just need to do some intelligent searching

Board Help
Does anyone know the properties for Brighton and Hove, Coventry, Devon, Gloucestershire, Hull, Jersey, Kent , Norwich, Reading, Southhampton, Sunderland, Its for my Monopoly board maker and I only need them to compleat my Uk collection Thanks in advance.

Colors on the article's table
Would anyone mind if I change the background colors of each property to its color, rather than have the label "Green Properties" and "Blue Properties" and so on? It just seems to be a waste of space, and is ungainly. I changed the colors momentarily (not even saving it) and noted that it doesn't work well for the red properties, where there are links to non-articles. It also doesn't look like it would be good for contrast purposes, but the way it is now (with the labels as above) just looks bad, in my opinion. --D. F. Schmidt (talk) 08:33, 10 August 2005 (UTC)


 * You mean you want every cell in the table to have one of those bright, garish colors? Personally, I think that would look awful. A term that was used in one of my UI courses that might apply was "angry fruit salad". :) Bryan 15:09, 10 August 2005 (UTC)


 * Haha. You're right, now that I think on it a second more. But how about including another column to the left of the set instead of having an extra row? Basically like the board above, I mean. I'm not certain I can do it myself. I'll give it a shot. If it doesn't work, would someone else want to try? -- D. F. Schmidt (talk) 03:30, 12 August 2005 (UTC)


 * Could work, though I need to think more about how to handle the brown/purple set of rows. I'll cogitate on that and see if I can think of something. Bryan 03:38, 12 August 2005 (UTC)

Leeds Monopoly
In 1993, the first non-London UK version was produced for charity and based on Leeds as the home of the manufacturers, Waddingtons. Only 500 (numbered) copies were made. They are very rare. Has anyone any more information?

Original Australian Monopoly
These monopoly articles all talk about an Australian version of the game, but the version they talk about is only a recent addition, and I'm fairly certain it's a flop and nobody considers it a true replacement of the original Australian edition. The Original board is identical to the brittish/UK version, except all money is in $ (Dollars). I couldn't tell you what those dollar amounts are though —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.147.206.137 (talk) 07:46, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Extremely belated reply, but I believe that the dollar amounts are the same as the pound amounts in the UK version, only with a $ instead of a ₤. 219.90.141.233 (talk) 08:32, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

English Cities/Towns
Are all the cities listed for England actually cities? I know Reading is definately classed as a town, and I think Wigan may be...
 * The article is currently written in American, I am not aware of the existence of the ceremonial title of city in the US. In this context, it is appropriate to call any location which possesses more than a certain number of inhabitants city. Regards, Captain scarlet 15:48, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Use of village/city depends on local laws in the United States. In Illinois, for instance, small communities can begin their formal existence by incorporating as a village, and can later reincorporate as a city once certain standards (generally population levels) are met. I'm not sure that 'town' is actually used formally. --JohnDBuell 18:40, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Italian edition colors
These may have changed with more recent printings, but the colors on the board that I have from the late 1980s/early 1990s (the only clue I have to the exact date is that the license came from the Tonka Coporation in the USA, which dates it sometime between the mid-1980s, when the company was still Kenner Parker Toys, and the buyout by Hasbro in the early 1990s) are different than the one on the list. The first two properties are light purple, the next three are dark blue, followed by three orange, three brown, the traditional red, yellow and green, and dark purple for the final two properties. I didn't want to change the colors in the table in the article unless they are STILL that way in the Italian edition.... --JohnDBuell 19:01, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Finnish Monopoly has been redesigned
The Finnish version of Monopoly has been redesigned with new property names. Unfortunately I do not have the new version so I can't list all the new names of the properties. J I P | Talk 08:27, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

What is this list meant to cover?
A lot of editors keep adding the "On Board" or "-opoly" games, which are unofficial editions. Is this meant to be a list of OFFICIAL versions of Monopoly? If so, the unofficial versions should be forked off (and the company Help On Board needs its own article anyway). --JohnDBuell 14:16, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Other editions
This site has a LOT of boards and editions. Maybe someone has the courage to post them here in the page? The link http://www.muurkrant.nl/monopoly/country_index.htm Loool 21:11, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
 * The list here will never end if we start this :) There is also a long list of "affinity editions" through 2005 in a recently published book, Monopoly: The World's Most Famous Game & How it Got that Way. This even includes editions commissioned by corporations for their use. --JohnDBuell 15:10, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
 * This begs the question of what qualifies for this list. I am sure that the list does not contain some official localized versions (such as the Latvian one which I added yesterday). At the same time I understand that putting too much is not the best idea. What should and what should not be posted then? Loool 21:11, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Which echos the question I asked just yesterday. :) I would say that all of the national and city editions should be on this list, hence "localized." I filled in from a master U.S.A. list yesterday (and I know a number of the German cities are missing). --JohnDBuell 21:39, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

New table layout
I put together a new table layout for the various editions. It uses a template for the table rows. Should be much easier to add editions or make edits. Instructions at Template:Monopoly localized version. Any questions or problems, let me know. JBarta (talk) 13:47, 31 January 2009 (UTC) Nix this, see below. JBarta (talk) 03:24, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

New article
I created a new article and a new template with the intent of combining this article and List of licensed Monopoly game boards into one nice, neat and consistant article for ALL Monopoly variations. If it gets too big, we can consider splitting it up, but in a way that stays consistant and doesn't create a bunch of overlap (like there is now). If anyone is interested in helping, the first order of business is to move board details from this article to the new article making use of the new template. JBarta (talk) 03:24, 11 February 2009 (UTC)