Monopoly Electronic Banking Edition

THis game is fun as can be, as 5 adults sat on New YEars Day playing. The electronic banking made it that much more fun. Thanks

We purchased this for our Partner's In Education school thru where I work and according to the teacher, the kids LOVE it. It was exactly as described and it works wonderfully.

The electronic Monopoly game puts a new spin on an old favorite. Great family fun!

We played this game over the Holidays and I intend to buy it after trying it. I liked the updating of properties and new prices, but others might not. Elimination of paper money is a Godsend, I always felt it slowed the game down.

But it does create other problems. First off the glitches, we had some reoccurring problems with cards not getting recognized, or card #3 being recognized as card #2, which created major confusion of trying to give the right people back their money.

Then there is human error. The cards look very similar. It's easy to put the wrong card in, or put them on the wrong side of the debit/credit direction. Also "paying each player $X" is a huge hassle, as you have to grab each card and enter the amount in one at a time, careful not to mess up. Banker has to pay very, very close attention. I advise to have someone supervising the banker.

We sort of chose to announce each time we ran a card through what the remaining balance was to everyone. In the old game people liked to hide their money, if you choose this, it gives the banker an unfair advantage as he/she will know what everyone has.

The speed of the game increases, which is a huge plus, BUT, as the banker you find other players not realizing how long it takes to process a transaction, and they will get ahead of themselves, stacking multiple transactions before you know it. You will have to constantly tell players to stop and wait for you to transfer money.

The traditional collecting of taxes and fines on "Free Parking" is now impossible to implement. Which is a big bummer, cause that used to a be a life saver. Now instead you have to come up with your own preset amount you get for landing on the space.

I agree some of the educational value of adding up money is lost. But there is some new value added in the electronic input of numbers. You have to pay very close attention, and as I send there is a real possibility of human error with adults, much less children.

It's petty, but I wasn't crazy about the token choices. The space shuttle, HD TV, and baseball cap are fine. But a Segway? A box of Altoids? A mini dog in a purse? Who wants to be one of these? I know its not easy coming up with "sign of the times" type icons, but these are lame, and trendy not classic. (yes Segway is a tech item, I know)

Overall a good/great improvement. But the issues above need solutions.

The big bonus: clean up took 15 seconds, which is a nice change!

This version of monopoly proved itself worthy. The properties are modern landmarks, which I like. There are airports instead of railroads. Internet service providers instead of utilities. Credit cards instead of monopoly cash.

The prices are probably more realistic with properties costing millions. But, I didnt find this added much to the game and actually preferred the old prices as it kept things simpler mathematically.

The banking computer really speeds up the game. But I think the little banking computer could be improved further as it frequently seemed like it took an excessively long amount of time to finish "beeping" when subtracting money from my account and adding it on another players.

The strategy to the game remains the same. So if you liked the old monopoly, you will probably like the new one too. The main differences are the updated landmarks, the banking computer which does away with the paper monopoly cash, and the higher prices. The best improvement is the banking computer, which speeds up the game substantially. It is still a longer board game though. So be prepared to spend an entire evening playing, if you've never played before.

For you parents, would I recommend this over an X-box game or a Wii game?? YES!!! Play with your kids and your family. You and your kids will have a lot of fun.