Monopoly Electronic Banking Edition

Product Description

Now monopoly players can experience the most current version of monopoly with an electronic banking unit instead of cash! Wheel and deal your way to a fortune even faster using debit cards instead of cash! All it takes is a card swipe for money to change hands. Now you can collect rent, buy properties and pay fines - with the touch of a button! It’s a new way to play the family classic that’s been brought up-to-date with modernized tokens (including a Segway personal transporter, an Altoids tin, space shuttle, flat-screen TV, baseball cap and a dog in handbag!), higher property values and locations based on your favorite landmarks!

I would bet that I haven't played the classic version of monopoly more than 3 times in the past 15 years. However, I must have played it many times as a kid... I remember most of the property names, most of their prices, and so on.

This electronic banking edition is based on the "Here and Now" Monopoly edition. I found the "modernization" of the game to be unnecessary -- basically multiplying every single number by 10,000 and then labeling everything with "K" (for numbers in the thousands) or by decimal-point numbers with "M" (for numbers in the millions).

The updated metal tokens are nice. For some reason, the "electronic banking" version doesn't include the stack-able skyscraper pieces (found in the non-electronic "Here and Now" edition) -- opting for the old house and hotel markers. These never quite fit; four houses being slightly wider than the space provided. Seems like the skyscraper markers are often cited as the one noticeably superior feature of the "Here and Now" edition, so it was disappointing not to get them in the electronic banking version.

The electronic banking feature is itself a double-edged sword. It does have a "coolness factor." It makes setup and cleanup slightly easier. My wife figured that it would prevent lost money. It also avoids certain "making change" annoyances. However, it's SLOW and kinda clumsy. Even after playing this game several times, we sometimes reverse cards, making transactions go backwards (they all look very similar). This would never happen with paper money. This also sucks away some of the educational value. I was hoping that my kids would practice adding and subtracting (they're in 1st and 2nd grade). Having the electronic calculator eliminates the exercise. With numbers like 280,000 and 1,750,000 to work with -- labeled 280K and 1.75M -- the math is too hard for them, anyway (for no discernable reason).

All in all, though, monopoly is an awesome game, and that still goes for this electronic banking version. We are enjoying it a lot, and in all likelihood you and your families will enjoy it, too.


We like to play games with our kids and with friends. But we never played much monopoly, it seemed too involved. Now, with this electronic version, playing is much faster and more fun! With no money to be counted the pace picks up and you can actually enjoy the game!


The game goes much faster when your not stopping to count out paper money. However I wish the game board was the old Atlantic City. Guess its just because I'm a Jersey girl.



I don't think I'd ever finished a game of Monopoly before we bought this version. It's all the fun of the original Monopoly without the tedium of dealing with the paper money. We can get through a game much faster, so I actually suggest playing this on game nights instead of trying to convince my friends to play something else!


My grandson called me as soon as it arrived and was so excited! His Dad was getting it all set up so they could play! Think i made a great choice


This was a great version of Monopoly. It's so nice not having to count the money with the electronic credit cards. My only complaint is that the machine that adds and subtracts the money from the cards is a little slow. I love that it has the newer property names and the new board pieces, but it's still the same great classic Monopoly.


The kids love it because its novel and easy. As parents that desire to have our games be educational, we do not like that the players don't have to think for themselves regarding money. We would have preferred the our kids have spent hard earned their money on something else and enjoyed playing our old "traditional" Monopoly game. However, they thoroughly enjoy this game and that is what matters.


We bought this game as a present for our daughter for her 11th birthday and she loves it! She has played it with friends and we have all played it together as a family. It is a lot of fun and more modernized than the original game. The only drawback is the electronic feature for counting money as far as it being educational, but that is the whole idea behind this game. We have the original version and will play that with her as well!
Overall, we are very satisfied with our purchase.


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.

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About Monopoly Electronic Banking Edition detail

• Amazon Sales Rank: #326 in Toys & Games
• Brand: Hasbro
• Model: 114
• Released on: 2007-07-05
• Dimensions: 2.60" h x 10.60" w x 15.90" l, 2.45 pounds

Features

• Features a gameboard
• Comes with title deed cards, chance and community chest cards, 6 debit cards, 2 dice, 6 tokens, 32 houses, 12 hotels and instructions
• For ages 8 and above
• Comes with board, Banker Unit, tokens, title deed cards, chance cards, community chest cards, Monopoly bank cards, houses, hotels, dice
• For ages 8 to 127

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