Monopoly Deal

Monopoly Deal is a card game that attempts to replicate the Monopoly board game.  In fact, it betters it!

The card game includes cards representing money, action cards (including a "Pass Go" card which allows you to pick up two more cards), and property cards (all the properties plus some wildcards and houses and hotels).  The goal is to collect three full sets of properties to win.  This goal is actually quite achievable, so Monopoly Deal is a much faster game than it's ancestor.

Some of the action cards make the game a fun, tactical challenge, especially the "Sly Deal" (steal someone else's property), "Deal Breaker" (steal someone's full property set), and collect rent cards.  Collecting rent is a great way to collect properties, too, since every property card has a monetary value, and if you don't have any cash on the table you have to pay any charges with properties (though you get to chose which ones).  This lends the game quite a lot of tactical room, deciding when to place your cards on the table from your hand (where they are both vulnerable and useful), and how to pay for various charges (since you don't get any change, it might be worth handing over a $1M property rather than a $10M money card).

We have the Hong Kong version, which has HK property names and appropriate money cards.

Atalia loves this game, but it's fun for adults, too.

Highly recommended.

You have no rights to post comments