![]() ![]() When landing on property spaces, the player can purchase the title deed from the bank for the stated purchase price. Players landing on a Community Chest or Chance space can pick up the corresponding card and follow the instructions stated. Players landing on the Luxury Tax and Income Tax spaces must pay the amount shown on the space. Note: rolling doubles will allow the player to leave jail and move, but they will not be able to roll twice consecutively. They can then proceed to move the number of spaces specified on their last dice roll. Where a player has failed to roll doubles on three attempts to get out of jail, they must pay the fine. Players in jail can get out by paying $50, rolling doubles or using special get-out-of-jail cards. Players can obtain $200 every time they pass GO, while players landing on “Go to Jail” must immediately do so. Rolling doubles gives the player the opportunity to roll again after they have moved, but rolling three doubles in a row will send the player to jail immediately (no spaces moved on the third roll). Each player takes turns to roll two six-sided dice to determine how many spaces they are to advance in a clockwise direction. GameplayĪt the beginning of each game, players select their unique game piece and are given an equal sum of starting money. Of the property spaces, there are 22 street spaces (grouped into 8 color categories), 4 railroads and 2 utilities. 4 corner spaces: GO, Jail/Just Visiting, Free Parking and Go to Jail. ![]() 2 Tax spaces: Luxury Tax and Income Tax.The monopoly game board consists of 40 spaces in total: The goal in the family board game Monopoly is to become the wealthiest monopoly and drive your opponents into bankruptcy! Game Board Enhance your properties with houses and hotels to drive your opponents into bankruptcy. Buy and trade properties to collect rent from other players when they land on your properties. Plus- it must be said, that I have the ultimate treasure- my babies, husband, friends and family of course- but this isn’t about them… it’s about my imagined life of adventures and zero responsibilities.In this classic Monopoly board game based around real estate and property trading, each player controls a game token and takes turns moving around the game board. The realist reminds me that people living “back then” also didn’t live long and had terrible hygiene… EW. It’s, of course and obviously, all about the hunt, the thrill and the sheer excitement of it all- for who hides or finds a treasure like THAT without a fascinating story to go with it?Īs I write this, I know too, that it’s the history nerd in me that also feeds off the romanticized idea that living in some other time, when true treasures were lost, found, buried, fought and died for, would have been just a little more… I don’t know… exhilarating. Remember when Mikey gives his parents the sparkling jewels… priceless. Remember in The Goonies (spoiler alert!) when they find One Eyed Willy’s pirate ship? Oh man! THAT MOMENT- even the moment when they discovered the treasure map- a personal dream of mine to experience ever since I was a child. Treasure hunting runs in our blood, and I know that as soon as my babies aren’t babies anymore, my mom and I (and maybe the girls too) will be at it again- backpacks on, canteens full of water and hearts full of anticipation… what will we find? I have, in summers past, gone out searching for Forrest Fenn’s treasure with my mom (Whoot- Whoot!) -If you don’t know about that, and you also want to be Indiana Jones when you grow up, I suggest you look here– just throw me a bone if you find it before I do ). Why? Because I am a stay at home mom of two young girls, and I can’t exactly see dragging them through high risk situations so I can have an adventure. Another part of me, the part that wants to be Indiana Jones, is out for the treasure hunt! This grocery store Monopoly is as close as I can get to being out in the wild world of awesome archaeological finds that rewrite history and change our understanding of religion and culture. I literally have the game board taped to the kitchen wall now, and I have upwards of 50 little game slips (unopened) waiting to be dealt with… Uggghhhhh. I got all serious about it for a minute (see?) and now I can’t really stop… can I? Note the tape is being used for fear that I would die like Susan in Seinfeld if I tried to lick them all. Holy crap- I tell you what – it can feel a little overwhelming. Is anyone else out there playing the Safeway Monopoly game? ![]()
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