# There are too many Monopoly games **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 27, 2001, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-too-many-monopoly-games/95457 "2001-11-27T04:58:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-too-many-monopoly-games/95457/1 "2001-11-27T04:58:45Z")
This is out of control. Every FRICKIN concept or place or sports team or whatever in America has its own “Monopoly” game now. I’m not sure but I believe this started on college campuses, and was unlicensed by Parker Brothers. Instead of AC streets, you bought local bars or whatever. I guess rather than pursue infringement lawsuits, PB decided to beat them at their own game. I have even seen “Astronomy”, “Harley Davidson” and “Dale Earnhardt” editions. I’m sure there are more ridiculous ones than this. Enough is enough! ---
**Author:** ![Fred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/db5fbb/32.png) [@Fred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fred)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-too-many-monopoly-games/95457/2 "2001-11-27T05:01:38Z")
My own Monopoly set is “personalized” for the booming metropolis of **Windsor, Ontario, Canada**. Booyah. ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-too-many-monopoly-games/95457/3 "2001-11-27T05:29:40Z")
Um, I own the _Star Wars_ version and I’ll probably buy the Disney version for my dad for Christmas. Esprix ---
**Author:** ![xcheopis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bc8723/32.png) [@xcheopis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xcheopis)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-too-many-monopoly-games/95457/4 "2001-11-27T05:39:56Z")
Playing Star Wars Monopoly has become one of the New Year’s Eve traditions amongst myself and my friends. Of course, we are all hopeless geeks for whom a wild evening means ingesting too much sugar and debating all night over the likes of 80’s music, Daniel Pinkwater, and Babylon 5. ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-too-many-monopoly-games/95457/5 "2001-11-27T16:57:29Z")
Whovilleopoly totally kicks ass. I also have the Y2K Monopoply, Harley Davidson, Star Wars, Original, handheld version, PC version (2 different ones) and Playstation. You can’t have too many Monopoly games. Zette ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-too-many-monopoly-games/95457/6 "2001-11-27T17:23:41Z")
Why isn’t there a Straight Dope Monoply? I want to buy **Libertairan** -walk, **Esprix** Place, **Dr. Matrix** Gardens, **spooje** Railroad, **SPOOFE Railroad** , **erislover** -works, and the **carnivorousplant** company! i, of course, will be a little four armed martian token… and **UncleBeer** can be a beermug token! ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-too-many-monopoly-games/95457/7 "2001-11-27T17:24:44Z")
%^^&%(\*^(&\*&\*&%^#%#$%#%$$%!!! i ALMOST got the coding right… ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-too-many-monopoly-games/95457/8 "2001-11-27T17:26:28Z")
You can get custom made monopoly sets. If the SDMB put one out, I’d buy it in a second. Can I be the Park Place spot? (Zette’s Place) Zette ---
**Author:** ![SlightDistrurbance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SlightDistrurbance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlightDistrurbance)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-too-many-monopoly-games/95457/9 "2001-11-27T17:30:52Z")
I have the Harley edition, I like the bikes, its not silly, really its not. My husband has the Corvette edition, cause thats the closest he’ll ever get besides the gobs of Hot Wheels Corvettes adorning every avaliable space he can find. I also have the University of Michigan edtion, cause, I’m a Wolverine fan, and it goes well with my other Michigan stuff. The kid is going to get the Powerpuff Girls edition for Christmas, why? She likes em, and its never too early to get her started on the game of Monopoly. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-too-many-monopoly-games/95457/10 "2001-11-27T21:03:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zette \* > **You can get custom made monopoly sets. If the SDMB put one out, I’d buy it in a second. Can I be the Park Place spot? (Zette’s Place)** I think Park Place would be reserved for Ed, with Cecil at Boardwalk. ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-too-many-monopoly-games/95457/11 "2001-11-27T21:09:12Z")
I have the special millennium edition of Monopoly and **The Simpsons** Monopoly set (which was bought without thinking too much; bad because it was quite expensive). ---
**Author:** ![shmigheghi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@shmigheghi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shmigheghi)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-too-many-monopoly-games/95457/12 "2001-11-27T23:24:27Z")
They have a PC game following the Tycoon line of games. Yes you heard me: **Monopoly Tycoon** Isn’t this the same concept twice? Like if I made Scrabble Scrabble? ---
**Author:** ![Tretiak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@Tretiak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tretiak)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-too-many-monopoly-games/95457/13 "2001-11-27T23:40:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zette \* > \*\*You can get custom made monopoly sets. If the SDMB put one out, I’d buy it in a second. Can I be the Park Place spot? (Zette’s Place) > > Zette \*\* [url=“[http://www.newsearching.com/monopoly/CUSTOM\_BOARD\_GAME\_MAKE\_YOUR\_OWN\_OPOLY\_JL.html](http://www.newsearching.com/monopoly/CUSTOM_BOARD_GAME_MAKE_YOUR_OWN_OPOLY_JL.html)”]My-opoly\* I actually ahve this, but I have not done anything with it yet. Technically it is Monopoly, there are differences, but it is still kinda nifty. Hmmm, Straightdopoly…now there is an idea… ---
**Author:** ![Tretiak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@Tretiak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tretiak)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-too-many-monopoly-games/95457/14 "2001-11-27T23:41:36Z")
Crap on a crapstick! [My-opoly](http://www.newsearching.com/monopoly/CUSTOM_BOARD_GAME_MAKE_YOUR_OWN_OPOLY_JL.html) ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_The\_Bold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/41988e/32.png) [@Dale\_The\_Bold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_The_Bold)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-too-many-monopoly-games/95457/15 "2001-11-28T03:04:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tretiak \* > \*\*Crap on a crapstick! [Crap-oly.](http://www.monopoly.com/default.asp?x=merchandise_new) [sub]Yes, I’m referring to the “PowerPuff Girls” version[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-too-many-monopoly-games/95457/16 "2001-11-28T03:56:33Z")
> [@](#): > > I think Park Place would be reserved for Ed, with Cecil at Boardwalk. Ed who? That’s ridiculous It’s not like I asked for the boardwalk spot. Pshaw. Zette ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-too-many-monopoly-games/95457/17 "2001-11-28T04:06:26Z")
I call dibs on Dr. J’s Railroad! (You know, for [The J Train](http://members.iglou.com/piercy).) (OK, that really was a shameless web site plug. I still want the railroad, dammit.) Dr. J ---
**Author:** ![Winnowill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/4491bb/32.png) [@Winnowill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winnowill)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-too-many-monopoly-games/95457/18 "2001-11-28T05:57:33Z")
I have a coworker who is a rabid “I Love Lucy” fan - she can’t wait to get the 50th anniversary Monopoly. I’m requesting Monopoly Tycoon for Christmas! (for any of you who might be inclined to buy me presents!) 😃