Belfast Gets Own Monopoly Game: Get Out Of Jail Free Cards All Round
ANORAK was there to see Mark Marrriot, designer of the Monopoly Belfast edition, launch of the popular board game, in Belfast.
The dice are green. Although you can have red, white and blue ones, if you prefer. Title Deeds are NOT proof of ownership, although placing “safe houses” on the land and building big high wall around it can make a powerful argument that it is yours. Hotels are best avoided.
The most expensive spot is the seat of government at Stormont, yours for £400 or the promise of a call centre for a large American conglomerate.
The GO TO JAIL Square is available on a first come first served basis, and the last in will be the wardens. Get Out Of Jail Free cards are available to anyone mad and angry enough to murder someone.
Says one local:
“In the 1970s we used the London version to help with operations. But ever since it took one operative seventeen hours to get from Oxford Street to Old Kent Road via Liverpool Street in a shoe we’ve been waiting for a better version.”
We play at dawn.
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Posted: 6th, November 2009 | In: The Consumer Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
