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Monopoly

April 2024

  • Dan Hancox

    Monopoly: the Movie? Pop culture has become a series of lukewarm adverts – and it’s all so very dull

    Dan Hancox
    From films about Play-Doh and Barbie to the Shrek ‘experience’, consumer capitalism has run out of ideas, says freelance writer Dan Hancox
  • 240413 Monopoly movie thumbnail

    The Monopoly movie is coming, but not everyone is happy about it

    It’s based on a chilling true story
  • 96th Annual Academy Awards - Arrivals<br>HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 10: Margot Robbie attends the 96th Annual Academy Awards on March 10, 2024 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images)

    Margot Robbie to produce ‘blockbuster’ Monopoly movie with Hasbro

    Barbie star and producer will return to world of films based on toys with project based on the much-loved board game

December 2023

  • Mr Monopoly cutting the opening ribbon

    A Monopoly theme park in this economy? It might be the closest we’ll get to home ownership

    Melbourne’s Monopoly Dreams is a $20m adaptation of the board game complete with claw machines and laser mazes. It’s often deranged – and a little eerie

October 2023

  • Elia Barbieri

    The big idea
    The big idea: is there such a thing as the perfect game?

    Strategy and unpredictability are a winning combination – as long as the rules are simple

August 2023

  • Burnley celebrate their return to the Premier League

    TV tonight
    TV tonight: how Vincent Kompany took Burnley back to the Premier League

    An access-all-areas documentary of the Clarets’ promotion. Plus: spotlight on the killer of grandmother June Fox-Roberts. Here’s what to watch this evening

September 2022

  • Nicolò Falcone playing Monopoly on the roof of his home in Venice, Italy.

    Experience
    Experience: I am the Monopoly world champion

    If I were to play with you, I would probably win because I know the tricks

October 2020

  • Two young women lying on the floor playing a board game

    The joy of small things
    Outside entertainment options are now limited. Time to dust off the board games

    Playing chess or Scrabble with someone in concentrated but comfortable silence is an understated sign of love

April 2020

  • Monopoly is a board game. The history of Monopoly can be traced back to 1903 when American anti-monopolist Lizzie Maggie created a game which she hoped would explain the single tax theory of Henry George. It has since become a favourire board game for the whole family to play.

    Sales of board games and jigsaws soar during coronavirus lockdown

    UK families turn to Monopoly, Cluedo and more, with Lego’s Technic sets also popular

June 2019

  • The new cashless, voice activated version of Monopoly.

    Shortcuts
    Cashless Monopoly: Is this the final nail in the coffin for physical money?

    The board game is launching a digital edition, introducing kids to a cashless society. But it may be jumping the gun …

January 2019

  • ABC's "Good Morning America" - 2019<br>GOOD MORNING AMERICA - Kevin Hart is a guest on "Good Morning America," on Wednesday, January 9, 2019, airing on the ABC. (Photo by Paula Lobo/ABC via Getty Images) KEVIN HART

    Monopoly film adaptation to star Kevin Hart gets go ahead

    After repeated attempts to get a movie based on the board game off the ground, Hart will play the lead in what is likely to be a live-action caper

November 2018

  • Monopoly for Millennials.

    Pass notes
    Monopoly for Millennials: trolling about my generation

    In the latest iteration of the capitalist board game, players don’t try to acquire cash but instead compete to collect the most ‘experience points’. But not all millennials are finding it relatable

May 2018

  • Cafe and bars, such as Thirsty Meeples in Oxford, now cater for people wanting to enjoy the social fun of tabletop games.

    After books and vinyl, board games make a comeback

    Tabletop games join trend for ‘the real thing’ over digital – and for having fun with other people

April 2018

  • McDonald’s burgers.

    McDonald's Monopoly promotion attacked by health campaigners

    Firm accused of encouraging families to buy more and larger portions of fast food

April 2017

  • Monopoly-capture

    Pass notes
    Is Tunbridge Wells too posh for a game of Monopoly?

    Despite 2,000 suggestions from the public for the spa town version of the board game, filling one of the cheapest spots on the board is proving tricky

March 2017

  • Monopoly

    Monopoly: duck, penguin and T rex to replace boot, thimble and wheelbarrow

    The boot has been booted, the wheelbarrow has been wheeled out, and the thimble got the thumbs down in the latest version of the popular game

August 2016

  • Just friends? Twister players soon after the game’s creation during the 60s sexual revolution.

    From Twister’s ‘sex in a box’ to Pokémon Go’s new reality – how games define the times

    When real life seems so dark, it’s no wonder people welcome the chance to add a little magic. But games have been with us for thousands of years – and the crazes of different eras tell us more than you would expect

June 2016

  • Monopoly

    A roll of the dice? Hasbro to create Monopoly the Musical for Broadway

    Toy company is aiming to conquer the Great White Way with a show that it says will do for the board game what The Lego Movie did for colored bricks

January 2016

  • The new edition of Star Wars monopoly, featuring only male playable characters.

    Hasbro claims it dropped Rey in Star Wars Monopoly to avoid spoilers

  • The newest edition of Star Wars Monopoly.

    Star Wars Monopoly that's missing lead character has fans asking #WheresRey

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