Who doesn't love Monopoly, the classic board game that has been causing family disputes for years? Apparently Hasbro thinks that people don't love it enough, as it just released Monopoly: Longest Game Ever just in time for the holiday shopping season.
Hasbro is no stranger to changing up the Monopoly formula, with the somewhat controversial Ms. Monopoly releasing last month. However, Monopoly: Longest Game Ever is focused on one and only one thing: Making this the longest game of Monopoly ever. Whether or not it's still fun remains to be seen.
In order to make Monopoly: Longest Game Ever so long, some significant rule changes needed to take place. First, the game doesn't end until one player owns every single property on the map. That'd be quite the feat even on a normal Monopoly board, but of course, Longest Game Board has an extra long board to get across. There are sixty-six properties to collect, and three versions of the property to boot, to make the process as slow and long as possible. Longest Game Ever doesn't even have some of the iconic Monopoly pieces, instead being replaced with tortoises and hares.
In addition, Longest Game Ever only provides a single die, so players won't even be able to move more than six spaces at a time. Not even bankruptcy is an escape from from this game, as bills can be ripped in half and used to continue on. Hasbro takes (possibly sarcastic) pride in its creation, with the Amazon listing stating that "Think the original Monopoly game takes forever to play? It's got nothing over this edition of the Monopoly game!"
Monopoly is not exactly the easiest board game to play nowadays. It's long and drawn out, and most games end not in victory, but taper off due to boredom. Hasbro seems to understand this, and The Longest Game is meant to be a novelty above all else. It also feels like the polar opposite of Monopoly for Millenials, where players can't even buy property.
If nothing else, someone complaining about Monopoly being too long can easily be filed by this even more painfully long version of the game. Or maybe instead of buying this version of Monopoly, people can spend their money on some nice Black Friday deals instead, like these Black Friday Best Buy DualShock 4 controllers. Either or, really.
Monopoly: Longest Game Ever is available now from Amazon for $19.99.
Source: Comicbook