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- Monopoly is a property trading game first published in the United States as “Competitive Free Market” in 1934. Players moved around the board on the roll of a pair of dice, vying with competitors to collect properties, upgrade accommodation and drive down rents. Extra points were available as the quality of life of one’s tenants steadily improved, allowing them to work harder, improve their lives, make career progress and move into swankier accommodation while at the same time paying higher taxes which could be used to cross-subsidise other civic assets such as hospitals, schools and colleges. This idea proved wildly unpopular in a country founded on the principle of tax evasion (see: American Revolution) and the original manufacturers were quickly bought out by Parker Brothers, a subsidia
- Monopoly was a board game originating on Earth. The Fourth Doctor, Romana II and K9 played Monopoly aboard the TARDIS. K9 used the dog token. The others had to roll the dice and move on his behalf. (PROSE: The Romance of Crime) The Sixth Doctor and Melanie Bush played a game of Monopoly. The Doctor enjoyed winning, noting that he didn't often get the opportunity to act like a power-crazed dictator. (AUDIO: The One Doctor) The Seventh Doctor had a Monopoly game from the 1930s or 1940s in Smithwood Manor. (PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Warhead)
- Often – either itself or through licensees – special "themed" versions of the game are produced for different franchises. As of 2012, board game company USAopoly has produced four such games for the Star Trek franchise:
* Star Trek Limited Edition Monopoly
* Star Trek: The Next Generation Collector's Edition Monopoly
* Star Trek Continuum Edition Monopoly
* Star Trek Klingon Edition Monopoly
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| - Please leave this page in place for future content and Steamification BrentNewland (talk) 08:35, December 13, 2013 (UTC)
- Often – either itself or through licensees – special "themed" versions of the game are produced for different franchises. As of 2012, board game company USAopoly has produced four such games for the Star Trek franchise:
* Star Trek Limited Edition Monopoly
* Star Trek: The Next Generation Collector's Edition Monopoly
* Star Trek Continuum Edition Monopoly
* Star Trek Klingon Edition Monopoly In 1999, a Star Trek: The Next Generation Monopoly with the autographs of all TNG main cast members was auctioned off on the Galaxy Ball, a charity event held for the Down Syndrome Association of Los Angeles. The winner paid US$250.00 for the board game. The auction was presented by several cast members of Star Trek: Voyager, including Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Tim Russ, Robert Duncan McNeill, and Ethan Phillips.
- Monopoly was a board game originating on Earth. The Fourth Doctor, Romana II and K9 played Monopoly aboard the TARDIS. K9 used the dog token. The others had to roll the dice and move on his behalf. (PROSE: The Romance of Crime) The Sixth Doctor and Melanie Bush played a game of Monopoly. The Doctor enjoyed winning, noting that he didn't often get the opportunity to act like a power-crazed dictator. (AUDIO: The One Doctor) The Seventh Doctor had a Monopoly game from the 1930s or 1940s in Smithwood Manor. (PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Warhead) The Doctor was once taken by the Entity into grey space, where he was to play Monopoly. However, he left in his TARDIS while the entity decided who would go first. (AUDIO: Seven to One)
- Monopoly is a property trading game first published in the United States as “Competitive Free Market” in 1934. Players moved around the board on the roll of a pair of dice, vying with competitors to collect properties, upgrade accommodation and drive down rents. Extra points were available as the quality of life of one’s tenants steadily improved, allowing them to work harder, improve their lives, make career progress and move into swankier accommodation while at the same time paying higher taxes which could be used to cross-subsidise other civic assets such as hospitals, schools and colleges. This idea proved wildly unpopular in a country founded on the principle of tax evasion (see: American Revolution) and the original manufacturers were quickly bought out by Parker Brothers, a subsidiary of Microsoft, which immediately changed the rules to mirror their own successful business model. The newly remodeled game called for players to cheaply acquire the property of others, scarcely develop it, increase the price and constantly reissue it until they controlled the entire board. The revised rules allowed for competitors to be ruthlessly squeezed out of the market until it became impossible for anyone to operate normally without the use of Microsoft products. Corporation tax remained payable but only on the birthday of another competitor and at a maximum of $15 irrespective of the number of billions of dollars of profit earned. They called the revised game Windows, reissuing it as XP, Vista and finally Windows Monopoly when Satan retrospectively patented the six-sided die, rendering all other board games illegal. The final act of the game was to cede control of one’s property portfolio to a trust operating solely for one’s own benefit and to salve one’s conscience by giving a few Dollars to photogenic Aids orphans in far-away and amusingly named countries.
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