Hi Jim, Yeah, I know you can't change the chance and community chest cards in your Monopoly game, but its for reasons like that I've been considering writing my own Monopoly engine. It would give me additional flexibility to completely rewrite the boards, cards, and even the pieces to match the real board game.
Plus, I don't know if you know this, some specialized boards offer alternative rules or game pieces that aren't currently supported by your Monopoly game. Probably the best example of this is the Lord of the Rings official Monopoly board game that I own here at home. Its got some extra pieces and rules not found in classic Monopoly. In the LOTR version of the game the playing dice have an eye where the one would be on a normal playing die. If you are playing with the ring piece every time you get double ones or the eye the ring moves one square. Once it lands on Mount Doom the game is over regardless if anyone has reached Monopoly yet. The treasurer, IE the banker, then adds up all the properties and assets you own and declare the winner based on who has earned the most during that game. Obviously, this method goes much faster and changes the strategy of the game somewhat. Another slightly modified set of rules and play on Monopoly is the Star Wars special edition game board. In that game your objective is to build either the Rebel or Imperial fleet with starfighters, starcruisers, and stardestroyers. In the alternative rule set you must declare weather you will play Rebel or Imperial thus you can only buy properties of that type when buying up initial properties. So if you are Luke Skywalker and you are playing Rebel even if you land on the Death Star you can not buy that property until that player either goes bankrupt, or he or she sells it to you. Instead of hotels and houses you get x-wings and starcruisers for Rebel properties, and tie fighters and stardestroyers for Imperial properties. Its a pretty big twist of the rules and really requires some alternative AI and so on to play the game that way. I'm not saying your Monopoly game is bad because it isn't. I play it quite often. However, I think if I wrote some specialized engine or Monopoly game I could get some of these special rules and extra game pieces that currently aren't supported by your game. Some people might like these extras as they certainly are different from classic Monopoly. Cheers! On 1/8/12, Jim Kitchen <j...@kitchensinc.net> wrote: > Hi Thomas, > > Sorry, but my monopoly game does not allow you to change what the chance and > community chest cards say, only what they are called. > > Looking at it now, I could have made more changes to the below ladies > monopoly board file. The one thing that I did do for both the ladies and > men board files is, that the names in each color group start with the same > letter. > > Amy > Anna > Garter > Candy > Carol > Connie > Janet > Good Vibes Electric Company > Jennifer > Julie > Boosty eh > Laurie > Linda > Lisa > Marcie > Melody > Molly > High Heels > Rachel > Rebecca > Hot Tub Water Works > Rita > Tammy > Tiffany > Tina > Coar-set > Wanda > Wendy > GO > JAIL > FREE PARKING > INCOME TAX > LUXURY TAX > RAILROAD > UTILITY > BANK > COMMUNITY CHEST > CHANCE > Dollar > House > Hotel > Battle Ship > Bear > Cannon > Dog > Horse and Rider > Iron > Lantern > Purse > Race Car > Rocking Horse > Sack of Money > Shoe > Thimble > Top Hat > Train > Wheelbarrow > > ----- Original Message ----- > Hi Lisa, > > Grin. Hmmm...Now, that sounds like a plan. I am sure I can come up > with an adult Monopoly board. Maybe instead of buying up certain > properties like the Rail Roads you might have to buy up the top for > adult magazines like Penthouse, Hustler, Playboy, and so on. Instead > of Utilities you buy a film studio like Vivid, Wicked Pictures, > Devil's Playground, whatever. > As far as playing pieces goes maybe a list of the top male and female > film stars like Jenna Jameson, Tera Patrick, Stephanie Swift, etc. You > would essentially be coming up with a career mode for each of them > although I think this is more compatible with life than wih Monopoly. > > Although, the chance cards for Monopoly could get really funny and > interesting. I can hear it now. You land on chanse. It reads, "you > performed as a stripper at a Beverly Hills night club last night. > collect $50 from each player." > > This sounds so cool I'm of half a mind to write such a board. See what > you caused. What do you think? :D > > Cheers! > > > Jim > > I knew a lady once that had a community chest. > > j...@kitchensinc.net > http://www.kitchensinc.net > (440) 286-6920 > Chardon Ohio USA > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. 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