In a slight fib from the Monopoly folks, there’s no actual Marlborough Street in this part of town, so we’ll be using Great Marlborough Street as our reference point here. Treat yourself to a shopping spree at the famous Liberty London, or else head to nearby Kingly Court for an absolute embarrassment of foodie options. 🧡 Vine Street Photo: @bodyworldsldn This is the oldest and most valuable version of Monopoly. It was hand-made by Charles Darrow who is credited as the inventor of Monopoly (although he took a lot of inspiration from The Landlord’s Game). British pop star Harry Styles is big news at the moment, with his great pop songs tearing up the charts on both sides of the Atlantic. There isn’t quite a Harry Styles Monopoly (yet!), but there is a Monopoly board game based on his old boy band: One Direction Monopoly.

It’s impossible to pinpoint exactly how many different Monopoly versions there are. Estimates range from 300 to 7,000, with the truth being closer to the higher estimate. The largest Monopoly collection contains over 3,500 official versions of Monopoly. Of course, this list is not exhaustive, but the examples of unofficial Monopoly rip-offs listed below should give you an idea of the breadth of unofficial Monopoly versions. In addition to the standard Monopoly versions mentioned above, some of the localized versions of Monopoly include boards based around a number of US cities, including Brooklyn (released at the end of last year), New Jersey and Napa Valley. For this reason, if you’re a Monopoly collector, it’s probably a good idea to limit your collection in some way. Perhaps ignore unofficial games that haven’t been sanctioned by Hasbro or Parker Brothers. Maybe you’ll focus on standard boards from across the globe? Maybe you’ll choose to collect Monopoly games themed on movies and TV shows? So there you have it. Some versions of Monopoly are quite valuable, but on the whole, I would say lots of them are worth less than you might have expected.

Penguin-opoly– This clumsily-titled Monopoly rip-off swaps properties for penguins (for some reason).

The platform Fandom.com covers a great number of Monopoly board games released across the globe over the years, and it includes some discontinued games from many years ago. The number of Monopoly games on the list stands at 1,540 at the time of writing. Wikipedia Of course, our favorite game is very much a celebration of pure capitalism, with its investing, buying and selling, and focus on making as much moolah as humanly possible, so it may surprise you to learn that there’s a socialist version of Monopoly, simply titled Monopoly Socialism, with the subtitle Winning is for Capitalists. Did you know that the developers of South Park are board game nerds themselves? Take a peek at Kyle’s gaming shelf next episode and tell us which games you’ve played. The right answer could land you membership to either the exclusive Board Girls Gaming Club or the Dice Studz Group. Given that this was some time ago, I think that it’s reasonable to assume that if you have an original Monopoly game at home that it would be worth even more than this!There are also some football club versions of Monopoly – so you can have a Manchester Monopoly game based on the city, and then a Manchester United game based on the football team. How many squares are on a Monopoly board UK?

In addition to localized versions of Monopoly, there have also been a wide range of Monopoly board games themed around licensed properties. A blogger by the name of Yehuda Berlinger has kept a regularly updated list of Monopoly games on his personal blog since 2007. The list currently stands at 3,697 versions, although many of these are unofficial. Do you include just board games and just official products, do you include all of the themed boards? Do you include spin-offs, video games, and unofficial Monopoly rip-offs? It’s simply impossible to put an accurate figure on it. If you’re not too sure what version you have, take a look at my post – How Old is My Monopoly Game? Related Posts:On one hand, there’s always a new Monopoly game to add to your collection, but you also know that your collection will never be complete! You might think he could only hand produce a few dozen boards, but he made 5,000 copies of the game with help from his family. Unlike the most famous version of the game, the game board is circular and drawn on oil cloth rather than cardboard.

It’s all about art here, starting with a recreation of the Lamassu (a giant winged bull) which sits atop the square’s fabled Fourth Plinth. From there, you’re well placed to take a leisurely wander around the National Gallery, where top art exhibitions are rarely in short supply. 🚂 Fenchurch Street Station

Here are some of the most valuable sets of Monopoly pieces. Price estimates are based upon a full set in good condition: Lots of British places have their own versions of Monopoly. These include not only big cities like Manchester, Birmingham and Glasgow but counties like Cornwall, Lancashire and Yorkshire and even small towns like Maidstone, Oundle and East Grinstead. Zombie-Opoly– In this grisly undead spin on our favorite board game, instead of buying streets, you buy zombies, and rather than houses, you buy boxes of flesh! How delightful! You probably know that there are video games based on Monopoly (if not, I’ll get to that later!) But did you know that there are also Monopoly board games based on video games? Some examples include Pokemon Monopoly and Skyrim Monopoly. The perfect Monopoly board games for any true gamer!