Monopoly’s wheelbarrow in trouble

Posted by on January 10, 2013 in Games

Hasbro is finally making changes to Monopoly, which has been scientifically proven to be the worst game ever invented (sorry, Tic Tac Toe and Daikatana). Hasbro will let people on Facebook vote one of the pieces out of the box! That’s like letting Youtube commenters decide the winner of American Idol.

You can go here to see how the various pieces are faring. Naturally, the Scottie dog is sitting pretty. Also the battleship and racecar. I would have thought the iron more likely to go than the wheelbarrow, but as anyone holding Facebook stock can attest, who can predict what’s going to happen with Facebook these days?

I know what you’re thinking: when this is all over and there are only seven pieces left, what if I want to play an eight-player Monopoly game? Hasbro anticipated that. You can also vote on a replacement piece, choosing among a cat, a helicopter, a cell phone, a diamond ring, a robot, a guitar, and a Yoda. I only made up one of those. Okay, two.

  • http://twitter.com/scottking Scott King

    What happened to the Horse & Rider? That’s who I always played as. I had no idea it was removed.

  • amanda_chen

    There was a big gun thingy, like a cannon or something. Maybe they could modernize it and make it an ICBM.

  • Mercanis

    Hasbro should leave the pieces be. The classic board game should be populated with the classic pieces, end of story.

    If they want to update Monopoly, they should start by updating the rules. Then this theoretical “Monopoly 2.0″ could have whatever new pieces it wants.

    Correction:
    “Hasbro is finally make [sic] changes to Monopoly”

  • MikeO

    I will go ahead and state that The Game of Life is worse than Monopoly, no contest.

  • amanda_chen

    They removed it because of the sexual connotations. So now you’ll have to play as the little doggy or wheelbarrow.

  • AlexxKay

    Monopoly *as typically played* is a pretty poor game, but the actual rules aren’t nearly as bad. The typical set of house rules seems to have evolved to make a game that could be played by a whole family without small children feling unfairly put upon. But without pumping in extra money via Free Parking, the game is shorter. Forcing unbought properties to go to auction both makes the game shorter *and* much more strategically interesting.

  • angus439

    The top hat needs to go, useless. How can a top hat even move without legs.

  • wisdomchild

    The top hat’s the best! How can you be a real estate baron without a top hat?

  • http://twitter.com/IBecameTheGuy IBecameTheGuy

    Publicity stunt?

  • http://twitter.com/clwheeljack Charles Wheeler

    Yeah, they removed it a while ago. I, also, was very upset.

  • tomchick

    I was not aware that Monopoly apologists actually existed!

    To be honest, I’m not surprised. The basic concept of Monopoly seems solid, as I’ve discovered through playing a Mario-themed Wii game called Money Street, or something. Money Avenue? Money Land? You can ignore the Mario theming. It’s basically Monopoly with stock options. I guess I didn’t realize that the drawn-out awful grind of a typical Monopoly game was the result of house rules.

  • tomchick

    We have a winner! :)

  • Skeeve

    Yeah, they’re getting rid of the Federal Reserve and bringing back the gold standard. Ron Paul is reportedly ecstatic about the new rules.

    By the way, the wheelbarrow is doing just fine. It’s the thimble and the boot that are in trouble.