Monopoly Empire Game

My 9 year old daughter fell in love with classic Monopoly on a vacation last year and has begged for her own. Every time we have played it, we are up until 11:00 trying to finish a game while everyone else is trying to find something to do because they lost their money an hour ago. This is a fun, quick game that keeps everyone involved. Not as much strategy involved (more luck) and it should never replace the classic, but we can play it in a half an hour and everyone has fun. This is the game we have played the most since Christmas.

It's just not the same and way to easy to play

The whole family enjoys this game. The rules are much easier than the original monopoly and the game is so much quicker. In the original monopoly once you're sunk there really isn't much of a chance of getting out of it, but with this one you never know who is going to win. You can play several games of this in the amount of time it takes to play the original.

We have played this game every day for over a week. My 7 year old loves it, he can win, even with me playing without any mercy! It still makes him count and use math for banking, he has to learn to be calculative on his purchases and not greedy, but the best thing is that we can play several games in a sitting, which helps with the lesson in losing, whereas with the original game, you have so much time invested in a single game, that losing became a hard lesson.Great game, we couldn't be happier.

We have played this game so many times since Christmas. Our family even had a monopoly tournament with it. If you play by the rules that come with it, the games are little too short. We amended the rules and made each property up for auction. Lots of twists and turns to this game.I am not a big Monopoly fan when it comes to the traditional version of the game, but this one I can play for hours.

The first time my wife, daughter (10) and I sat down to play this version of Monopoly, we were curious how it would measure up to the original. On the plus side, games are MUCH shorter. One player can easily dominate with the luck of the dice roll and a few well-placed Empire card uses (these replaced "community chest" cards and you get two to keep secret from others until the timing is right to drop a load of hurt).That gets me to the minus side. Other than blatantly being a giant commercial barrage of brands that likely paid Hasbro a handsome sum to be included (some companies were already owned by Hasbro), some of the things you can do to other players is really brutal. It's okay if you're playing with teens or adults, but for younger kids, it can hurt their feelings easily. One moment, you could be half-way to building your "tower" of brands by buying them up. The next minute, you're broke and another player drew a "Empire card" that allowed them to take your most prized brand…essentially causing you to swap places with the lowly of players.If you're into that kind of thing rather than strategizing, this game is for you. There are no hotels or motels to increase the value of a particular property. Instead, it's all about the value of your tower full of billboards. In some cases, other players have to pay you the value of your tower (which can bankrupt you in one turn). Fortunately, the rules keep players in the game, as losing all your money doesn't kick you out. You can just give up a billboard to someone when you run out of money. And if you run out of money and billboards, you still are in the game (instructions say, "you've been through enough already"). Of course, with nothing, means you can't really earn anything, so I don't see the point to that.I wanted to give this 4+ stars. But the soul and strategy of Monopoly is lost here. In its place is a corporate money-grab and a luck-driven, ruthless behavior encouraging board game.

Missing board!! This was very disappointing!!! I got this for my kids for chanuka and they were so excited to play right away ... No board!

It seems every couple of years Hasbro tries to take the one gripe everyone has with Monopoly ("It takes FOREVER!") and fix it. Most of the time, they come up short. In my opinion, only once have they truly succeeded -- the superb card game Monopoly Deal.Monopoly Empire is a solid purchase for a number of reasons.1) The cost -- It's a relatively inexpensive addition to your collection.2) The brands -- How much fun will it be to look back at this game 10 years from now and see what brands were "popular" in the year Aught 13?3) The gameplay -- While not without its flaws, it's a speedy and strategic version of Monopoly... Be prepared to lose some friends over this game.