I was wondering what to buy my son for his birthday while walking through Sainsbury's recently when I saw Monopoly Junior. I remembered playing proper monopoly for hours when I was younger, and so I decided to buy it for him.
~~~ Equipment ~~~
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Advantages: Easy to play, well thought out Disadvantages: Rules need to be read to children
...Sainsbury's recently when I saw Monopoly Junior. I remembered playing proper monopoly for hours when I was younger, and so I decided to buy it for him.
~~~ Equipment ~~~
You get a game board, a pack of chance cards, 48 ticket booths, monopoly money, a dice and 4 cars. They box has a tray in it which allows the money to be sorted out. The cars are red, yellow, green and blue, as are the ticket booths. This makes it easy ... ...monopoly money comes in £1, £2, £3, £4 and £5 and is different colours, which makes it easier for younger children to distinguish between. I gave my youngest his money in £1, because it was easier for him to work with. The eldest coped fine with the money.
~~~ Setting the Game Up ~~~
To set the game up, you have to unfold the board, which comes folded in half (so that is not tricky!) You have to organise who is having ... more
I was wondering what to buy my son for his birthday while walking through Sainsbury's recently when I saw Monopoly Junior. I remembered playing proper monopoly for hours when I was younger, and so I decided to buy it for him.
~~~ Equipment ~~~
You get a game board, a pack of chance cards, 48 ticket booths, monopoly money, a dice and 4 cars. They box has a tray in it which allows the money to be sorted out. The cars are red, yellow, green and blue, as are the ticket booths. This makes it easy for younger children to see which their pieces are. The monopoly money comes in £1, £2, £3, £4 and £5 and is different colours, which makes it easier for younger children to distinguish between. I gave my youngest his money in £1, because it was easier for him to work with. The eldest coped fine with the money.
~~~ Setting the Game Up ~~~
To set the game up, you have to unfold the board, which comes folded in half (so that is not tricky!) You have to organise who is having which coloured car (this takes longer depending how amenable children are being!) You also have to dish out the starting monopoly money (at this stage my youngest declared himself the winner and walked off!)
~~~ The Game ~~~
The object of the game is simple, to be the player with the most cash when another player runs out of their money. The game has a funfair theme and you set up ticket booths on any fun fair attractions that you land on. To make the game easy, you can only put one ticket booth on each attraction (no hotels here) and the rent that is charged is the same as the original cost of the ticket booth. There are 16 spaces that you can place a ticket booth on. Balloon Stand and Candy Floss are the cheapest at £1, and the price rises to a hefty £5 for Loop the Loop or the Roller Coaster.
There are two spaces where you have to pay the bank money (£2 to see the fireworks or the water show). The corners have a cafe, which is essentially free parking; a space where you have to pay £3 to take the bus to the cafe; Mr Monopoly's loose change where you win any money placed on the board from the £3 bus ride and the traditional Go space. On the Go space you collect a whooping £2 pocket money. There are also 4 railways spaces, but in this game they just allow you to roll again.
As in the grown up monopoly version, monopoly junior has chance cards. These may instruct you to go to a space, where you have to pay a fine if another player's ticket booth is there. They may also instruct you to place a free ticket booth on a space. This nearly led to a huge row as I replaced my youngests precious green ticket booth with my own red one! Revenge was sweet when he got me back! You can also be sent to the railways, where you have to roll again.
~~~ How to Win ~~~
Basically this is a game of chance, very little strategy is involved. Obviously you can choose not to buy a ticket booth, thus reducing your chance of winning. You win the game if you are the person with the most money when one of the other players runs out of money.
~~~ Age Range ~~~
The suggested age range for the game is 5-8 years. I have a four and seven year old, who played it beautifully. Any younger than 5 and the children do need a fair amount of help, over that and less help is required. Although some of the spaces are illustrated, the ones where you place the ticket booths are not, and my eldest struggled to read video arcade and dodgems at first. It is handy to have an adult to act as banker and judge!
~~~ Players ~~~
2-4. Three of us played it. I, as the adult, had to be banker, although this did nearly cause a fight before we'd started as my children couldn't quite understand why I had my money and the banks money.
~~~ Timing ~~~
The first time we played it took us nearly 45 minutes, and was slightly faster on subsequent games. The youngest had lost interest near the end, but the eldest was gripped.
~~~ My Opinion ~~~
This is a fabulous introduction to the grown up version of monopoly. There is only one dice to throw so the number of moves is kept under control. The game takes about the right amount of time for the suggested age range. We also played it once when we had less time. I said we would see who had the most money by a certain time ~ which also worked. The play pieces are big enough for little ones with less well developed motor control. The play pieces and the board are bright and appealing and they are of a good quality, so hopefully will last. The rules are easy to understand and not ambiguous, so less room for arguments. I would suggest that the reading of the rules would have to be done by an adult for under 7 year olds. The players also have to use some mathematical knowledge, which is appropriate to the suggested age range.
My children have played Monopoly Junior a number of times with me, and have not bored of it yet. They have not managed to play on their own without a row starting, but then the youngest is below the recommended age. It has been great to introduce them to an old fashioned board game that requires no batteries, has no moving pieces, ad to see them enjoy playing it.
~~~ Where to Buy ~~~
Well I got mine for £10 in Sainsbury's. Having had a look on the internet I have found it for £10.49 on Amazon and £9.99 in Toysrus.
I would recommend this game, even though I keep managing to loose!
Advantages: Fun even for adults, helps kids with addition Disadvantages: Gets boring for some
A couple of weeks ago I had to buy a present for my 5-year-old nephew. Down I went to Hamleys and after a lot of looking around I picked up “Junior Monopoly”. Just yesterday my nephew came to our place to spend the night and guess what? He bought the “Junior Monopoly” with him and within an hour of his arrival we were already playing it. This is a great game for the kids. It is specially designed for them. Starting from the ... ...whole concept has been changed. You land on free amusements such as Magic Show, Balloon Stand, Pony Ride etc etc, and it’s yours to take care of. Other players, who subsequently land there, have to pay a charge. You ride on railways, watch fireworks, try out dodgems and play games in the video arcade. If you pick up a “CHANCE” card you are directed somewhere on the board and either have to pay another player money or collect money. ...
vinodgm 28.06.2001
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Advantages: Very simple to play and enjoy; has educational elements Disadvantages: Will get boring after a few games
...the concept of 'rules' was Monopoly Junior.
As I have spent many wonderful hours around the Monopoly board, enjoying the social and competitive side of the game I was delighted to see my children playing this game and, for the most part, obeying the rules.
The game is very simple, removing a lot of the complicated rules that are required for standard Monopoly; these rule changes simplify it significantly and make the game very ... ...a lot simpler than traditional monopoly making this game playable by young children. I found that my children began to actually obey rules in this game and didn't start making their own rules up as they did in many other games.
The board has the look and feel on traditional monopoly and is a good introduction into this type of board game; I do not think it will allow children to immedietly progress to standard monopoly, but it will help in the understanding ...
Simoncook1 28.08.2001
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~Boardom~
Monopoly is probably the worst board game ever invented. You get it out; spend 1/4 getting all the money and other stuff ready. Then you keep going around and around the same places until one of the players, usually the person who wanted to play it, gets bored and leaves.
Now Junior Monopoly isn't as bad as its Father. It doesn't take as long to set up, and the games don't drag on for hours and hours like the original.
~Unlike Father, ... ...The whole idea of Monopoly was boring to start with. I mean, what is so exciting about buying streets? Sure if you have heard of them, that could be fun, but most of us haven got a clue about there whereabouts. Junior Monopoly has swapped that idea for something better - buying rides at a fun fair. Where the cheap ones are you get a balloon stand and Candy Floss stall, and the Roller Coaster and Loop the Loop are the ones, which cost the most.
Choosing ...
Tribute 07.08.2002
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Advantages: Covers a wide range of skills in an enjoyable way Disadvantages: Some games can last an hour......and then your kids want another go.
...time..... I was beaten at monopoly by an 8 year old I was babysitting for! Years of shame have now been excorcised with the discovery of Junior Monopoly (hellishly hard to type correctly!) I have a 5 year old Monpoly-fiend of a son and this is what we reckon to it:
Description
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Junior board game designed for ages 5 to 8. (keep small parts away from under 3's)
2-4 players
Made by Waddingtons Games, Castle Gate, Oulton, Leeds. LS26 ... ...The sturdy playing board is the same shape and similar in construction the the grown up game, but it is more accessible to the 5year old (+) mind. Rather than London properties, it is set up as a fairground with rides grouped in pairs, and various other squares such as Fireworks shows which charge a ticket fee, and chance options. There is also good old "Uncle Pennybags"'s square - he collects fees for various shows and then gives them out to whomsoever ...
ashmead 08.07.2002
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Advantages: Good game for family to play together Disadvantages: Lots of fiddly little bits that can easily get lost
...game with my sister. Junior Monopoly now allows an even younger audience (5-8 year olds) to learn the joys of being a tycoon. Essentially Junior Monopoly has changed the board from being a rather odd London street map to a fairground map with each of what used to be streets now being fairground rides. It is played in much the same way as the grown up version but the rules have been simplified. for example, once you have brought a fairground ride ... ...50 billion dollars worth of MONOPOLY money is printed every year. Ever wonder how much MONOPOLY money comes with a standard set? I think the most surprising thing that I have discovered in writing this review is that the game is an American invention. For some reason the game has such an English feel to it I had always imagined that it was a British concept. Anyway getting back to the review junior Monopoly is a great adaptation of the original game ...
PaulBed 15.05.2003
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