And if we need more money, the game comes with a miniature printing press option, after you buy Pelosi Place
Whoever prints the most money wins. The rules need to be changed from Monopoly, to reflect community values, where the players who get bonuses are taxed at 100%.
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Draw up the rules, design the board ( Avoid landing on the " Reveal COLB " square.), and the player pieces, make sure the house pieces are devided between rich and poh (shacks and mansions), Have Freddie Mac. Fannie Mae cards, AIG place, Bail out cards.
Teleprompter stays...but don’t forget all of the gayness that Obama and Reggie bring to the table. Some gay guys are so undercover, read down low, that ya gotta skirt around the issue of their true current desire.
“Gay Monopoly - A celebration of gay life”.
Tongue in cheek version of the classic Monopoly. Player tokens are altered - now you can choose from a jeep, teddy bear, blow drier, leather cap, handcuffs or a stiletto heel. Properties have been changed to a ‘gay’ theme as well - e.g. Fire Island and Castro Street. Instead of buying houses and hotels, you can buy bars and bathhouses.
The one departure from the original Monopoly is the inclusion of Family Pride cards. When landing on the appropriate space, the description of a famous gay man is read aloud, and the player that can correctly identify the person can move ahead to any space on the board. (Hint: Obama years down the road, a la Rock Hudson)
Also different is the addition of Camp Cards. When these are drawn, you must perform the indicated action (ie. ‘say: ‘faaabulous!’ six different ways and receive $3).
Rumor has it that there were only a very limited number of copies of this game, as it was produced by The Parker Sisters, a division of Fire Island games, and were sued for copyright infringement by Parker Brothers.
Toy Giant to Release Obamanopoly Board Game
PAWTUCKET, R.I. – Yes they did. Toy and game behemoth Hasbro announced today that it will be releasing an exclusive version of its all-time family favorite board game Monopoly in light of President Obama’s recent economic efforts.
The game, dubbed ‘Obamanopoly’, will feature many of the original’s longstanding elements like property spaces, board layout and a bank but with major rule changes celebrating the President’s newly launched policies.
Now kids can redistribute wealth, just like the President
One major twist: instead of buying properties, houses and hotels from the bank, players will now be able to finance them through a Mortgage Lender (an offshoot of the game’s Federal Bank), paying off each purchase in small installments stretched across 30 game ‘turns’.
“Instead of just a couple of hours, families can now enjoy literally months, years – heck, even unlimited playtime. It’s the game that keeps on giving!” exclaims Shrilly Bettercakes, Vice President of Fun! at Hasbro subsidiary Parker Brothers, makers of Monopoly.
Other changes from the original game include:
Foreclosures – Instead of mortgaging properties, players can simply stop paying on loans, while still earning full rent values.
GO – Changed to HOPE. When a player lands on or passes this space, they will collect a $2,000 ‘tax break’ and get two to twelve extra turns, depending on the dice roll.
Jail/Go to Jail – Jail is renamed ‘Gitmo’ and is therefore closed, effectively a free space. The ‘Go to Jail’ space is now a ‘Yes We Can’ space that instructs players to print between two and twelve $1,000 bills using the game’s added rubber stamp U.S. Treasury Printing Press and stack of blank bills, depending on the dice roll.
“You’ll never go bankrupt again!” Bettercakes replied to questions as to purpose of the added game pieces.
Free Parking – Changed to ‘Free Housing’, granting anyone lucky enough to land on the space freedom from all debts to the Federal Bank.
Chance and Community Chest Cards – Now Called ‘Change’ and ‘Entitlement’ cards respectively.
Examples include a Change card that forces the player with the most money to pay a $10,000 tax break to all other players and an Entitlement card that grants the player with the least amount of property their choice of half of the properties owned by the richest player.
For now, both Hasbro and Parker Brothers are remaining mum as to the shapes of the player pieces as well as property names, including the Railroad spaces, Water Works and Electric Company spaces.
As for the Income Tax and Luxury Tax spaces, Ms. Bettercakes tells us that “the player with the most money who lands on these spaces must pay fifty percent of their assets to the Federal Bank.”