At first you think you are playing good old Monopoly where they just add some extra buildings to give a little twist. But the longer you play, the more you realise they actually made a whole new game. You start with more money than usual, which gives you the idea you will last longer (with a bit of luck maybe). The fact that now you can build right away when you bought a property, gives so much dynamic to the game. No more waiting until you have the whole set, or not having the set because one player refuses to trade. Even with a couple of single properties you can win the game.

But not so fast. Everybody wants to win of course. And with the 80 extra buildings they added to the game, nothing was ever so uncertain. On every property you can build residential or industrial buildings. The first is not protected against negative buildings (hazards) and requires positive buildings otherwise the property becomes worthless. The industrial buildings on the other hand are protected but they cost twice as much! So you will have to make choice. And the added electronic device will, besides timing deals, always indicate how many buildings you can exactly make.

There is also no community chest anymore, only chance. But they have changed the content of the cards which makes the game less predictable and more fun to play- watch your buildings being crushed because of an earthquake or not getting your rent because a player evades the number thrown with the dice.

Besides these changes, there are many more twists to the game which I will not reveal here but be sure that they all add to the greatness that once was and that now has even become better.

Monopoly City made its first public appearance at the Nuremberg Toy Fair 2009.

Game Components

Game board
Instruction manual
Banker's tray
Money
Two dice
Six player tokens:  keychain with keys, double-decker bus, dog-in-carrying-kennel, construction hat, paint can with paint brush, bulldozer
22 District cards--one for each of the 22 Districts (Properties)
Six Reminder cards
1 Rent Dodge Card
Electronic "Trading Unit"

25 Chance cards:
2x Advance to Go
Advance to Middleton
Advance to Diamond Hills
Auction
Budget Day!
Congestion Charge
Earthquake!
Easy Money
Free Build
Inheritance
2x Get out of Jail Free
Go Back 3 Spaces
Go To Jail
Graffiti Disaster
Prison Overcrowding
Railroad
Repossessed
Sewage Plant
Steal
Tax Dodge
2x Taxi!
Toxic Waste

80 buildings:
Residential Buildings:
8x1-Block
4x2-Block
8x3-Block

Industrial Buildings:
8x1-Block
4x2-Block
8x3-Block

5 Skyscrapers
1xMonopoly Tower
2xStadiums
8xRailroads

Bonus Buildings:
3xSchools
3xWind Farms
3xWater Towers
3xParks

Hazards
3xPower Stations
3xSewage Plants
3xPrisons
3xRubbish Dumps