Monopoly Anyone?

Monopoly game had been around for ages. I used to play monopoly with my nephews and nieces and still do whenever they come around. The nephews and nieces would get together and quietly they would scheme up plans, ways and means to send their uncle broke and bankrupt. Thus one had to be diligent and observant. The kids will used every dirty trick they know to make sure I am out of the game first. They will distract you at every opportunity from remembering to collect your $200 as you pass “Go” or collect rental from your properties when they landed on it. Cash is used for every transaction; paying rents, buying properties, pay fine and taxes and is handled manually.

Moving with the times, the maker of Monopoly has released the latest release of the popular board game, which replaces cash with Visa-branded debit cards. This revamped version comes with electronic card reader that records the earnings and payments for players and transfers money between them.

The new game includes the trapping of today’s modern life. It also includes today’s property to make the game as realistic as possible. This means a revamp of properties to include new and trendy places and replacing train stations for airports.

There is no more passing “Go” and collecting $200.

Community Chest and Chance are upgrade; players can win a reality TV show and pocket a cool winning of $2 million.

The game tokens are replaced with mobile phones, cheeseburgers and roller blade giving the top hats and racing cars the flick.

It is time for me to upgrade my existing cash transaction Monopoly to cashless version one. It pay back time. Watch out kids!