Our financial system is crumbling this week.

[Freed Roger]

thought this may go here.

game of Monopoly is revamped

[AdmiralKird]

Obama is like George Lucas, His proposals are like Jar-Jar Binks, and I pray that Congress is Sensibility.

[Freed Roger]

my lord, this looks like a complete fail

[JackofDiamonds]

my lord, this looks like a complete fail

Someone at Hasbro is losing their job this week.

[ghostrunner]

How are you supposed to hold up all your cash, fan it out, then make it rain on your defeated opponents?

[sighyoung]

It would be more realistic if the calculator randomly burst into flames, destroying all the accumulated wealth in a nanosecond.

[Hungary Jack]

They should change the game to include different financing schemes, such as LBO's, securitization, and stock warrants. The game will be built around a bubble economy where no one knows exactly when the bubble will burst, and the goal will be to buy and flip enough property to accumulate the most cash while getting out before property prices crash.

[cpebbles]

Also, you can pay off the scorekeeper at any point to get the rules changed in your favor.

[Freed Roger]

I was thinking the board shaped like a kite or a pyramid would have been more fitting.

[Hungary Jack]

Also, you can pay off the scorekeeper at any point to get the rules changed in your favor.

Lobbying costs extra. If you are unlucky and land on the wrong square, your Congressmen gets indicted and you lose your lobby privileges.