Sunday 10 January 2021

But now you shall play in the market square, 'till you'll be a man

From a post by by "Cherrybomb" on the ever-wonderful Dangerous Minds:

Though it’s not actually from Mars (BOO!), a David Bowie Monopoly-themed game does exist, and yes, you can have one.

The Thin White Duke’s version of Monopoly came out [in 2020] via an exclusive distribution with UK site Booghe...[and] here’s the scoop on the gameplay for this Ziggy-centric edition...

First, speaking as a collector of Monopoly board games, one of the things geeks like me look forward to are the game pieces, and wham-bam, thank you ma’am, the ones created for Bowie Monopoly do not disappoint. There is Major Tom, an astronaut helmet, a rolled-up tie for Bowie’s 1993 album Black Tie White Noise, and a replica of the hat Bowie wore as Pierrot in the video for Ashes to Ashes and on the cover of Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps), designed by Natasha Korniloff. Of course, there is a lightning bolt in honour of Aladdin Sane, a star to signify Bowie’s musical swan song Black Star, and a skull, which of course, was often a Hamlet-esque Bowie stage prop...

...instead of buying property, the squares on the board represent albums from Bowie’s vast musical catalogue. Once you own one of his albums, you can then build stages (instead of houses) and then stadiums (instead of hotels) to increase the “rent” paid when other players land on your square...There are also Sound and Vision cards (like the Chance and Community Chest cards), which bring both good and bad fortune to players drawing from the deck.

It’s hard to conceive there might be a Bowie fan out there who also digs board games that would not want a Bowie-themed Monopoly game. I should know; I am one of those people currently waiting for their very own Bowie-Opoly to arrive.

I'd love one!

In memoriam, David Bowie (born David Robert Jones, 8th January 1947 – 10th January 2016)

2 comments:

  1. Wow who knew there was such a thing !
    Great fun for any Bowie Buff.

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    1. Great fun for a Monopoly buff, too! Jx

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