Monopoly 70th Anniversary Edition

Greetings!

And speaking of Monopoly (at least, I was!), did you know that it's celebrating its 70th anniversary?

Well, it is. And, of course, they're releasing a 70th Anniversary Monopoly Board edition:




Click Here To Buy Your 70th Anniversary Monopoly Edition

In reality, as you may already know, Monopoly is much, much older than that. It is actually about 101 years old (Elisabeth Maggie patented an earlier version called the Landlord's Game, which was a precursor of the commercially popular Parker Brothers' version... but I have already discussed that in my first postings in this blog.


Yours in Fun,


Jeff


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The Addams Family Card Game

Greetings!

I haven't been able to upload the pictures of my Monopoly "Perth Limited Edition" yet, but it's coming... Just bear with me.

In the meantime, I've come across several games worth mentioning for those board games afficionados.

Have you ever heard of "The Addams Family Card Game"?

I saw the TV show (of course), and watched the movie... but I had not seen the game at all.




It was manufactured by Milton Bradley back in 1965. It comes with 40 cards:

11 - Gomez cards
11 - Morticia cards
11 - Children cards
6 - Wild cards showing Lurch and Uncle Fester
1 - Card with game playing instructions




A mint or near mint condition set is valued at about $32.00 US, but you can find it sometimes for under $10 US at Ebay.



Yours in Fun,


Jeff


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Perth Monopoly Board

Hi there,

It's been another long time since my last entry.

I've been dedicating more time to my low fat recipes site, the blog, and another little hobbie site I'm building.

I'm still passionate about board games. But I've been busy with the rest of my life which, thankfully, does not only consist of board games (I am also getting into Poker!).... hahahah!

Nevertheless... my beautiful partner in life (and soon to be wife) got me something this week (unexpectedly, as it is not my birthday yet!). She learnt that the Perth Telethon Appeal has produced a limited edition of the Monopoly board featuring beautiful places in Western Australia. Only 10,000 boards have been issued, and they're selling like hot cakes!

I got mine, and it looks really beautiful. It features the Perth skyline, and the main streets that we Perthians know very well. It also includes other areas of WA, and - of course - it includes our WA sponsors' logos.

I have not opened it yet. I may buy another board, so that I can keep one copy in the shrink wrap. I'll include pictures soon.

That was a very nice surprice, especially because only about 2 weeks ago I thought about the fact that there are Monopoly boards for many cities in the world, but not for Perth (Sure, there is one for Australia, but it only includes 2 streets in Perth, but that's not reflective of my beautiful city!).

So, if you have someone in Perth who's willing to buy one of these limited edition boards, I urge you to contact him/her a.s.a.p. as they are disappearing off the shelf faster than a cat with Chinese crackers attached to his tail!




Yours in Fun,


Jeff


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