Monopoly: The Mega Edition is a special variant of the popular Hasbro board game Monopoly. The game was first published on May 22, 2006 by Winning Moves Games USA in the United States. A UK version was adapted on October 1, 2007.

The game board is larger than that of regular Monopoly (30% bigger). The game now includes $/£1,000 bills, and it includes an option to build skyscrapers and train depots.^[1]

The expanded game board includes twelve new spaces. Eight of those new spaces are new properties (one for each color group) as follows:

• Brown: Arctic Avenue/Elephant and Castle
  • As with other US editions, the Mega Edition has changed the first Color Group from purple to brown with the recent reprints of the game.
• Light Blue: Massachusetts Avenue/Edgware Road
• Magenta: Maryland Avenue/Downing Street
• Orange: New Jersey Avenue/High Holborn
• Red: Michigan Avenue/Aldwych
• Yellow: California Avenue/Shaftesbury Avenue
• Green: South Carolina Avenue/Saville Row
• Dark Blue: Florida Avenue/Knightsbridge

There is also a third Utility, the Gas Company, situated between Chance and Vermont Avenue/Pentonville.

The other three spaces are completely new to the board. Just after Jail/Just Visiting is the Auction space. If a player lands on this space while the bank still owns any properties, that player chooses one of the available properties to be auctioned off between the players (in similar fashion to regular property auctions). If the bank has no properties left to auction, the player that lands there then moves forward to the property on which they would have to pay the highest rent (the closest one, in case of a tie for highest amount).

The second space, Bus Ticket (located between Michigan Avenue/Aldwych and the B. & O. Railroad/Fenchurch Street Station), allows the player landing there to draw a Bus Ticket card, if any remain. If there are no Bus Ticket cards to draw, the space acts as a second Free Parking space and has no further effect.

The last of the three new spaces, Birthday Gift (located between Chance and Florida Avenue/Park Lane), gives the player that lands there a choice between taking $/£100 from the bank or drawing a Bus Ticket card. (If no Bus Ticket cards remain, the player automatically gets the $/£100.)

Setup is the same as that of regular Monopoly, except that there is a new card deck to go along with the Chance and Community Chest cards called Bus Tickets, and players now receive $/£2,500 at the start of the game (adding one $/£1,000 bill) as opposed to the base $/£1,500 in regular Monopoly. (Earlier printings have silver-grey $1,000 bills; more recent printings have bright yellow $1,000s.)

On their turn, players roll all three dice (two regular dice plus the new Speed Die). Players move the total number of spaces as indicated by the three dice, or two dice if Mr. Monopoly or the Bus is rolled on the Speed Die. If doubles are rolled on the regular dice then the player may roll again as usual; if triples are rolled on the three dice then the player may move to any space on the board that they choose, but they do not roll again. They do not go to Jail if they roll doubles twice before rolling triples, and if they pass GO they collect $200 as usual.

If Mr. Monopoly is rolled on the Speed Die, the player first moves the number of spaces indicated on the two regular dice and deals with the space they land on. If the player has not landed in Jail, they then move forward to the next unowned property, which they may then purchase or put up for auction. If there are no unowned properties, the player needs to move forward to the next property on which they would owe rent to another player. (If all other properties are mortgaged, the player does not move after making the initial move.)

A new alternative to rolling is using a Bus Ticket. If a player uses a Bus Ticket which they own, that player may advance to any space on the side of the board they are currently on. If a player rolls the Bus on the Speed Die, they can choose to either take a Bus Ticket (if any remain) or move forward to the next Chance/Community Chest space after the regular move. Bus Tickets are also obtained by landing on the Bus Ticket or Birthday Gift spaces. Some of the Bus Tickets cause all other Bus Tickets drawn but not played to expire, and thus be discarded. (This includes other Bus Tickets owned by the player who drew the expiration Ticket.)

Each color-group now contains an additional property, as does the group of Utilities (with the Gas Company). If a player owns the majority of properties in a color-group (2 of 3 in Purples/Browns or Dark Blues; 3 of 4 in other color groups), they may begin to build houses and hotels there, with rent doubled on any undeveloped properties. If they own all properties in a color-group, they may upgrade their hotels to Skyscrapers, which increase rent considerably (by $/£500 on First and Second Street properties, and by $/£1000 on Third and Fourth Streets) and charge triple rent on any unimproved properties. In the case of the Utilities, owning all 3 allows the owner to charge 20 times the dice roll (white dice only) of the opponent landing there. (Note: The Chance card that sends a player to the nearest utility is not affected; that player still only pays 10 times the new roll even if the owner owns all 3 utilities.)

Players can also build a train depot on any railroads which they own (the player does not need to own all 4 railroads) at a cost of $/£100. This doubles the rent on that railroad, or quadruples it if an opponent is sent there by one of the "Go To Nearest Railroad" Chance cards (twice the doubled railroad rent).^[2]

Free Parking

Kentucky Avenue $220

Chance ?

Indiana Avenue $220

Illinois Avenue $240

Michigan Avenue $240

Bus Ticket

B&O Railroad $200

Atlantic Avenue $260

Ventnor Avenue $260

Water Works $150

Marvin Gardens $280

California Avenue $280

Go To Jail

New Jersey Avenue $200

MONOPOLY: THE MEGA EDITION

Pacific Avenue $300

New York Avenue $200

South Carolina Avenue $300

Tennessee Avenue $180

North Carolina Avenue $300

Community Chest

Community Chest

St. James Place $180

Pennsylvania Avenue $320

Pennsylvania Railroad $200

Short Line $200

Virginia Avenue $160

Chance ?

States Avenue $140

Birthday Gift Take $100 or a Bus Ticket

Electric Company $150

Florida Avenue $350

St. Charles Place $140

Park Place $350

Maryland Avenue $140

Luxury Tax Pay $100

Auction any unowned property

Boardwalk $400

Jail / Just Visiting

Connecticut Avenue $120

Vermont Avenue $100

Gas Company $150

Chance ?

Oriental Avenue $100

Massachusetts Avenue $100

Reading Railroad $200

Income Tax Pay $200

Arctic Avenue* $80

Baltic Avenue* $60

Community Chest

Mediterranean Avenue* $60

Go Collect $200 salary as you pass

• NOTE: In recent printings of the game, the purple properties are now brown, like the UK edition below.

Free Parking

Strand £220

Chance ?

Fleet Street £220

Trafalgar Square £240

Aldwych £240

Bus Ticket

Fenchurch Street Station £200

Leicester Square £260

Coventry Street £260

Water Works £150

Piccadilly £280

Shaftesbury Avenue £280

Go To Jail

High Holborn £200

MONOPOLY: THE MEGA EDITION UK Edition

Regent Street £300

Vine Street £200

Oxford Street £300

Marlborough Street £180

Bond Street £300

Community Chest

Community Chest

Bow Street £180

Savile Row £320

Marylebone Station £200

Liverpool Street Station £200

Downing Street £160

Chance ?

Northumberland Avenue £160

Birthday Gift receive £100 or take a Bus Ticket

Electric Company £150

Park Lane £350

Whitehall £140

Mayfair £350

Pall Mall £140

Bank Deposit (pay £100)

Auction any unowned property (If none, move to the highest rent)

Knightsbridge £400

In Jail/Just Visiting

Edgware Road £120

Pentonville £120

Gas Company £150

Chance ?

Euston Road £100

The Angel Islington £100

King's Cross Station £200

Income Tax (Pay £200)

Elephant And Castle £60

The Whitechapel £60

Community Chest

Old Kent Road £60

Go Collect £200 salary as you pass

Parc Gratuit

Avenue Matignon € 220

Chance ?

Boulevard Malsherbes € 220

Avenue Henri-Martin € 240

Boulevard Haussmann £240

Ticket de Bus

Gare du Nord € 200

Faubourg Saint-Honoré € 260

Place de la Bourse € 260

Compagnie de Distribution des Eaux € 150

Rue Lafayette € 280

Rue de Rivoli € 280

Allez en Prison

Boulevard Saint-Germain € 200

MONOPOLY: MEGA ÉDITION

Avenue de Breteuil € 300

Place Pigalle € 200

Avenue de Suffren € 300

Boulevard Saint-Michel € 180

Avenue Foch € 300

Caisse de Communauté

Caisse de Communauté

Avenue Mozart € 180

Boulevard des Capucines € 320

Gare de Lyon € 200

Gare de Lyon € 200

Rue de Paradis € 160

Chance ?

Avenue de Neuilly € 160

Cadeau d'Anniversaire Touchez € 100 ou un Ticket de Bus

Compagnie de Distribution d'Électrivité € 150

Champs-Élysées € 350

Boulevard de la Villette € 140

Rue de la Paix € 350

Boulevard Voltaire € 140

Taxe de luxe (€ 100)

Vente aux Enchères

Rue de la Paix € 400

En Prison/Simple Visite

Avenue de la République € 120

Rue de Courcelles € 120

Compagnie de Distribution du Gaz € 150

Chance ?

Rue de Vaugirard € 100

Rue de la Convention € 100

Gare Montparnasse € 200

Impôts sur le Revenu (€ 200)

Boulevard de Ménilmontant € 60

Rue Lecourbe €60

Caisse de Communauté

Boulevard de Belleville €60

DÉPART Recevez € 200 chaque fois que vous passez ici.

NOTE:

• "The Mega Edition" is translated as either "Mega Édition" (Original version, Paris Edition), "Méga Édition" (Black-themed version), or "Édition Mega" (La France Agricole version)
• All versions except for the Black version keep the purple properties as purple rather than changing it to brown.

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