Monopoly Family Championship

by Monopoly

Product Features

• Who will be the champion in your home
• Take your chance to play like a pro in the MONOPOLY Championship Edition
• Featuring a speed die for a faster, more intense game of MONOPOLY
• Put your trading skills to the test and play, negotiate, and win your way to the top of the league
• There’s everything to play for- be your family’s champion and the MONOPOLY Championship trophy could be yours

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 2 x 15.8 x 10.5 inches ; 2.1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0028Y4QX8
• Item model number: 622
• Manufacturer recommended age: 8 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #20,724 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Now you can play a genuine MONOPOLY Championship game in your own home. Put your trading skills to the test and play, negotiate, and win your way to the top of the league.

Product Description

Now you can play a genuine MONOPOLY Championship game in your own home. Put your trading skills to the test and play, negotiate, and win your way to the top of the league.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great version of Monopoly but still not perfect., January 8, 2010

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Blackout "Michael Biggins aka Blackout" (Queens, New York) - See all my reviews

= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Monopoly Family Championship (Toy)

I am a life time fan of Monopoly and have owned more Monopoly boards that I can remember. This latest version of the board is very interesting in that it gives you the official tournament rules as are used if you should ever happen to enter in an official Parker Brothers Monopoly tournament that are held every year. You can still play regular Monopoly or various house rule versions, but this version makes it easier to play the tournament version by including some extra special stuff. Included is a speed die, which some classic players will find weird but it IS used to speed things up in official tournaments so if you want to feel what it's like to play like the pros, you'll use it. Basically the speed die adds to your regular two dice roll, either a 1 to 3 in #s, or a bus, or mr monopoly. The 1,2,or 3 on the speed die just adds to your move, effectively getting players around the board faster, the bus on the speed die allows you to roll the value of one or both of your dice, so if you rolled an 11 (5 on one die, 6 on another, and then BUS on the speed die) you could move 5, 6, or 11 spaces - your choice. The final added speed die face is Mr Monopoly which immediately moves the number you rolled, where you can act (buy it, auction, or pay rent of already owned) but THEN you get an extra turn almost and are moved on to the next un-purchased property. if all properties are purchased, you are moved onto the next property group. This speeds up the game significantly and adds a little more maneuvering & strategy. It's not for everyone, but it is interesting and was the MANDATORY way to play in the last official tournament. It remains to be seen whether they keep the speed die around for the next 2013 tournament (as long as the world doesn't blow up, get taken over by aliens or the New World Order.. but lets think positive here.. this is a Monopoly review!).

Also included is a score pad for easy tallying of your total net worth at the end of the game if you are playing a timed game. There is also a rather hokey trophy included, but you might get a kick out of it.

The standard monopoly tokens are included, but the houses and hotels and board have some different colors. All in all I really like this set of Monopoly and for the cheap price it's being offered here it's definitely worth picking this version up. I have a few pet peeves that keep this from getting a 5 star review, and they are as follows:

The board is a 'quad' fold board. I hate quad fold boards as do most people, they are ugly and not as sturdy and they include an extra slice in the board that is not needed if they would just go back to making bi-fold boards. Please Hasbro, listen to this. No one likes the quad fold boards.

The money. This version of monopoly money is a little weird and not the standard colors. They changed the 10s to the color the 50s used to be, light blue, and they changed the 50s to purple.
Not a big deal but annoying if you have older standard monopoly money or are a fan of the classic colors. Also, they only include 1 pack of money and you always end up needed more if playing with more than 4 players.

Still, these little things don't keep this from being a great version, at an awesome price. I was very happy with it!

- Blackout

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent value for family game nights, December 27, 2009

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Jared Castle (Roseburg, Oregon United States) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Monopoly Family Championship (Toy)

My seven-year old son put Monopoly on his Christmas wish list. Monopoly Family Championship provides the comfortable feel of the original game in addition to a rulebook, speed die and game pieces that allow you to play a faster version.

Other family board games have left a bad taste in our mouth. More often than not, the board game materials are cheap and flimsy. I previously wrote Amazon reviews for Othello and Operation, noting the cheap construction took away from the fun.

Even though we purchased Monopoly Family Championship for less than $10, the game board, tokens and other game pieces are of adequate quality. You won't mistake this game for the $100,000 custom version produced by FAO Schwarz in 2000, which came with 18-carat gold token, houses and hotels. collector's versions. However, Monopoly Family Championship it is solid enough to hold up for many repeated family game nights.

If you are tired of the original, you can try these contemporary variations: Monopoly Here and Now World or Monopoly City Edition.

In summary, we purchased this version because it offered an excellent value for family game nights. Rating: Five stars.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great party game for friends, or a family game at home!, August 1, 2011

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Megan Ayscue "Book Brats Reviews" (North Carolina) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Monopoly Family Championship (Toy)

I bought this game on a whim. This is my third Monopoly set, after Monopoly Junior as a child and then a normal monopoly set as a teen. This is my first one with any extra bells and whistles, which in the case of Monopoly Championship is the fact you get a cute little plastic trophy to take pictures with. I took it to a Thanksgiving party with friends and we had a blast playing much longer than we should have. We had a Monopoly tournament that lasted for four hours and then took pictures with the trophy and laughed.

However, this game does have some fall backs. They have changed the colors on the currency for example, and the board has a tendency to bulge in the center. At one point we had to weight my particular board down to keep everything from sliding off, and even that was a losing battle at times. Also, even when packed away neat and tidy, the bits and pieces of the game have a tendency to get messed up because the packaging is not the greatest.

Would I suggest this game, though? Of course. I loved it and it adds a little something more than the regular game. When I bought it, it was only a dollar or two more expensive than the classic version. The trophy and the resulting pictures alone sold me on this version.