As far as is known there has never been any inland Monopoly-like game
manufactured and it is Parker/Hasbro who introduced the Monopoly game in Estonia not until 2001, 10 years after it became independent of the communist
Eastbloc. Of course the streets
and stations are those of its capital Tallinn. Already a
few years later, in 2008, Ralph Anspach's Anti-Monopoly was launched in
this country as well.
From Start onwards the fields are:
Ravi t�nav - �hisfond (Community Chest) -
Tatari t�nav - Tulumaks (Income Tax) - Lillek�la (Station) -
Uus t�nav -
Loos (Chance) -Aia
- Vene
t�nav - Vanglas/Lihtsalt
k�lastad (In
Jail/Just visiting) - Paldiski maantee
- Elektriv�rk -
Mustam�e tee - S�pruse
puiestee - Tallinn-V�ike - Suur-Karja
t�nav - �hisfond - Harju
t�nav - Pikk t�nav
- Tasuta parkla (Free Parking) - Narva
maantee - Loos - Tartu maantee - P�rnu
maantee - Tondi - Gonsiori
t�nav
- R�vala puiestee - Veev�rk (Water Works) - Estonia puiestee
- Mine
vanglasse (Go to Jail) - Liivalaia t�nav - Vabaduse
v�ljak - �hisfond - Viru v�ljak
- Balti Jaam - Loos - Viru t�nav -
Lisamaks (Super Tax) and Raekoja
plats.
Edition:
Standard, ref. 030114535631
Publisher: Parker/Hasbro Inc.-Ain. Eestis Anv. Hulg.-Tallinn - 2001
Dimensions of the box: 26.8 x 40.3 x 5.3 cm
of the board: 25.2 x 25.2 cm
The game:
In the second half of the ninetees Parker/Hasbro have introduced this
capitalistic game with great energy in many countries of the former Eastbloc.
And this introduction is strongly continued, because in 2001 the Baltic states
were the next. After Lithuania Estonia and Latvia immediately got their first
"official" Monopoly edition.
Although in other European countries the issues of 2001
already show the red Monopoly bar with Mr.Monopoly-with-red-bow-tie
on the board's midfield (as well as on the lid), this edition still has the black-bar-with-Uncle-Pennybags-and-frame,
like it is on the boards of all other countries since 1985.
In this "standard" box is of course the red
plastic "banker's tray" again with holes for the 7 banknotes and
property deeds still present with the banker.
The game board is folded in four and fits, when stored,
precisely on the banker's tray. The back of the board is as usual red,
the playside is blue green. This
edition is of course also manufactured in Ireland and therefore shows the
picture of the "laughing family" at the bottom of the box.
On the game board the Loos cards with nice red
back are as usual near the Start corner while the �hisfond cards with their nice blue
back are near the Free Parking corner.
The banknotes are of the one side printed new model, i.e. with
a black ribbon and "MONOPOLY with Uncle Pennybags" in the upper part of the
circle and, almost invisible, the remark "1996 Tonka Corporation",
(ref.1004535 OOC). The
currency is EEK (= Kroon) and the denominations are resp.: 1
- 5 - 10
- 20 - 50
- 100 and 500.
The 10 tokens are of light metal and are the well-known: hat -
shoe - car - boat - dog - wheelbarrow - rider-on-a-horse - thimble - iron and
canon.
The green houses
and red hotels
are of non-transparant plastic and have all an overhanging roof with an
excentric chimney.
Both dice are white with black pips.
Edition: Anti-Monopoly, Ref. 779
"XXI
sajandi kinnisvaraga kauplemise m�ng"
Publisher:Kadabra-Kaunas-LT/University Games-NL - 2008
Dimensions of the box: 26.8 x 40.2 cm
The game:
On the bottom of the box is, next to a color picture of the game, a short explanation of the origin of the game and
how to play it.
The translation reads:
"An update of the "monopoly" folk game invented by Elizabeth Magie a 100 years ago. A twist right out of
today's headlines: free market competitors clash with ruthless monopolists.
In the real business world, competitors and monopolists work
hard to increase their incomes - but they go about it in different ways.
Competitors sell more goods at a fair price to make a fair profit. Monopolists,
on the other hand, destroy their competitors first so that they can fix prices
above fair, competitive levels to make excessive profits.
Other real estate trading games are a jumble of competition and monopolism. In Anti-Monopoly�, however, players are diveded into two
groups: competitors and monopolists before the game starts. The players follow
different rules (depending on their status) in their quest for big money. This
method of play is a revolutionary idea for games. In all other games players
follow one set of rules. It is this idea of movement and choice which allows Anti-Monopoly�
to be the first and only game in history which clearly distinguishes between the
actions of competitors and monopolists."
Ralph Anspach is a Professor Emeritus of Economics
at San Francisco State University who invented this Anti-Monopoly game. He based
his creation on the monopoly folkgame which was invented by
Elizabeth Magie in 1904 and was played extensively in the Eastern United States
between 1904 and 1935. Players in the monopoly folkgame buy and trade properties
to monopolize color groupings.His game transforms the folk game into a battle
between competitors and monopolists and it retains the antimonopoly message of
the creators of monopoly. Quaker teachers (members of the Society of
Friends in Atlantic City, N.J.) transformed the folkgame into what is now played
as Monopoly.
Charles B. Darrow stole the knowledge of the game and its rules from these
Quakers, commercialized it, and falsely claimed that he had invented it to
get an invention patent. He licensed it to Parker Brothers which popularized the
legend of Darrow the Inventor.. .
Ralph Anspach discovered the truth about the history of Monopoly when he
became a defendant in a ten-year long law suit filed by Parker Brothers. He
eventually won that law suit, read his book "Monopolygate".
Anti-Monopoly�'s specialty is, as said, its principle
players have to choose between 2 play methods: that of the Monopolists
and the Competitors. However, which part you will prefer, all players
have equal chances to win, although they play according to different
Rules. So Monopolists for example, can only build houses and hotels when
they have a monopoly position in a town (what is the case
already when the
player owns 2 of 3 streets), while Competitors may build on each property,
independent of they own a whole city or one single street.
On the solid board with black back the streets of 8 cities
are from Starts onwards:
Rooma: Corso Impero -
Konkurent v�i Monopolist - Via Roma - Tulumaks (Income
Tax)
Tallinn: Viru tn. - Konkurent v�i Monopolist
- P�rnu mnt. - Raekoja plats
Ekskursioon/Hinnas�da (price war)/Vangla (Jail)
Madriid: Plaza Mayor - Elektri-kompanii (Electric
Company) - Gran Via - Paseo de la
Castellana
Amsterdam: Dam - Konkurent v�i Monopolist
- Leidsestraat - Kalverstraat
Monopolivastane fond (Anti-Monopoly foundation)
Pariis: Rue
la Fayette -Konkurent v�i Monopolist - Rue de la Paix -
Champs-�lys�es
Br�ssel: Grote Markt - Hoogstraat -
Gaasifirma (Gas company) -
Nieuwstraat
Monopolistid: l�hevad vanglasse (Monopolist: Go to Jail) /
Konkurendid:
l�hevad hinnas�tta (Competitor:
Go to the price war)
London:
Park Lane - Piccadilly -Konkurent v�i Monopolist - Oxford Street
Ateena: Konkurent v�i Monopolist
- La Plaka - Maamaks (Property
tax) - Syntagma
The 4 spaces in the middle of each side are respectively: Lennu-firma - Trammi-kompanii -
Raudtee and Bussi-firma.
The 3 corner spaces clearly have different meaning for the Monopolists and the
Competitors.
Note that in this Estonian edition the capital Tallinn is added as
second group of streets. The same is done in the other Baltic editions!
The bottom part of the box contains a white cardboard insert foulded such
a way that a lower part between two platforms can be used as bankers' tray and
store for the houses and hotels
.
There are no Chance- nor Community Chest cards in this game but 2x25
plain, white cards Monopolistid and Konkurendid
instead, all with funny illustrations and always with detailed comment, like:
On the Konkurendid
cards:
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L�puks
on Kongress eraldanud monopolidevastasele osakonnale piisavalt raha
monopolidevastaste seaduste t�husaks maksmapanekuks.
SAATE igalt monopolistilt 25 �. =
Congress has finally given the Antitrust Division enough money to enforce
the Anti-Monopolist laws effectively.
COLLECT 25 � from each
Monopolist.
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Alustate
uue �riga. Kas see on edukas? VISAKE T�RINGUT t�ringut. Kui saate 9 silma
v�i alla selle, on �ri edutu. Kui tulemus on 10 v�i �le selle,
SAATE varahoidjalt 75 �. =
You are starting a new business. Will it succeed? THROW THE DICE! If you
get a 9 or less IT FAILS. If you get 10 or
more COLLECT � 75
from
treasurer.
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Energiamonopolistid
on k�tte�li hinna �les kruvinud. Konkurentsi t�ttu ei saa Te kogu hinnat�usu
oma ��rnikelt sisse kasseerida.
MAKSKE varahoidjale 50 �. =
The Energy Monopolists have jacked up the price of heating oil.
Competition keeps you from passing on the whole
increase to your tenants.
PAY 50 � to treasurer. |
On the Monopolistid cards:
| Teie poliitilist panust
ei ole unustatud. Suitsusaaste kontrollimise seadmed, mis viisid Teie kasumi
alla, ei
ole enam kohustuslikud. SAATE varahoidjalt 75 �. =
Your political contribution was not forgotten. The smoke pollution
controls which cut down on your profits have
been abolished. COLLECT 75 �
from the treasurer.
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| H�mara tehinguga saite
endale �iguse s�lmida suur riiklik leping. Kuid keegi vihjas asjast
ajakirjandusele.
Selleks, et teada saada, kas tehing �nnestub v�i mitte, veeretage t�ringut.
Kui t�ringul on 7 silma v�i alla selle,
J��B �RI KATKI; kui t�ringul on 8 silma v�i �le selle, on �revad ajad
m��das ning SAATE varahoidjalt 75 �. =
Through a shady deal, you landed a big government contract. But someone
spilled the beans to the press. To
see whether your deal will go through,
roll the dice. If you get 7 or less NO DEAL, 8 or more the storm blew over
and you COLLECT 75 � from treasurer.
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Ebaseaduslik
annetus, mille tegite senaator R. N. Aderi valimiskampaania tarvis, sattus
kogemata Ralph Naderi
kontole. �rge hakake vaidlema ning. MAKSKE varahoidjale 50 �
trahvi. =
An illegal campaign contribution you made to senator R.N.Ader went by
mistake to Ralph Nader. Just plead no
contest and PAY a fine of 50 � to
treasurer. |
It is of course also necessary the two types of players to be taken into
account of on the property deeds. That is why they have 2 columns
for the prices: at the left for the Konkurent
and at the right side those for the Monopolist.
The back side of the cards is also to show the property to be mortgaged. In this
situation the card must be given the bank, however, the owner can any
moment buy it back from the bank. This is also said on the back side of the
cards.
There are only 6 banknotes, printed in grey
on colored paper, in the denominations: 1
- 5 - 10
- 50 - 100
and 500.
There are only 6 plastic tokens, viz. of each a green
and blue one:cone, pyramid and a pawn like a "cilinder
with sphere".
The set goes with 35 houses and 15 hotels
of plastic, with roof rim and chimney. (Note: The Konkurendid must place their houses and/or hotels on the name of the field, while the
Monopolistid must situate them on the "H"-spot.)
Both dice are white with black pips.
The first version of this 21st edition was published in 2005 in
the USA, soon followed by that of many European countries.
This edition was "Made in Spain".
The price of this edition was at the introduction � 19.95.
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