Editing Monopoly (game) (section)

===US versions===
[[File:Monopoly (2276222832).jpg|thumb|US version of ''Monopoly'']]
There have since been some changes to the board. Not all of the Chance and Community Chest cards as shown in the 1935 patent were used in editions from 1936/1937 onwards.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Early Chanve and Community Chance Cards |url=http://www.adena.com/adena/mo/mo19.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306155644/http://www.adena.com/adena/mo/mo19.htm |archive-date=March 6, 2012 |access-date=September 3, 2018 |website=adena.com}}</ref> Graphics with the [[Mr. Monopoly]] character (then known as "[[Rich Uncle Pennybags]]") were added in that same time-frame.<ref name="sundown1">{{Cite web |title=Blue Community Chest Cards |url=http://sundown-farm-and-ranch.com/album/vintage%20monopoly%20games/Game%20components%20and%20specialty%20items/slides/Blue%20Community%20Chest%20Cards.shtml |access-date=September 3, 2018 |website=sundown-farm-and-ranch.com}}</ref> A graphic of a chest containing coins was added to the Community Chest spaces, as were the flat purchase prices of the properties. Traditionally, the Community Chest cards were yellow (although they were sometimes printed on blue stock) with no decoration or text on the back; the Chance cards were orange with no text or decoration on the back.<ref name="sundown1" />

Hasbro commissioned a major graphic redesign to the U.S. standard edition of the game in 2008, along with some minor revisions.  Among the changes: the colors of Mediterranean and Baltic avenues were changed from purple to brown, and the color of the "go" square was changed from red to black. The luxury tax amount was increased from $75 to $100, and a flat $200 income tax was imposed (formerly the player's choice of $200 or 10% of their total holdings, which they could not calculate until after making their final decision). Originally the amount was $300, but was changed a year after the game's debut.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Original 1935 Edition Board Game Rules from Winning-Moves.com |url=http://www.winning-moves.com/images/mono35bookweb.pdf |access-date=September 3, 2018 |website=winning-moves.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140803113708/http://www.winning-moves.com/images/mono35bookweb.pdf |archive-date=August 3, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> There were also changes to the Chance and Community Chest cards; for example, the "poor tax", "receive for services", "Xmas fund matures", and "grand opera opening" cards became "speeding fine", "receive $25 consultancy fee", "holiday fund matures", and "it is your birthday", respectively; though their effects remained the same; the player must pay only $50 instead of $150 for the school tax. In addition, a player now gets $50 instead of $45 for sale of stock, and the Advance to Illinois Avenue card now has the added text indicating a player collects $200 if they pass Go on the way there.<ref name="2008redesign">{{Cite book |last=Orbanes |first=Philip E. |title=Monopoly, Money, and You: How to Profit from the Game's Secrets of Success |publisher=McGraw Hill Education |year=2013 |isbn=978-0-07-180844-6 |edition=Nook E-Book |page=39 |author-link=Philip Orbanes}}</ref>
[[File:MonopolySet 2014.jpg|thumb|right|2014 US Monopoly box]]

All the Chance and Community Chest cards received a graphic upgrade in 2008 as part of the graphic refresh of the game. Mr. Monopoly's classic line illustration was also now usually replaced by renderings of a 3D Mr. Monopoly model. The backs of the cards have their respective symbols, with Community Chest cards in blue and Chance cards in orange.<ref name="2008redesign" />

Additionally, recent versions of ''Monopoly'' replace the dollar sign ($) with an M with two horizontal strokes through it.<ref>[https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81oC5pYhh2L._SL1500_.jpg Image of ''Monopoly'' board], from [https://www.amazon.com/Hasbro-00009-482-Monopoly-Board/dp/B00CV5PN2W this Amazon listing]</ref>

In the US versions shown below, the properties are named after locations in (or near) Atlantic City, New Jersey.<ref name="history">{{Cite web |last=Horton |first=J. Matthew |title=Monopoly History – How old is my Monopoly game? |url=http://www.worldofmonopoly.com/history/index.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120126085511/http://www.worldofmonopoly.com/history/index.php |archive-date=January 26, 2012 |access-date=February 21, 2012 |website=Monopoly History |publisher=worldofmonopoly.com}}</ref>
Atlantic City's Illinois Avenue was renamed Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in the 1980s. St. Charles Place no longer exists, as the [[Showboat Atlantic City]] was developed where it once ran.<ref name="Kennedy">{{Cite book |last1=Kennedy |first1=Rod |title='Monopoly: the story behind the world's best-selling game. |last2=Jim Waltzer |publisher=Gibbs Smith |year=2004 |location=Salt Lake City, Utah}}</ref> The values on the board reflect real estate property values of 1930s Atlantic City. The two cheapest properties, Baltic Avenue and Mediterranean Avenue, were situated in a low-income, [[African Americans|African-American]] neighborhood; higher-value properties, such as Pennsylvania Avenue, Park Place, and [[County Route 629 (Atlantic County, New Jersey)|Ventnor Avenue]], were situated in wealthier neighborhoods.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pilon |first=Mary |date=February 21, 2021 |title=The Racism on your Monopoly Board |work=The Atlantic |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/02/racism-your-monopoly-board/618098/ |quote=Cyril and Ruth Harvey, friends of Raiford's who played a key role in popularizing the game, lived on Pennsylvania Avenue (a pricey $320 green property on the board); their friends, the Joneses, lived on Park Place. The Harveys had previously lived on Ventnor Avenue, one of the yellow properties that represented some of Atlantic City's wealthier neighborhoods, with their high walls and fences and racial covenants that excluded Black citizens. The Harveys employed a Black maid named Clara Watson. She lived on Baltic Avenue in a low-income, Black neighborhood, not far from Mediterranean Avenue. On the Monopoly board, those are priced cheapest, at $60.}}</ref>

Different versions have been created based on various current consumer interests such as: ''Dog-opoly'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dog-opoly |url=https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/14000/dog-opoly |access-date=September 3, 2018 |website=boardgamegeek.com}}</ref> ''Cat-opoly'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cat-opoly |url=https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/9704/cat-opoly |access-date=September 3, 2018 |website=boardgamegeek.com}}</ref> ''Bug-opoly'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bug-opoly |url=https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/28649/bug-opoly |access-date=September 3, 2018 |website=boardgamegeek.com}}</ref> and TV/movie games among others.
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{{Monopoly board layout
 |Edition =
 |Banner = ''MONOPOLY''
 |corner_1 = Collect $200 salary as you pass<br />'''GO'''
 |corner_2 = In Jail/Just Visiting
 |corner_3 = Free Parking
 |corner_4 = Go To Jail
 |spaces_horizontal = 9
 |spaces_vertical = 9
 |Color_101 = SaddleBrown |Space_101 = Mediter-<br />ranean Avenue<br />$60
 |Color_102 = |Space_102 = [[Community Chest cards|Community Chest]]
 |Color_103 = SaddleBrown |Space_103 = Baltic Avenue<br />$60
 |Color_104 = |Space_104 = [[Income tax]]<br />(pay $200)
 |Color_105 = |Space_105 = [[Reading Company|Reading Railroad]]<br />$200
 |Color_106 = SkyBlue |Space_106 = Oriental Avenue<br />$100
 |Color_107 = |Space_107 = [[Chance cards|Chance]]<div style="font:bold 16pt times new roman,serif;color:#c00;">?</div>
 |Color_108 = SkyBlue |Space_108 = Vermont Avenue<br />$100
 |Color_109 = SkyBlue |Space_109 = Connecticut Avenue<br />$120
 |Color_110 = |Space_110 =
 |Color_111 = |Space_111 =
 |Color_112 = |Space_112 =
 |Color_201 = |Space_201 =
 |Color_202 = |Space_202 =
 |Color_203 = |Space_203 =
 |Color_204 = #ff0080 |Space_204 = St. Charles Place<br />$140
 |Color_205 = |Space_205 = [[Electrical power industry|Electric Company]]<br />$150
 |Color_206 = #ff0080 |Space_206 = States Avenue<br />$140
 |Color_207 = #ff0080 |Space_207 = Virginia Avenue<br />$160
 |Color_208 = |Space_208 = [[Pennsylvania Railroad]]<br />$200
 |Color_209 = Orange |Space_209 = St. James Place<br />$180
 |Color_210 = |Space_210 = [[Community Chest cards|Community Chest]]
 |Color_211 = Orange |Space_211 = Tennessee Avenue<br />$180
 |Color_212 = Orange |Space_212 = New York Avenue<br />$200

 |Color_301 = Red |Space_301 = Kentucky Avenue<br />$220
 |Color_302 = |Space_302 = [[Chance cards|Chance]]<div style="font:bold 16pt times new roman,serif;color:#1e55d5;">?</div>
 |Color_303 = Red |Space_303 = Indiana Avenue<br />$220
 |Color_304 = Red |Space_304 = Illinois Avenue<br />$240
 |Color_305 = |Space_305 = [[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad|B&O Railroad]]<br />$200
 |Color_306 = Yellow |Space_306 = Atlantic Avenue<br />$260
 |Color_307 = Yellow |Space_307 = Ventnor Avenue<br />$260
 |Color_308 = |Space_308 = [[Water supply|Water Works]]<br />$150
 |Color_309 = Yellow |Space_309 = [[Marven Gardens|Marvin Gardens]]<br />$280
 |Color_310 = |Space_310 =
 |Color_311 = |Space_311 =
 |Color_312 = |Space_312 =
 |Color_401 = Green |Space_401 = Pacific Avenue<br />$300
 |Color_402 = Green |Space_402 = North Carolina Avenue<br />$300
 |Color_403 = |Space_403 = [[Community Chest cards|Community Chest]]
 |Color_404 = Green |Space_404 = Pennsylvania Avenue<br />$320
 |Color_405 = |Space_405 = [[Atlantic City and Shore Railroad|Short Line]]<br />$200
 |Color_406 = |Space_406 = [[Chance cards|Chance]]<div style="font:bold 16pt times new roman,serif;color:#c00;">?</div>
 |Color_407 = Blue |Space_407 = Park Place<br />$350
 |Color_408 = |Space_408 = [[Luxury tax]]<br />(pay $100)
 |Color_409 = Blue |Space_409 = [[List of boardwalks in the United States#Atlantic City|Boardwalk]]<br />$400
 |Color_410 = |Space_410 =
 |Color_411 = |Space_411 =
 |Color_412 = |Space_412 =
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<br /> Marvin Gardens, the farthest yellow property, is a misspelling of its actual name, ''[[Marven Gardens]]''. The misspelling was introduced by Charles and Olive Todd, who taught the game to Charles Darrow. It was passed on when their homemade ''Monopoly'' board was copied by Darrow and then by Parker Brothers. The Todds also changed the Atlantic City Quakers' Arctic Avenue to Mediterranean, and shortened the [[Atlantic City and Shore Railroad|Shore Fast Line]] to the Short Line.<ref name="OrbanesT">{{Cite book |last=Orbanes |first=Philip E. |url=https://archive.org/details/monopoly00phil |title='Monopoly: the world's most famous game & how it got that way' |publisher=Da Capo Press |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-306-81489-1 |location=Cambridge, Massachusetts |page=[https://archive.org/details/monopoly00phil/page/53 53] |url-access=registration}}</ref>
It was not until 1995 that Parker Brothers acknowledged the misspelling of ''Marvin Gardens'', formally apologizing to the residents of Marven Gardens.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Monopoly, Present at the Creation |url=https://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/patc/monopoly/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100322213612/http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/patc/monopoly/index.html |archive-date=March 22, 2010 |access-date=June 10, 2009 |publisher=NPR}}</ref><ref name="atlas obscura"/>

Short Line refers to the Shore Fast Line, a [[tram|streetcar line]] that served Atlantic City.<ref name="Kennedy" /> The [[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad|B&O Railroad]] did not serve Atlantic City. A booklet included with the reprinted 1935 edition states that the four railroads that served [[Atlantic City, New Jersey|Atlantic City]] in the mid-1930s were the [[Central Railroad of New Jersey|Jersey Central]], the [[Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines|Seashore Lines]], the [[Reading Company|Reading Railroad]] (now part of [[Norfolk Southern]] & [[CSX]]), and the [[Pennsylvania Railroad]].

The Baltimore & Ohio (now part of CSX) was the parent of the Reading. There is a tunnel in Philadelphia where track to the south was B. & O. and track to the north is Reading. The Central of N.J. did not have a track to Atlantic City but was the daughter of the Reading (and granddaughter of the B. & O.) Their track ran from the New York City area to Delaware Bay and some trains ran on the Reading-controlled track to Atlantic City.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Baer |first=Christopher |title=The Route of the Blue Comet |publisher=West Jersey Chapter of the National Railroad Historical Society |year=1994}}</ref>

The actual "Electric Company" and "Water Works" serving the city are respectively Atlantic City Electric Company (a subsidiary of [[Exelon]]) and the Atlantic City Municipal Utilities Authority.<ref name="Kennedy" />