Monopoly

quindioman says on Nov 27, 2005, 09:22:

none that i know of.....the closest you would get is a board game called "Tio Rico" which I have very fond memories of.

I actually stand corrected.....I came across this whilst doing a bit of research........seems there is a Colombian version after all.

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quindioman says on Nov 27, 2005, 09:24:

proper link take 2

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kernow62 says on Nov 27, 2005, 11:28:

It sure does exist, I have one.

It comes in a much smaller box, and mine is put out by Industrias Ronda under License from Parker Brothers.

The board is flimsy compared to other sets and is folded into quarters rather than in half. The dice are cheap looking as are the pieces which are all the same shape pieces of different colours. Oddly enough the houses are red and the hotels are green. I was hoping that the streets would be perhaps streets from Bogotá, but alas they are the same old ones from the US.

I might be biased but of all the sets I have the English one from Waddington's is the best quality and at least they use London streets.

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kernow62 says on Nov 27, 2005, 11:29:

Quindoman, that one in the link is cool. I have to get one of those. So much nicer than the one I have from Colombia.

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silviat says on Nov 27, 2005, 12:59:

oh there is a version of monopoly in colombia... I used to play it when I waas a girl... there is an even more colombianized one that I actually used to like a lot more called "Bolsa Millonaria"

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quindioman says on Nov 27, 2005, 13:55:

i'd love to get one of those boards as well Kernow....didn't know there was a Colombian version but I'm not at all surprised...big Monopoly fan as well...one of the first chrissie presents I got, nothing like sticking a couple of hotels in Park Lane and Mayfair and gloating while they give you their money and their deeds and go off to make the tea :p

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kernow62 says on Nov 27, 2005, 14:23:

Yeah the first one out had to "be mother" in our house too!

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Cockney Colombian says on Nov 30, 2005, 03:26:

Thanks for the link Quindioman, that's great.

It's funny how families invented these little rules to stop the gloating from anyone whose just bankrupt the rest of the players. In my house it was the winner who made the tea, but not before they had the sole task of putting the board and pieces back in the box.

I've got the Star Wars special edition and it's got a cool layout and instead of Hotels you stick the Millennium Falcon on your tile, but it's not the same advancing to Cloud City than it is to advance to Mayfair.

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webmanco says on Nov 30, 2005, 03:43:

Colombian Playing cards Colombian playing cards have tended to follow the Catalan, Castilian and Paris styles, but not the Cadiz style. Known manufacturers include Félix de Bedout e Hijos (Medellín), Industrias Ronda (Bogotá), Editorial Colina (Medellín), and Cacharrería Colombiana Ltda




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