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Global Monopoly

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One of America's favorite board games is going global.

Hasbro is swapping Broadway and Park Place for Montreal and Riga. (Do you even know where that is? I didn't. Answer at the end of this post) for a new Monopoly: World Edition.

New York City still made the cut, but it's the only U.S. city to do so. More than 5 million Monopoly fans voted online earlier this year for the cities they wanted to see in the new edition.

Here's the official line from a company press release: "We are thrilled that the first-ever global game board includes an interesting mix of cities that showcases the dynamic cultures, sights and history of the planet."

Next, I'm waiting to read about some goal-oriented traveler on a mission to visit each of the cities on the new board.

Riga is in Latvia, in case you were wondering.

And Latvia -- for everyone whose brain didn't pull up an instant mental map -- is in Eastern Europe, kind of sandwiched between Russia and Poland.

Comments

Chrissy · August 26, 2008 1:55 PM

My friend Erica Vitins-Jackson used to live in Riga...which is in Latvia-didn't have to look. She is Brady's Godmother and was here for his baptism.

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