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Number of versions: 8
Edition: January 26, 2002
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With thanks to Nikos Zavrides-Pafos for
his explanations of both inland editions.
As far as known there never has been issued by Waddington-UK,
nor by Parker Brothers/Hasbro-USA any socalled"authorized" edition of
this island.
In the eighties however the company J.J.Toys Ltd. (later: Iacovos) in Limassol issued a
few editions in which the properties not only consist of large cities but
particularly of historical cities, spots and monuments, anticlockwise distributed over the game board from the very north point (Cape
Apostolos Andreas) following the coastline.
Besides many Greek editions are available on the island.
From EKKINISI (= Start) onwards the spaces of the Cyprus-editions
are:
1st side: Apostolos Andreas (monastery)
- Kitrines Kartes (= yellow
card) - Rizokarpaso (village) - Foros Eisodimatos (=
Income Tax) - Stathmos Anefodiasmou Kantaras (=
Filling station at Kantaras, a Byzantine fort) - Ajios Ilarion (Byzantine
fort) - Kokkines Kartes (=
red star card)
- Bellapais (Roman monastery) -
Keryneia (city) - Fylaki (= Jail)
2nd side: Soli (historic monument)
- C.Y.T.A. (Cyprian Telecommunication Authority)
- Vouni (village) - Morfou (small
city) - Stathmos Anefodiasmou Polis Chrysochou (=
Filling station at Polis/Chrysochou) - Polis Chrysochou (small
city) - Kitrines Kartes (=
yellow card) - Loutra tis Afroditis (small
lake, dedicated to the goddes of love Aphrodite) - Petra tou Romiou (2
rocks along the coast) - Choros Stathmeseos (= Free
Parking)
3rd side: Paphos (city) - Kokkines
Kartes (= red star card)
- Kourion (ancient theatre of the Roman
period)
- Lemesos (= Limassol)
- Stathmos Anefodiasmou Skarinou (=
Filling station at Skarinou) - Chirokitia (neolithic
village) - Kalavasos (village)
- Archi Ilectrismou (= Electric Works of the island)
- Larnaka (city) - Pigeni
sti Fylaki (= Go to Jail)
4th side: Salamina (historic city)
- Egkomi (village) - Kitrines
Kartes (= yellow card)
- Ammochostos (= Famagusta) - Stathmos Anefodiasmou
Lysis (= Filling station at Lysis)
- Kokkines Kartes (= red star card)
- Tamasos (historic village)
- black star (without the mention of any payment
obligation) and Lefkosia (= Nicosia,
the capital).
 Edition: The Greek
Monopoly
Publisher: Inland Greek make, Remoundo or EPA? - after 1985?
Dimensions of the box: 25.5 x 50 cm
The game:
Presumably making Monopoly games in Greece started in the period between 1970 and
1990, which look like more or less those of Parker Brothers. However, there is
no reference on any set to any patent date, nor is the maker of the set
mentioned!
So it is obvious that this game has to resemble the standard American and
European sets of the seventies, i.e. the game board is shown in a green
and blue square, with the red
MONOPOLY bar on the right. Under that also the "logo of Uncle Pennybags
between 2 engines" is printed but with the distinction that Uncle is not in
a red square and without a $- or £-sign! The
game board shown (with GO) is an illustration of the set "NEW MONOPOLY,
SUPER GREEK EDITION", issued by REMOUNDO!
As soon as you open the box however, you'll see the big difference! The empty
innerbox contains, loose spread:
 | A soft game board the indistinct fold of it is parallel to side one,
going right across the word MONOPOLY written in Greek characters. |
| The title deeds are printed on two slips of soft carton and have to
be cut out. |
| The same for the yellow Chance-
and red Community Chest cards, which
however are not stated as such! They do have exactly the same funny
illustrations as the American cards! |
| The money consits of only red
banknotes (with engine and house) with denominations of resp.: 100 - 500 -
1000 - 2000 - 5000 - 10.000 and 50.000 Drachmes. They have to be cut out as
well. |
| The 6 tokens are plastic "clowns caps". |
| There is but one little die of 7 x 7 mm with this game! |
| The 16 houses and 6 hotels are all of green
plastic! They both have chimneys. |
| The instructions are printed on the inside of the lid. |
The game board differs in many ways from the one of the Waddingtons
edition, like:
| The streets are not exclusively of Athens but of Thessaloniki
as
well. They are also equal to those of "New Super Monopoly",
"New Monopoly, Super Greek Edition" and others! |
| The engines on the squares of the stations are also pointing to the
right but they have the colors yellow - red
- black. |
| There is no coil in the lamp of Electric Company and the tap of Water
Works is different as well. |
| In Jail sits a frightened looking and his nails biting black haired man! |
| The Free Parking space is illustrated with a more modern car. |
| The policeman who direct you to Jail is wearing a cape and has no whistle! |
The price of this set amounted to C£ 2.- (= € 3.54) at Cyprus in November
1995.
 Edition: New Super
Monopoly
Publisher: Remoundo - after 1985?
Dimensions of the box: 35.6 x 50.4 cm
The game:
Because of the fact that the picture of the board on the cover is exactly
the same as of the "New Monopoly, Super Greek Edition" set the not
mentioned publisher has to be Remoundo. Furthermore a link that most probably
not exsist is made to Parker Brothers by Uncle Pennybags appearing from the O.
| It is remarkable that the board inside the box, viz. that of the
"The Greek Monopoly" set (so with the Greek word for GO and the Chance-space close to Go), differs
from that shown on the lid! |
| In the centre of the light green
playfield stays MONOPOLY in Greek. |
| Also the Chance- and Community Chest cards, the property
deeds and banknotes are exactly the same and have to be cut loose. |
| The locomotives on the station spaces are of the Waddingtons model
(and pointing to the right) but each one has a different color! |
| The 6 tokens are plastic pawns. |
| There is here also but one little die of 9 x 9 x 9 mm! |
| The 16 houses are red (!) and
the 6 hotels are of green
plastic! They have no chimneys. |
| The instructions are printed on the inside of the cover. |
The price of this set amounted to C£ 3.- (= US$ 6.-) in November 1995 at
Cyprus.
 Edition: New
Monopoly, Super Greek Edition
Publisher: Remoundo - after 1985?
Dimensions of the box: 35.6 x 50.4 cm
The game:
This also far overdone large box now does contain the game board shown on the lid, so
with:
| GO instead of AFETERIA. |
| the spaces for the Chance- and Community cards in the
other
corners. |
| the black Parker Brothers locomotive on the station fields. |
| the Parker Brothers convict, red car
on "Free Parking" and policeman with whistle! |
The game board however is still of soft cardboard and the fold is
parallel to the first side again. The dark green
midfield shows MONOPOLY, so not in Greek characters.
The 6 tokens are plastic pawns.
There is no die with this set, but an arrow that has to be rotated over a
disc numbered from 1 to 6!
The 16 houses are blue grey and the 12 equally sized (!) hotels
are of pink plastic! They both do
have chimneys.
The instructions are printed on the inside of the cover.
The price of this set amounted to C£ 3.- (= € 5.45) in November 1995 at
Cyprus.
 Edition:
The Cyprus Monopoly
Publisher: J.J.Toys Ltd.- (Tel.051-32831) - 1987
Dimensions of the game board: 25.7 x 50.4 cm
The game:
The tel.numbers of Cyprus have been chanced after 1987 from 4 into 5
figures, reason why I've dated the issue of this edition somewhat later than the
regular one.
This set is indeed somewhat simpler of finish than the Deluxe edition, mainly
because nor the red lid, nor the
centre field of the game board shows a picture of the island. The dark
green underground of the board also seemed gloomy.
The innerside of the lid says:"Printed by: D.Couvas & Sons Ltd.
Limassol Cyprus". The red lid shows the
game board printed on a number of colored fields, what makes thinking of the
presentation on the white Parker Brothers boxes of the seventies. Under the word
MONOPOLY is the same classic car as is on the 4 (petrol) stations of the game
board.
Striking of this game board is that:
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The word MONOPOLY is in white characters diagonal over the
game
board's midfield. |
| The question mark on the Chance-spaces
is a kind of upside down !
and the concerning cards are only indicated as red
cards (= Kokkines Kartes).
As in the Parker Brothers editions they are situated next to Start. |
| The Community Chest
cards are only reffered to as yellow
cards (= Kitrines Kartes) and are marked as a 5-point yellow
star. |
| On the Start field nothing is mentioned about a salary. |
| The youthful rascal in the Jail is behind 3
bars. |
| The petrol stations are illustrated with a
classic car. |
| The Electric Company field is replaced by
the Cyprian Telecommunication Authority, whereas the Water Works space is here used
for the island's Electric Company. |
| The policeman with his whistle, who send
you to the Jail is in a plain purple
field. |
| The property deeds with red
back, as well as the yellow and red
cards are put into the box still being on large sheets so they have
to be torn loose before use. |
| The banknotes are of very simple
design showing a somewhat indistinct £-symbol. They are
printed on white paper and the 7 denominations are: £1
- £5 - £10
- £20 - £50
- £100 and £500. |
| The plastic houses are orange-red
and the slightly larger hotels purple-red. |
| The game is apparently for a maximum of 4 players, because
there are only 4 hollow, plastic pawns. |
| The 2 minuscule dice are white with black
pips. |
The price of this set amounted to C£ 2.- (= € 3.54) in November 1996.
 Edition: Monopolio
(in Greek characters) - orange
box,
without reference
Publisher: Remoundo - ±1990
Dimensions of the box: 26.0 x 50.4 cm
The game:
This game of inland make is going to look more like a Parker Brothers issue
because:
| A part of the board around Go with 2 dice is shown on the lid. |
| The innerbox is containg a white plastic insert with 7 holes for
the banker. |
| The game board is of strong cardboard with its fold vertical to
the
first side. The streets still are of both Athens and Tessaloniki and the engines on the stations are of the
Waddingtons model, however in various colors. Again the 3 corners are with "nail biting rascal",
"modern car" and "cape wearing policeman". The folded board rests on the edges of the innerbox. |
| There are "real" property deeds now, dim. 59 x 89 mm. |
| Also the Entoli- (= Order) and Apofasi- (= Decision) cards
do not need to be cut out. However it is strange that the back of both
cards is green! The texts are no longer illustrated. |
| The banknotes (dim. 49 x 94 mm) have a different color for each
denomination. |
| There are 32 (red) houses and
12 (blue) hotels. |
| There are 2 dice (dim. 10 x 10 x 10 mm) with this set. |
| A separate instructions is supplied. The fold of it is at the top! |
The 6 tokens are plastic pawns.
The price of this set amounted to C£ 5.25 (= € 9.09) in November 1995 at
Cyprus.
 Edition: The
Cyprus Deluxe Monopoly
Publisher: J.J.Toys Ltd.-Tel.05-332831 - ± 1990
Dimensions of the box: 25.7 x 50.6 cm
The game:
This is of course a "real" Cyprian edition because it shows the
island on both the lid and the game board. The presentation of the box is also
slightly more luxury, although the game board is of thin cardboard.
Striking of this game board is that:
| The word MONOPOLY is in open characters and parallel to
the first
side of the board. |
| The question mark on the Chance-spaces
is here also presented as
an upside down !
and the concerning cards are indicated as red
cards
(= Kokkines Kartes). However they are not
situated next to Start but to
the Free Parking corner. |
| The Community Chest
cards are here again reffered to as yellow
cards (= Kitrines Kartes) and marked as a 5-point yellow
star. |
| On the Start field nothing is mentioned about a salary. |
| The not too youthful rascal in the Jail is behind
5 bars. |
| The petrol stations are illustrated with a petrol
station. |
| The Electric Company field is replaced by
the Cyprian Telecommunication Authority, whereas the Water Works space is here used
for the island's Electric Company. |
| The policeman without a whistle, who send
you to the Jail is in a summer dress. |
| The property deeds and banknotes are
exactly the same as those of the red
set. |
| The colors of the plastic houses
and the slightly larger hotels have been exchanged compared to those
of the red set. |
| The 4 hollow, plastic pawns and the 2 minuscule dice with black
pips are also equal to those of the red
set. |
The price of this set amounted to C£ 2.50 (= € 4.43) in December 1995
 Edition: Monopoly,
No. 8070
Publisher: Best Ltd. - Athens - 1992?
Dimensions of the box: 27.3 x 48.0 cm
The game:
The fact that Uncle Pennybags appears on the lid as well as the word MONOPOLY
in a frame that is printed slantwise on the midfield of the purple
game board, with Uncle Pennybags out the O, makes assuming an official
cooperation with Parker Brothers. On the other hand the "double ring of
properties" as such is that deviating that this game definitely can not
be
issued under the flag of Parker Brothers!
In the first "ring of streets" the usual combinations occur, the
colors and prices of the properties however, are totally different. For example
the red and yellow
streets occur on the second side instead of on the third. All stations
are now airports of Athens (resp. to Paris, Rome, Geneva and London). The
man in Jail is a bit deformed, the "Parker car" of Free Parking became
dark purple and the policeman of the 3rd
corner grew a bit thinner!
At the end of the first ring you continue on the second one. At 2 of the 4 sides
are 2 groups of 2 streets, whereas on the other sides is one group of 3 and one
of 4 streets. On each of these short sides is a station of Athens, for
the directions to Pyrgos, Thessaloniki, Larissa and the Peloponnesus. The engine
on the space is very special! At the end of this ring you are back at Go. The yellow
Chance- and red Community Chest
cards have their Parker Brothers' illustrations again!
The dimensions of the property cards are 55 x 85 cm.
The small (43 x 90 mm) banknotes are specially designed for thid game and
have resp. the values of 100 - 500 - 1000 - 2000 - 5000 - 10.000 and 50.000
Drachme.
The 32 green houses and 12 red
hotels have overhanging roofs and a chimney. The 2 dice are of
normal size again and the 6 heavy plastic tokens look like aggravation
pawns. All those parts are packed in a green
plastic bag!
The instructions are again on a normally folded paper.
The price of this set amounted to C£ 5.60 (= € 9.54) in November 1995 at
Cyprus.
 Edition: Junior
Monopoly, No. 9000
Publisher: Best E.P.E. - Athens - 1992?
Dimensions of the box: 27.5 x 48 cm
of the unfolded board: 52.0 x 71.8 cm !
The game:
Because of the fact that this game resembles the Junior sets from Parker
Brothers a lot, who for the first time appeared on the market in 1991, I date this
Greek edition around 1992.
The extremely large game board of solid carton has 11 spaces between
the corners on each long side, whereas the Parker games have 7. Both versions do
have 7 on the shorter sides. But … this Greek game has another 18 extra
spaces because at the 4th side a loop is made into the midfield of the
board!
However, the similarity with Parker Brother sets is rather significant:
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Greek Junior Nr. 9000
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Parker JUNIOR versions
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| max. of 4 players - ages 5 to adult |
max. of 4 players - ages 5 to adult |
| 4 sets of 20 plastic ticket booths |
4 sets of 16 plastic ticket booths |
| the colors of the booths are : green-yellow-red-blue |
the colors of the booths are : green-yellow-red-blue |
| 4 heavy pawns |
4 little cars |
| 50 Chance ("?") cards |
24 Chance ("?") cards |
| banknotes of 10-20-30-40 and 50 Drachme |
banknotes of 1-2-3-4 and 5 without currency |
Finally one big difference must be mentioned: All attributes are "loosely
dumped" in the box, whereas the Parker sets always are provided with a
plastic tray with holes!
The price of this set amounted to C£ 6.50 (= € 11.36) in November 1995 at
Cyprus.
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