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Number of versions: 1
Edition: August 19, 2002
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The Groussherzogtum
Lëtzebuerg has its own Monopoly game since 2000. However, it is a new design from Parker/Hasbro.
The streets are from 22 cities of this small country, in addition to
which these cities are named in Luxemburgian.
From Start onwards the spaces are resp.:
Op der Maartplaatz/Iechternach -
Gemeinschaftsfeld (= Community Chest) - Grand-rue/Wolz -
Akommessteier (= Income Tax) - Luxembourgeois
(CFL) (= Station) - Route
d'Arlon - Ereegnesfeld (= Chance) -
Rue du Village/Jonglënster - Tréiererstrooss/Nidderaanven
- Am Prisong/Nëmmen op Besuch
(= In Jail/Just Visiting) - Esplanade/Dikrech
- Elektrizitéitswierk - Route d'Esch/Monnerech
- Lëtzebuergerstrooss/Nidderkäerjeng - Westgare
- Rue du Nord/Walfer - Gemeinschaftsfeld - Rue
du Marché/Mamer - Place de l'Eglise/Miersch
- Fräi Parken (= Free Parking) - Friddenplatz
käl/Téiteng - Ereegnesfeld - Avenue des
Alliés/Ettelbréck - Rue Basse/Schëffleng
- Nordgare - Route de Mondorf/Beetebuerg
- Rue de la Montagne/Hesper - Wasserwierk
(= Water Works) - Rue du Chteau/Suessem
- Gitt an de prisong (= Go to Jail) - Rue
de l'hôtel de ville/Péiteng - Rue du
Commerce/Diddeleng - Gemeinschaftsfeld - Avenue
de la Liberté/Déifferdéng - Ostgare - Ereegnesfeld - Uelzechtsstrooss/Esch-Uelzecht
- Zousazsteier (= Super Tax) and Boulevard
Royal/Lëtzebuerg.
 Edition:
Editioun
Lëtzebuerg, ref. 100014534618
Publisher: Parker/Hasbro Inc. - S.A.Hasbro N.V. - 2000
Dimensions of the box: 26.8 x 40.2 x 6.5 cm
of the folded board: 25.2 x 25.2 cm
The game:
Great care was bestowed on the design of this first Luxemburgian
Monopoly
edition by
T.F.L.Games in Deventer - The Netherlands. (see http://www.tfl.nl)
Although it reminds in the first instance of the Winning Moves city games as
they are issued in a number of European countries there are however big
differences like:
 | The overall presentation in refined blue
is much more luxurious than the always cheap looking WM boxes in hard
dark
blue-with-red-frame and a
nasty white bottom. |
| The red Monopoly bar with the nice shadow
effect and Mr.Monopoly with red bow
tie (until 2000 he was called Rich Uncle
Pennybags) is already as it is
applied on all standard Parker/Hasbro editions as from 2001. |
| The WM editions have 6 tokens on the lid's left bottom corner, whereas
this box shows only 5. The boat fails. |
| The beautiful composition of the lid comes back on the game board's
midfield. |
| The back of the board is black. |
| The banker's tray consists of a one-piece dark
blue
plastic tray, instead of one red and
one green
part. |
| Like with the WM editions the bottom of this box shows the whole game
board, however on a nice background picture and with the red
Monopoly bar. |
| This edition is made in Ireland ("An Irland gemaach"). |
On the game board the Ereegnesfeld cards with nice red
back are as usual near the Start corner while the Gemeinschaftsfeld cards with their nice blue
back are near the Free Parking corner.
The money consists of 48 plastic € 1 coins and reduced copies of
the real Euro-banknotes (48x92 mm). However, they are unilateraly printed
and are all provided with the mention "Draft banknote design © European
Monetary Institute, 1997/European Central Bank, 1998". The only 6
denominations are resp.:
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.
The price of this very special edition amounted to € 56,- in March 2002 in
Luxemburg city.
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