Monopoly Cheaters’ Edition Rewards Devious Tactics

If you’ve ever cheated at Monopoly — yes, we're looking at you — this is great news: Hasbro, the maker of the classic board game, plans to issue a new special edition this fall that not only encourages your devious tactics, but rewards them.

Monopoly cheating is already rampant, whether by robbing the bank or moving someone’s token when they’re not looking, Hasbro says. The new game tests just how unscrupulous players can get.

It comes with 15 cheat cards that give players cues on tasks to carry out throughout the game. The object of the game is still the same — the player with the most money in the bank at the end of the game still wins. It’s just that it’ll be harder to reach that goal with all the underhanded tactics going on.

Jonathan Berkowitz, Hasbro’s senior vice president of gaming, told Business Insider that a recent study showed nearly half of Monopoly players attempt to cheat, “so in 2018, we decided it was time to give fans what they’ve been craving all along — a Monopoly game that actually encourages cheating.”

Berkowitz told Fortune the new edition will “embrace our less-than-honest fans by encouraging them to partake in those iconic (yet sometimes unspoken) Monopoly moments that occur during family game nights.”

Among the cheat cards are those that encourage thievery from the bank, surreptitious placement of a hotel on a property and shortchanging opponents owed money. Players may also be encouraged to break out of jail.
When cheating works, players will get extra cash or free properties. When it doesn’t, they may have to pay a fine or be sent to jail.

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