Travel Monopoly

Monopoly - Travel Game As I am recently travelling for Christmas I received Monopoly the travel game which has been very handy and gives us something to do in them boring days. I enjoy monopoly as it is constantly making you think ahead and you have to learn how to manage money. The game is all about buying, selling and renting properties and the only person to not go bankrupt wins. **WHAT IS INCLUDED** It has been cleverly designed with a fold out board which is plastic. You need to stick on a self-adhesive board onto the plastic base, making sure you line them up correctly and you are ready to play. Then all the pieces can be stored ...  Read the complete review

Travel Monopoly is very good for taking on holidays as it is compact and easy and light to pack, ideal for taking on self catering holidays when you are entertaining yourself in your accommodation. It comes in a small red plastic case which opens out to the board. It has the exact same layout as the famous traditional board game. However the pieces are very small and can get lost easily. I would not let children play this in the car for this reason. The case is also a bit flimsy and you need to be careful parts don't break especially the hinges. Don't let this put you off though as Travel Monopoly is very good value for money. I brought mine a few years ago now it ...  Read the complete review

For my views on the actual game of monopoly you can read my review of the main game. I bought this game before I had been enlightened by much better games and played a full game of monopoly with it a grand total of zero times. The board consists of a tiny plastic box, with drawers that you fit the pieces, money and card in. Each square has a hole that means you can fix your playing piece to the board with the little peg attached to it. That is where its usefulness as a travel game ends. You couldn't play it in a car or any transport that moves too much as you still have to handle the teeny tiny cards and bank notes and throw the dice without them getting lost. ...  Read the complete review

The obvious bonus to taking travel monopoly anywhere with you is that it is small and less cumbersome than the whole set. The fact that all the pieces fit into the main board is also a bonus because it makes pieces harder to lose in transit. Having noted the small pieces as an advantage, it's also true to say that because they are so small, playing becomes a bit fiddly and with one accident you can have all of the bits lost. As i discovered, It's definitely not one for the beach.... It might be worth taking a small bag to keep these in as it is a lot easier to just scoop all of the bits into one bag then trying to put them back into their proper place in ...  Read the complete review

Usefully for me they were selling this in a hospital shop during a boring stay. This is fiddly and you need to take extra care in packing it up. Its hard to imagine when else someone would play this version, I definitely wouldn't recommend it for use in the car you'd be losing pieces everytime you moved your car even if you got it out for the kids during a traffic jam. You also couldn't play it on a plane as it wouldn't really fit on your little table. Being able to play it in the hospital is very useful though. Although if you've got a drip in it might be difficult to manuveur but thats what visitors are there for. I would probably suggest that a ...  Read the complete review