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Family Game Night This Week We’re Playing Monopoly Revolution

March 2, 2011 by Momstart 14 Comments

Monopoly is my favorite game. I have over 3 dozen different varieties of the game. Actually the total probably comes closer to 5 dozen, yes I’m a glutton for the family game of Monopoly. After Christmas and at garage sales is the best time to stock up on Monopoly games if you’re a collector like me, and Target we struck gold. We purchased Monopoly Revolution for close to 8.00 and it has been an explosion of fun. The best description I can give is Monopoly Revolution is made for our ADD generation.

Monopoly Revolution 

The basic idea of Hasbro’s Monopoly stands, you pick your game piece out of six different characters and instead of doling out money you get a Monopoly Revolution Bankcredit card. That’s right charge it baby, until you reach your limit. Now, the directions are in the box, but my husband and I always play by our own house rules. Just because we don’t like to auction off properties, but I think the official rules say that every time you land on a property you either buy it or auction it off, so here is how we play. Roll the dice and move that many spaces. Buy it. Place your credit card in the red section of the Monopoly Revolution Bank controller and make your payment. Continue with regular monopoly rules. If you land on a property that is owned and you owe rent then your card goes in the red and the property owner goes in the green. Then the calculator subtracts the total from the renter and adds the money to the owner. Just don’t forget to grab your property deed.

Now, remember how I said this game is for a generation that is always having things flash before our eyes? Well, the calculator has a mind of it’s own. Occasionally to move the game along it will make you take a chance!

monopoly revolution game playChance happens just like any other Monopoly, you usually have to pay for something unexpectedly. The chance belongs to the person that last placed their card in the machine. So if you are the last person to pass go, or the last person to pay rent then you’re taking a chance if the machine starts singing the chance song. Chance on the board is the most challenging part of the game. Because the board is broken up into four quadrants, each quadrant is a different symbol. If you are in the same quadrant as the person landing on chance then you have to participate in the chance as well. Yeah it could be good or bad, making sure to keep the game moving along and interesting.

Are you confused yet? Monopoly Revolution is a fun quick version of Monopoly. Game Time goes quickly in this version as everything seems to happen faster. Of course, my husband and I have just been stopping when we’re done and using the Calculator to tally up who has the most net worth. he’s won both times so far. We have yet to play until someone goes bankrupt. Maybe tomorrow night will be the night!

What do you play with your spouse?

Filed Under: personal, review Tagged With: board game, directions, family game night, How to play, Monopoly, Monopoly Revolution, review

Family Game Night This Week We’re Playing Scrabble Slam

February 24, 2011 by Momstart 9 Comments

imageRemember a few weeks ago we were playing Ratuki as a family? I’m a very strong proponent for playing games together as a family, even when the game may drive me insane. Family time makes strong happy families. As long as you are spending time together you know what everyone is up too. It’s easy to sneak in conversation while playing a fun game.

Now I received a new game from Hasbro, Scrabble Slam when I was at BlogHer last year and I’m just not getting around to writing about it. I put it in the Christmas Present box, I was going to give it to my husband in his Christmas Stocking, but then we decided not to do adult stockings, so, it was still shelved  until last month.

 

 

Scrabble Slam game directions and instructions:

Scrabble Slam is a fast paced word card game. To play, you put four cards down to spell out any word that the players can all agree on. Then you deal out all the remaining cards to 2-4 players. The more players playing the fewer cards you have to hold in your hands.

Then you place one card down at a time spelling a new word until all of your cards are played. There are no turns you just play as fast as you can. The player that discards all of their cards first is the winner. Each Card has two letters on it, one on each side of the card and it is up to you to decide to choose which letter you want to play. See the example below.

Scrabble Slam Cards

It is a very fast paced game and I had the advantage at first when I was playing against my husband. He was overwhelmed by having so many cards in his hand at one time, as soon as he was down a few cards, he caught up and won the game. Scrabble Slam is for ages 8+ for 2-4 players.

imageWe had a lot of fun playing Scrabble Slam, it’s a quick game and easy to play if you don’t have a lot of time to spend together. You know, Monopoly takes a long time, if you don’t have time to play Monopoly, my personal favorite game, then play Scrabble Slam!

Scrabble is happy to announce the launch of their new Facebook page dedicated to all things Scrabble. Whether you’re a fan of the classic board game, or enjoy Scrabble Flash, Scrabble Slam or Scrabble Junior (or all of the above!), this page will be a one-stop shop for word lovers. Find daily word challenges, words of the day, coupon offers, Scrabble news and tips, online gaming, and School Scrabble info, with more exciting features still to come! Visit www.Facebook.com/ScrabbleNA to “Like” them.

We received a sample of Scrabble Slam at BlogHer 2010.

Filed Under: personal, review Tagged With: directions, game instructions, Hasbro, instructions, Scrabble, Scrabble Slam

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