From the company that has been making specialty board games since the 80s comes this holiday- themed game that makes a great addition to your list of activities on Christmas night. Christmas-opoly is derived from the ever-famous Monopoly game. Everything from properties to pawns adopts the Christmas-theme.

The board is made of standard Monopoly quality, and so are the rest of the components. The silver finish on the pawns is nice. Money, while it features a playful, whimsical design that really adds to the Christmas feel, is still made of thin average quality paper.

The property deeds and community chest/chance cards are plastic-coated and well polished. Like any other Monopoly games, this one has many game pieces that need to be kept track of. The game also includes directions for traditional play and for a quick one hour version as well.

Difficulty: Easy
Year: 2019
Players: 2-6 players
Playing time: 60 minutes
Age: 8+

Components

• 19" x 19" game board

• Bah Humbug! and Holiday Cheer cards

• 6 player pieces include: candy cane, train, teddy bear, reindeer, scrooge and a unique "lump of black coal"

• Christmas-themed money

• Red presents (houses) and green Christmas trees (hotels)

• Directions for both play styles: traditional play and 1 hour play

ABOUT THE GAME

HOW TO PLAY

This Christmas version of Monopoly follows the original exactly. The game continues for as many rounds as necessary. That is until someone controls everything and all the other players are bankrupt. This almost gives this festive version a Grinch-like win condition – highly recommended watching alongside the game by the way.

To play, collect Christmas properties, increase your property value by buying presents and trading them in for a Christmas tree. It’s all fun and games until someone blows a fuse, gets snowed in, or gets sent to “Naughty” and is out of the game for three turns! Whatever happens…YOU BETTER NOT POUT! Christmas-opoly is a game to celebrate the season!