Hey, so if we get our act together on this and iron out some details before March 30th, we can all play this online together for
International Tabletop Day! (No I am not crazy I am just obsessed with Felicia Day why do you ask)
I think what the pieces are is probably our least-important bit of information to solve (especially if we'll be playing it with each other via the internet). I don't have a Monopoly game in front of me right now, on account of being at school, but at some point we should look at the messages on each of the Chance and Community Chest cards to work on how to adapt them (Thank you, Jack, for getting us started
).
There's also the matter of grouping characters together for the properties price groupings-- another thing we're going to want to consult a board before going into too much, though we can already start thinking about potential groups of three. For example, Quixote, Tara, and Brad would be an obvious trio, with Quixote as the slightly-more-expensive one of the three.
As to how we could play it together-- Pixel said he might look into how to adapt an online Monopoly playing-thing to support this (sorry, I forget what the proper terminology is XD), which would be amazing. Short of that, it would be simple enough to use an online dice-roll tool (or just roll our own dice in our homes) and set up a board on a google doc. For the cards-- I'm not sure if there's some program we can use to randomize their distribution, but if not, then we can always replace the role of "banker" with "GM" and have someone willing to just shuffle their own set of Monopoly cards, and read out the messages when needed.
(Oh, and if this happens, we're doing it late. I am NOT missing out on TWWF Monopoly for International Tabletop Day just because March 30 is a Saturday!
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EDIT: I found the current text of the cards online, after all!
Chance cards:
- Advance to Go (Collect $200)
- Advance to Illinois Ave. - If you pass Go, collect $200
- Advance to St. Charles Place – If you pass Go, collect $200
- Advance token to nearest Utility. If unowned, you may buy it from the Bank. If owned, throw dice and pay owner a total ten times the amount thrown.
- Advance token to the nearest Railroad and pay owner twice the rental to which he/she is otherwise entitled. If Railroad is unowned, you may buy it from the Bank. (There are two of these.)
- Bank pays you dividend of $50
- Get out of Jail Free – This card may be kept until needed, or traded/sold {
- Go back 3 spaces
- Go to Jail – Go directly to Jail – Do not pass Go, do not collect $200
- Make general repairs on all your property – For each house pay $25 – For each hotel $100
- Pay poor tax of $15
- Take a trip to Reading Railroad - If you pass Go, collect $200
- Take a walk on the Boardwalk – Advance token to Boardwalk
- You have been elected Chairman of the Board – Pay each player $50
- Your building and loan matures – Collect $150
Community Chest:
- Advance to Go (Collect $200)
- Bank error in your favor – Collect $200
- Doctor's fees – Pay $50
- From sale of stock you get $50
- Get Out of Jail Free – This card may be kept until needed or sold
- Go to Jail – Go directly to jail – Do not pass Go – Do not collect $200
- Grand Opera Night – Collect $50 from every player for opening night seats
- Holiday Fund matures - Receive $100
- Income tax refund – Collect $20
- Life insurance matures – Collect $100
- Pay hospital fees of $100
- Pay school fees of $150
- Receive for services $25
- You are assessed for street repairs – $40 per house – $115 per hotel
- You have won second prize in a beauty contest – Collect $10
- You inherit $100
So at some point, we can start changing these. I already have a couple ideas for some of them...
Also, fun fact: I learned from this bit of research that the Monopoly games I'm familiar with in Canada are actually more similar to the UK model than the US one. Who'd have thought?
Lead by example. Get lost in a swamp.
AS DICTATED TO INSTANTIATION 17-01-18-01.
The only problem is, now I have to relearn how the heck you even 
