Family game
Monopoly Deluxe Edition
Classic Monopoly with wooden houses, ten tokens and a banker's tray
- Set-up
- About 5 min
- Reading
- Some
The quick verdict
Full verdict ↓Great for Big family get-togethers: the box has ten tokens and the listing says up to eight players
Think twice if You want a game that reliably ends within an hour
How we rate it
Learning curve. The basic loop is simple, but mortgages, building evenly, auctions and jail add a few more rules than a pure family game, which puts it with Ticket to Ride at 2 on our scale.
Luck & skill. The dice decide where you land and so what you can buy. Trading, auctions and when to build reward good judgement, but luck usually matters more.
Interaction. You pay each other rent, bid in auctions and bargain over trades all game, and the aim is to bankrupt everyone else.
Set-up. Sort the notes, Title Deed cards, houses and hotels into the banker's tray, give everyone the starting money, shuffle the Chance and Community Chest cards and put the tokens on GO. Counting out the money is the slowest part.
Reading. Title deeds and the Chance and Community Chest cards carry short English text that is read aloud.
Learning curve: 1 = UNO or Connect 4; 3 = Catan; 5 = a heavy strategy game. These describe the experience, not an overall score.
Is Monopoly Deluxe Edition right for you?
Great if
- Big family get-togethers: the box has ten tokens and the listing says up to eight players
- Families who already know Monopoly and want sturdier wooden houses and hotels
- A Diwali or birthday gift that feels a step up from the standard box
- Whoever ends up as banker, because the tray keeps notes, deeds and buildings in order
Skip it if
- You want a game that reliably ends within an hour
- Your group dislikes being knocked out, because bankrupt players sit out until the end
- You already own a Monopoly set and want new rules rather than nicer pieces
A place on the honours list
Good company to be in.
Recognition from beyond our table.
National Toy Hall of Fame (The Strong National Museum of Play), 1998 (Inducted)
How Monopoly Deluxe Edition plays
Set-up: put the board in the middle and the banker's tray beside it, with the notes, Title Deed cards, wooden houses and hotels sorted into it. The banker gives everyone the same starting money, the Chance and Community Chest cards are shuffled, and each player picks one of the ten tokens and puts it on GO.
- Time to teach: about 10-15 minutes.
- Reading and language: Title deeds and the Chance and Community Chest cards have short English text that someone reads aloud, and the board, money and rules booklet are in English. Children who read a little can play with a grown-up's help. We found no Hindi or other Indian-language version of this Deluxe box.
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A turn, step by step
- 1Roll
Roll both dice and move your token. Each time you pass GO, the bank pays you your salary.
- 2Buy
Buy the unowned property you land on, or the bank auctions it. Land on someone else's property and you pay them rent.
- 3Build
Own a whole colour group and you can add wooden houses and then a hotel, evenly across the group, to raise the rent.
- 4Win
Players who can't pay their debts go bankrupt and drop out. The last player left wins.
The full explanation: how a game of Monopoly Deluxe Edition goes
On your turn you roll the two dice and move round the board. Every time you pass GO, the bank pays you a salary. Land on a property nobody owns and you may buy it for the amount printed on the board; if you don't want it, the official rules say the bank auctions it and anyone can bid.
Land on someone else's property and you pay them rent. Once you own every property in a colour group, the rent there doubles and you can start building wooden houses, then a hotel, which push the rent up sharply. Houses go up evenly across the group. Chance and Community Chest cards, taxes and jail add twists along the way.
If you can't pay what you owe, you sell buildings or mortgage property. If that still isn't enough, you are bankrupt and out of the game, and the last player left in wins.
Tip: the Free Parking jackpot and skipping auctions are house rules that make the game much longer. If you're short of time, play by the printed rules and agree on a finishing time before you start, then count up who is richest when it arrives.
What's in the box
- 1Gameboard
- 10Tokens
based on tokens from the original game - 28Title Deed cards
- 16Chance cards
- 16Community Chest cards
- 32Wooden houses
- 12Wooden hotels
- 2Dice
- 1Money pack
Monopoly money - 1Banker's tray
holds the money, Title Deed cards, houses and hotels - 1Rules booklet
extended booklet with a history of the game
Box: 0.74 kg. Handy to know for gifting and travel.
Contents from the list printed on the back of the E8276 box (product code E82760000, © 2019 Hasbro), as shown in an Indian store's photo. Compared with the standard Hasbro set on our main Monopoly page (8 tokens, plastic houses and hotels, no tray), this box adds two tokens, wooden buildings, a banker's tray and a longer booklet.
Where to buy
How to make sure you get a genuine copyEditions and the details worth checking.
What reviewers and players say
We found no independent review of this Indian Deluxe box, so this rests on what writers say about Monopoly itself. Its defenders point to the buying, dealing and auction phases, the big swings of fortune and the way it brings families together around one table. The usual complaints are that it runs long, that the dice decide a lot and that bankrupt players sit out, and the most-voted forum advice for a shorter game is to drop house rules and play by the printed rules. The Deluxe box changes the feel of the pieces, not the game.
What people love
- Everyone knows the idea, so grandparents, parents and children can sit down together quickly
- Buying, trading and auctions give real decisions and lots of table talk
- Big swings of fortune make for games people remember
- Children practise counting money and weighing up deals without noticing
Common complaints
- Games can drag on for hours, especially with house rules
- Dice luck decides a lot of the result
- Players who go bankrupt early have to sit and watch until the end
Based on 5 reviews and discussions
- Review In defence of Monopoly: why a toxic attitude is bad for the hobby (Andrew Holmes, August 2019) · Meeple Mountain
- Players How to play a quicker game of Monopoly? (April 2017) · Board & Card Games Stack Exchange
- Award Monopoly (The Strong, page published August 2021) · The Strong National Museum of Play
- Reference Monopoly (game) · Wikipedia
- Reference Monopoly - Deluxe Edition (Hasbro, US item 00011) · Hasbro
Summarised in our own words from the sources above. We don't use Amazon reviews or ratings.
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| Why consider it | This game Classic Monopoly with wooden houses, ten tokens and a banker's tray | A different fit Another classic Hasbro money game for a big family table of up to eight | A different fit Our main Monopoly page: the same rules in Hasbro's standard eight-token box with plastic houses and no tray | A different fit Hasbro's version for ages 5 and up: one die, no houses or hotels, done in half an hour |
| Players | 2–8 | 2–8 | 2–6 | 2–4 |
| Best with | 3-5 | 3-6 | 3-4 | 2-4 |
| Play time | 1–4 hrs | 1–2 hrs | 1–6 hrs | 20–30 min |
| Age | 8+ | 9+ | 8+ | 5+ |
| Rules | Easy | Easy | Easy | Easy |
| Indian edition | Available | Available | Imported | Imported |
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Questions people ask about Monopoly Deluxe Edition
What is the difference between Monopoly Deluxe Edition and normal Monopoly?
The rules are the same. The Deluxe box (Hasbro India item E8276) has 10 tokens instead of 8, wooden houses and hotels instead of plastic ones, a banker's tray to keep the money and deeds organised, and a longer booklet with the history of the game. The standard Hasbro set on our main Monopoly page has 8 tokens and plastic buildings.
Is Monopoly Deluxe Edition made in India?
Yes. The back of the E8276 box says it is manufactured by Funskool (India) Ltd., Chennai, for Hasbro India Toys Private Limited, Mumbai. Our Amazon.in link goes to this Hasbro India box.
Why does a Hasbro Monopoly box say Funskool on the back?
Funskool was set up in 1987 as a joint venture between MRF and Hasbro. Hasbro left the venture in 2014, but Funskool still makes products under licence from Hasbro. This Deluxe box is an official Hasbro India product that Funskool manufactures for it.
How many people can play Monopoly Deluxe Edition?
The listing says 2 to 8, and the box has 10 tokens to choose from. With more than five or six players each round takes longer and the banker has more to do, so for a big group it helps to have one person act as banker.
How long does a game of Monopoly take?
Usually well over an hour, and Wikipedia gives a range of 1 to 6 hours. Playing by the official rules, with auctions and no Free Parking jackpot, keeps money moving. If you need a fixed end, agree on a finishing time before you start.
Game facts
- Designed by
- Lizzie Magie, Charles Darrow
- Publisher
- Hasbro (Hasbro Gaming)
- In India
- Hasbro India Toys Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai (marketer); made for it by Funskool (India) Ltd., Chennai
- First published
- 1935
- Players
- 2–8
- Barcode
- 630509888887
- Language
- Some English – Title deeds and the Chance and Community Chest cards have short English text that someone reads aloud, and the board, money and rules booklet are in English. Children who read a little can play with a grown-up's help. We found no Hindi or other Indian-language version of this Deluxe box.
- Box size and weight
- 0.74 kg
- Awards
- National Toy Hall of Fame (The Strong National Museum of Play), 1998 (Inducted)
Sources & photo creditsThe references behind this guide.
Facts on this page come from the publisher, the Indian maker or distributor, and the sources below. Photos are credited under each one.
- Toycra - Monopoly Deluxe Edition Board Game (E8276): description and box photos
- Hasbro Consumer Care (India) - Monopoly Classic Game (C1009)
- Hasbro Instructions (India) - Monopoly Classic Game rules
- Hasbro Instructions - Monopoly Deluxe Edition (US item 00011)
- Monopoly (game) - Wikipedia
- Funskool - Wikipedia
- Meeple Mountain - In defence of Monopoly (Andrew Holmes, August 2019)
- The Strong National Museum of Play - Monopoly (National Toy Hall of Fame)