On Boxing Day an old favourite came out of the box – Monopoly – but not
as I remember it from my youth, rather the ‘World Cup’ version with the
properties replaced by national teams, the houses by terraces, and hotels by
stadiums, however the layout, colour groups and rents remained unchanged so I
could still rattle some rents off even after all these years: £2 for Old Kent
Road (here Australia), £50 for Mayfair (Brazil), and a few more in between;
starting sixth out of six was a struggle but I managed to acquire the light
blues (here South Korea, Tunisia and Poland) and put up stadiums, but they are
not big earners and come the final reckoning (after about three hours) my
assets were insufficient to win.
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