microrobert
07-26-2013, 12:39 PM
Whew, Monopoly Isn't Getting Rid of Jail After All
http://cdn.theatlanticwire.com/img/upload/2013/07/24/AP050217011100/large.jpg
Update 5:29 p.m. [July 25]: I wanted to get to the bottom of this controversy (see below), so I e-mailed Hasbro's Nicole Agnello, a publicity manager at the company.
We exchanged e-mails, and she assured me that the "jail" spaces are intact in Monopoly Empire:
The Monopoly Empire game has a different game play where players buy and sell brands, rather than real estate but there are still the traditional ‘go to jail’ spaces on the board.
I also asked her about a colleague's quote in The Wall Street Journal, wondering if it applied to any Monopoly game on the market. She wrote back:
The jail spaces have not been removed from any Monopoly games.
So there you have it. Jail spaces, according to the Hasbro people themselves, have not been removed from Monopoly games right now. The free world can rest easy. For now.
Whew, Monopoly Isn't Getting Rid of Jail After All - Alexander Abad-Santos - The Atlantic Wire (http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2013/07/monopoly-getting-rid-jail-appease-your-kids/67556/)
http://cdn.theatlanticwire.com/img/upload/2013/07/24/AP050217011100/large.jpg
Update 5:29 p.m. [July 25]: I wanted to get to the bottom of this controversy (see below), so I e-mailed Hasbro's Nicole Agnello, a publicity manager at the company.
We exchanged e-mails, and she assured me that the "jail" spaces are intact in Monopoly Empire:
The Monopoly Empire game has a different game play where players buy and sell brands, rather than real estate but there are still the traditional ‘go to jail’ spaces on the board.
I also asked her about a colleague's quote in The Wall Street Journal, wondering if it applied to any Monopoly game on the market. She wrote back:
The jail spaces have not been removed from any Monopoly games.
So there you have it. Jail spaces, according to the Hasbro people themselves, have not been removed from Monopoly games right now. The free world can rest easy. For now.
Whew, Monopoly Isn't Getting Rid of Jail After All - Alexander Abad-Santos - The Atlantic Wire (http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2013/07/monopoly-getting-rid-jail-appease-your-kids/67556/)