Q&A for How to Make Your Own Version of Monopoly

Thick paper or thin cardboard works best.

You could use any of the following to make a game board from: Strong cardboard, an unwanted desktop cardboard mat, a panel off a grocery box, a piece of plywood covered in paper, etc.

Yes you can.

Of course! You could find models online or use something like Tinkercad.

You could try to use equations on the cards. For example, you could tell someone to pay a special tax that's equal to the square root of 81 multiplied by 2 or something.

Virtually anything. Wood. Metal. Pieces from another game. Labeled card stock. Small toys. Bottle caps. Distinct coins. You could encourage each player to provide a token that represents them.

No, you can't. Fabric is too flexible and will not work.

Try going online and downloading some cards with small resolution, like 100p x 100p, then go to a local printer and print them on a thicker card stock type paper. You can also have them laminated once they are cut out. Make sure to have it printed in color as well.

Yes.

It depends on how much time and effort you want to put into it. Expect it to take at least a few hours if you want a decent looking game.

You can't, as Monopoly would sue you. BUT perhaps you could charge your friends a fee to play, or create a cash pile instead of free parking.

Export it as a PNG (better quality), then open in a normal application (i.e. Windows Photo Viewer) and print.

$15,140 in total. 20 x $500 | 20 x $100 | 30 x $50 | 50 x $20 | 40 x $10 | 40 x $5 | 40 x $1 | The bank in Monopoly never goes bankrupt so in the rare case there is not enough paper money, you will have to make some more using some regular paper and a pen.

Yes, that is a great idea!

Yes.

It is a landmark, if you're making a Monopoly game based on Singapore I don't see why not.

The tokens for monopoly can be replaced with anything, including hand-crafted wooden tokens. You could decide to make wooden replicas of the original tokens, or you could make your own unique tokens. I recommend you do plenty of research first if you are new to using wood and a saw.

Yes. Just remember paper is thin and can tear more easily than a board made with cardboard.

Move to (property) or do trivia. If they get the question right, they pay only 50, wrong answer makes them pay 100.

The chance and community chest cards could be historic trivia, and you could get points. The spaces could be historic landmarks.

Use bingo tokens, poker chips or cardstock for the tokens. Make houses and hotels out of cardboard or wood.

You would have to contact Hasbro for permission first. Otherwise, you are violating copyright laws

yes, but you might want to draw it digitally so it is very clean before you print it.

You could probably buy one through Amazon or go to Home Depot or Staples.

Absolutely! Do whatever you want!

You could make them out of wood, and paint them.

It's not required. However, using a photo editor like Photoshop will make the results look more professional.

You can make one for yourself but unless you can get copyright permission from the publishers of Monopoly (which as of writing, is Hasbro), then no, you can't sell it.

Maybe make it where rent is a math problem (i.e, 2000 becomes 700 + 1300), and if you get it wrong, you have to pay 10% additional rent.

It is highly unlikely that this would be possible, but you can email Hasbro about this. Just don't expect too much.