Mixed reviews for Cape Town’s Monopoly game

SOME Capetonians were left unimpressed with the 22 attractions which made it to the recently launched Monopoly board game, complaining they’re not a true reflection of the Mother City.

Locals flocked to the V&A Waterfront yesterday for the launch of the new MonopolyCT board game, many enjoying the 10m x10 m game laid out for everyone to enjoy.

Then there were those who complained the board was biased and did not reflect many of the city’s attractions.

Comedian Siv Ngesi said no townships or other local spots synonymous with ordinary people from the Cape Flats were reflected.

“The places on the board are representative of only one side of the Cape,” he said.

Meanwhile, Mr Monopoly made the rounds and took pictures with fans of the board game while rolling the dice and dishing out spot prizes.

Regional versions of the fast- dealing property trading game everyone knows and loves have been produced for the past 15 years, with the game now licensed in 103 countries.

The Cape Town board features seven of the city’s main attractions, including the V&A Waterfront, the Taj Hotel, Boulders Beach, Muizenberg and Camps Bay beaches, the Table Mountain Cableway and Kirstenbosch Gardens.

Cape Town Partnership chief executive Bulelwa Makalima-Ngewana said the beauty of this version of the game was that she could at least relate to the places on the board, as opposed to the older versions she grew up playing with her siblings.

She hoped the board game would encourage people to go out more and make time to visit the attractions.

Dan Taylor of Winning Moves, a London card games company, said they had been looking forward to bringing a Monopoly board to Cape Town for a long time.

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LET THE GAME BEGIN: Mr Monopoly stands on the 10m x10m version of the new Cape Town monopoly board game launched yesterday at the V&A Waterfront.