Roll the dice for tour of Yorkshire Dales in new version of Monopoly
A MONOPOLY board based on the Yorkshire Dales has launched and the classic Scottie dog piece has been swapped out for a piece of Wensleydale.
Players can swap the streets of London for landmarks in the North as the Yorkshire Dales edition of Monopoly has been launched.
The board is themed in sets from tourism to heritage, leisure to entertainment, train stations to the great outdoors, and more to reflect the region.
When news of the game was announced last year, the public was invited to send in suggestions for landmarks to feature in the game.
Landing on Mayfair, the game’s top-ranking space, is Bolton Abbey and at the other end of the board, Old Kent Road, the game’s most affordable square, is Aysgarth Falls, as a very high-profile historic landmark.
In between, are the great and good of the Dales including Malham Cove, Fountains Abbey, Masham Market and Settle Railway Station.
In total, there are more than 30 Yorkshire Dales landmarks and organisations that players can claim after they have passed Go.
To celebrate the launch the Monopoly Man was out and about in the Yorkshire Dales at some of the places selected to be on the board.
At Stump Cross Caverns, the owner, Lisa Bowerman aka Cavewomen, even celebrated with Mr Monopoly.
The tokens have also been customised to replace the traditional Monopoly counters with a Craven Ram, a miniature of a dry stone wall, a slab of Wensleydale cheese, a pair of walking boots, a cricket bat, and a bicycle.
John Keen-Tomlinson, Custom Games Executive at Winning Moves UK said: “The slab of Wensleydale and miniature dry stone wall were almost unanimous choices when we had a public consultation period earlier this year. Both are unique to the Dales, as is the Craven Ram. We threw in the cricket bat because as we toured the Dales we noticed just about every village, however small, seemed to have a cricket pitch.”
Jason Bunn, Britain’s only Monopoly world champion, said: “It’s a real slice of Yorkshire. I have one of the world’s largest collections of Monopoly editions – more than 300 different themes, from Elvis to the Wizard of Oz. Still, Monopoly: Yorkshire Dales Edition could very well be my favourite now.”