Sunday Mirror

Vintage games worth more than Monopoly money

- DAVID JARVIS

BOARD game fans can turn their play money into serious dosh – if they held on to their old sets.

A new survey shows an original 1935 Monopoly game is worth £118, while a mint condition 1991 limited edition (left) could be worth £600.

A 40th anniversar­y edition of Risk, the game of military strategy (below), might fire £200 into your back pocket.

And a word to the wise – an original 1931 Scrabble in good condition could fetch £151.

Casino website Top10Casin­os.com researched online sales of games from the 1930s to 2000.

Spokesman Dan Dubey said: “Many of us could be sitting on a tidy windfall, if we can bear to part with them. Many of the rarest vintage board games are considered highly collectabl­e.”

Other values included: The Voice of the Mummy (1971): £762, Sorry! (1972): £76, Mouse Trap (1963): £69, Cluedo 50th anniversar­y edition: £65, Pictionary (1985): £61, Boggle (1972): £38.

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