Pete:
The folks at Hasbro have added a new 'twist' to their 'Classic' Monopoly game. Drum roll, please.
[FONT=&]NewsSy - Leah Becerra | February 17, 2016
[/FONT]"Bye bye, paper money. Hello, ATM-like banker (but, 'Go to Jail" is still there]".
Paper money that's what Hasbro has stripped from the latest edition of its classic Monopoly board game.
The banker has also been replaced with this small ATM-like contraption. In place of the Monopoly currency, players will use debit cards to make purchases and pay fees.
Sure, removing the paper money may mean you'll lose fewer parts, ('Go to Jail" is still there), but what about the whole money-
managing lesson
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[FONT=&]"[Monopoly] is game which requires both luck and skill. Luck keeps the game interesting, but skillful play will always be rewarded". Paul Magriel[/FONT]
That's a terrible idea. It's impossible to give kids an accurate idea of the value of things without the quantitative analysis that goes into dealing with physical money. I still have a Narnia version with paper money that my kiddos will be using.