Chinese Monopoly

We really like boardgames. It has even come to the point where we have a weekly game night at our place. Most board games don’t work for 2 people, but a friend of ours lives on a mountain nearby and is happy to come down every now and then for a nice meal and a game. It’s a win win situation, really!

There is one department store in town, and that’s where we scored a funky version of Risk. We also got Scotland Yard from there, and then we have some card games (brought from home) like Koehandel and Bohnanza.

But recently we became the proud owners of a brand new Monopoly game. The first thing we noticed was that the street names were in French. But that shouldn’t be a problem.
Then, while playing, we started noticing a few more details that didn’t seem to be quite right…

Maybe we could have taken this as a little hint…

Good luck getting your property card when you buy Boulevard Malesherbes…

This is the front

…and this is the back. Eiffel Tower? Christ Redeemer?

That just sounds cute.

But we really had no idea what this was supposed to mean. Do we get anything? Or are we supposed to pay something? 7%, but over what?

Now that’s cool. More rent if you own more ‘aeroports’. But wait…where ARE the aeroports…? How can we own them?

Go back, Belleville!!

Frue?

Ok ok, I know. We could figure this one out easily. But still.

To call a street a streef is one thing.

But now it gets confusing. A street and a streef. And one of the properties simply doesn’t have a card.

 

I guess in the end they weren’t so sure of this game either.