COINOPOLY BOARD GAME...YOUR OPINIONS PLEASE!

brccoins · September 21, 2005 2:55AM

Alright guys, my company has been toying with the idea of making a coin board game based on monopoly. Everything will be custom (pawns, board, chance cards) for the coin hobby. Every property will be a rare coin you can buy. There will be coin shops instead of green houses and coin conventions instead of hotels.

I need your thoughts and ideas. Will this be popular with coin collectors?

Longacre · September 21, 2005 2:55AM

How will you deal with the license issue?

robertpr · September 21, 2005 3:00AM

Sounds lame to me.

WACoinGuy · September 21, 2005 3:07AM

I really love monopoly, but honestly there are so many different one-offs of this game that it feels the market is saturated.

michael · September 21, 2005 3:14AM

i am most likely wrong but i think not much interest as many people now are too busy to sit down and play this game that involves much thought and at least a few hours of time to enjoy and then you need some really advanced and/or truly hot to trot interested people in playing this game

now it would need to be something like all these online games or like a solitary game and then it would need the kiss principle to work keeping it simple

i myself do not think there would be much if any demand for it

i myself would not be interested in it at all

sorry to say

it does sound fantastic but maybe you know the market much better than me for such a thing

i have not played a board game in many decades and no matter what kind of board game it is i am not interested at all and even if i was interested it would be something like chess

Barndog · September 21, 2005 3:18AM

Although I am not interested in playing any form of Monopoly, I suspect that if such a product were to hit the market, I and many other coin collectors would end up with one of the games given as a birthday or holiday gift. Well-meaning friends or relatives would mistakenly figure that Coinopoly would make a perfect gift for someone interested in coins.

pharmer · September 21, 2005 3:37AM

I like Monopoly, and this version would be a fun takeoff, but seriously, if I had the time to play a game, I'd be golfing or fishing. Spare time no longer exists. Also, many folks here, anyway, own the actual rare coins you would feature, so where's the fun in that for them? Also, would you have to get approval to use images of their coins?

poorguy · September 21, 2005 3:38AM

Sounds like your target market you are aiming for with the "coin" monopoly theme is a bit small for it to be a big hit. It will be more of a novelty.

Robgetty · September 21, 2005 3:44AM

I'd agree that the market is saturated (Catopoly, Make-Your-Own-opoly, State Universityopolies), but also agree that people might buy them as a gift. How did you plan to market them? If only by ads in coin magazines, etc, then you probably won't generate enough sales to make it pay off. Now, if you can get Walmart to sell them, you can retire comfortably.

relayer · September 21, 2005 3:46AM

<< Will this be popular with coin collectors? >>

Ummm....

No

Cladiator · September 21, 2005 3:50AM

If you can get around any legal issues with the makers of Monopoly and if you can keep it pretty cheap I'd buy one.

billboat · September 21, 2005 3:51AM

Not to rain on your parade--but it would depend on having several people to play--while I might want to go for the 1856 FE--my other family members or guests would probably be saying--"What's that?"and who cares?

messydesk · September 21, 2005 4:01AM

It sounds like something someone would buy as a gift for someone they know to be a collector when they have no other idea what to get them.

kieferscoins · September 21, 2005 4:03AM

What? My "Survivor: The Coin Show" won't make it on FOX?

Cameron Kiefer

brccoins · September 21, 2005 4:09AM

Thank you for the comments and suggestions. How about a coin version of Trivial Pursuit? This game would be fun and informative. Keep the comments coming in!

partagas · September 21, 2005 4:21AM

I do like the coin fact game idea. But my problem is I have no one to play it with. My friends don't collect coins.

kranky · September 21, 2005 4:26AM

A game needs more than a theme - it needs to hold the players' interest. Now, it's pretty rare for a group of collectors to be in the same place at the same time (other than at a show or club meeting). If the game has no appeal to non-collectors, then the number of times such a game could or would be played is going to be miniscule, unless there's a solitaire option. And it would still have to be interesting and challenging.

And then there's the question of how you define the goal of the game. If it's skill-based (e.g., trivia questions), a lot of gameplay won't be very competitive. I could probably beat 80% of all collectors in the US, and in turn I would be crushed by a good number of the membership here. Team-based knowledge games are more competitive since you can balance out the teams, but that again means you need a good number of people interested in playing.

If the game isn't skill-based, then what's the goal going to be and what would the gameplay be like? I enjoy board games, and I'm having trouble imagining any way to make it interesting if it's mostly luck (like Monopoly).

billboat · September 21, 2005 4:31AM

Try an on-line version where we could team up and play via the net--that way you avoid all of the problems inherent with trying to involve our non-collector family and friends--I like the trivial pursuit angle--actually the NGC Board has or used to have a weekly quiz where you could win prizes--I actually won once. Don't give up--just be creative.

Conder101 · September 21, 2005 4:43AM

<< I do like the coin fact game idea. >>

Coin World did it almost 20 years ago with the Coin World Trivia game. Hundreds of questions, different catagories, and different levels of difficulty. Both of my local coin clubs use it from time to time when we don't have a formal presentation. Everyone gets up and they go around asking each person a question. If they get it wrong they sit down. Last one standing wins a prize, usually a silver dollar. A couple of times we have used them for a Jepardy or High-Q type game as well. I'm not allowed to play.

brccoins · September 21, 2005 8:54AM

Guys, the game would have a hierarchy (ie the boarkwalk would be the 1893-s morgan and so on). I think this would make it pretty interesting!

relayer · September 21, 2005 8:58AM

In that case, proceed.

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RWB · January 24, 2010 6:47AM

Not enough market to break even - - - -

MsMorrisine · January 24, 2010 6:50AM

lots of -opoly clones out there....

what are their sales vs. potential market size? what is the potential market size here? is it enough to break even?

barbershopper · January 24, 2010 7:26AM

<< How will you deal with the license issue? >>

You beat me to that one!

I think the appeal will be limited.
Non-collectors wouldn't know what it was all about.
JMHO.

JT

MsMorrisine · January 24, 2010 7:36AM

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<< How will you deal with the license issue? >>

You beat me to that one!

>>

By over 4 years!

droopyd · January 24, 2010 8:16AM

<< How will you deal with the license issue? >>

They don't let it go cheap unless there's a not-for-profit organization involved (for example, "school"-opolies).

droopyd · January 24, 2010 8:17AM

<< I'd agree that the market is saturated (Catopoly, Make-Your-Own-opoly, State Universityopolies) >>

Anyone want to buy a still-wrapped "Dot-com Monopoly"?

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golfer72 · January 24, 2010 9:29AM

Great idea but 20 yrs too late. Nobody plays board games anymore. Times have changed.

CaptHenway · January 24, 2010 9:32AM

<< I really love monopoly, but honestly there are so many different one-offs of this game that it feels the market is saturated. >>

Longacre · January 24, 2010 10:32AM

<< Great idea but 20 yrs too late. Nobody plays board games anymore. Times have changed. >>

The Longacres love to play a mean game of Ticket to Ride.

Rampage · January 24, 2010 12:26PM

Boardwalk and Park Place should be either of these: 1933 Double Eagle, 1913 Liberty Nickel, 1804 Silver Dollar, 1792 Half Disme, etc.

Musky1011 · January 24, 2010 12:33PM

should be 1933 saint and the government

droopyd · January 24, 2010 1:26PM

<< Nobody plays board games anymore. Times have changed. >>

Have they?

Board Game Geek

droopyd · January 24, 2010 1:28PM

<< The Longacres love to play a mean game of Ticket to Ride. >>

Have you played the card game version? It's a real quick play, maybe 1/2 an hour, and you don't have all the bits to put away.

RunnersDad · January 24, 2010 1:44PM

<< 

<< How will you deal with the license issue? >>

They don't let it go cheap unless there's a not-for-profit organization involved (for example, "school"-opolies). >>

Actually because of a trademark/patent issue that Parker Brothers experienced during a period of time they were owned by Tonka, the "opoly" in Monopoly is not trademarked. Therefore any person, school, or other entity can combine any word with "opoly" without facing copyright or trademark lawsuits.

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