Q: What is this all about? What
is Monopoly City Streets?
A:
Monopoly City Streets is a new online game that turns the world's cities
into a giant real life Monopoly City game board. This new game is an immersive
experience that
gives players a chance to experience the thrill of negotiating and building
first hand. Players can personalize that experience and share it with their
friends.
Q:
Why is Hasbro launching Monopoly City
Streets?
A: We're introducing this new game to get
more players engaged in the thrill of negotiation - and to introduce a new game
to the marketplace, MONOPOLY CITY
Q: Why did Hasbro decide to work with
Google Maps?
A: Google
Street Maps application is one of the best known in the world. With Monopoly
City Streets, Hasbro has created a new way to use Google Maps which allows us
to
overlay buildings, skyscrapers and sewage works to bring to life the game play
of our new Monopoly City game.
Q: Where
did the street data for Monopoly City Streets come
from?
A: Open Street maps provided the street
names and that's what we used to create the
game.
Q: What can players expect when
they log on to Monopoly City Streets?
A:
Players will be invited to register and will be given $3 million
Monopoly dollars to start play. You can search for a street, purchase it and
then decide if you want to start
building immediately or if you want to purchase another street. You can
select streets from virtually every city in the world -- whether it’s the street
where you live or a
street in Paris, London or New York. The more you build, the more rent you
earn -- and if someone owns a street you want, you can contact them and
negotiate for that
street. The person who accumulates the most money and property wins the
game.
Q: Where do I find the Monopoly
City Streets game?
A:
www.monopolycitystreets.com
Q: What is the cost to
participate?
A: There is no cost to participate in Monopoly City
Streets.
Q: I can see my street on the
map, but I can’t buy it. Why not?
A: Some of the smaller streets are not
available for purchase in Monopoly City Streets. If it’s a larger street, please
keep trying and report a problem. We will try to
resolve
the problem as soon as possible.
Q: Why isn’t my street on the
map?
A:
The streets available for purchase through Monopoly City Streets are
limited to those included in the OpenStreetMap program as we are subject to the
streets that they
have documented in their map database.
Q: Do I have to buy streets in
the area where I live?
A: No. When you play Monopoly City Streets,
you aren’t limited to your own neighborhood or country. If you’ve always dreamed
of owning property in Paris, Hawaii or New
York City, now’s your chance to move in on the
neighborhood!
Q: How long can people play the
game online?
A:
Monopoly City Streets will be live and open for your Monopoly real
estate dreams until January 31, 2010.
Q: Why are you not keeping the
game past January 2010?
A:
We want to watch the popularity of the site in the coming months and see
how consumers react. But at the present time, we are planning on closing the
application on
Jan. 31, 2010. We can't speculate on what we may decide to do at that
point.
Q: How can I protect my
properties from being bulldozed?
A:
Just as when playing Monopoly City, players can protect their properties
by adding bonus buildings to their properties. Bonus buildings, which include
parks, schools,
water towers and wind farms are available on the Chance cards players pick
up throughout the game.
Q: How much money do I receive
each day?
A: Each day that you log into the game you
will receive a payday amount of $1 million Monopoly dollars plus rent for your
owned properties. The amount of your income is
determined by the properties you own and the number of blocks developed on
each property.
Q: What happens when streets are
sold with buildings on them?
A:
When you sell a street to another player, the buildings are included.
They do not go back to the bank. Sell wisely!
Q: I’m being bullied. Someone
keeps bulldozing my properties. Can you disqualify them?
A:
No. To protect your properties we recommend building parks, schools and
other bonus buildings on your streets as soon as you have the opportunity by
receiving a
Chance card. We will not disqualify players unless we suspect that a player
has an unfair advantage.
Q: How many languages is Monopoly
City Streets available in?
A:
Monopoly fans from around the world are invited to play Monopoly City
Streets in one of the five available languages: English, Spanish, German, French
and Dutch.
Q: Where do I have to live to
play Monopoly City Streets?
A:
Anyone living anywhere in the world can play Monopoly City Streets as
long as they have an Internet connection. When you play, you aren’t limited to
your own
neighborhood or country. If you’ve always dreamed of owning property in
Paris, now’s your chance to move in on the
neighborhood!
Q: Monopoly City Streets isn’t
working today?
A: We encourage you to keep trying the site. We are
aware of the problems and are working as quickly as possible to resolve the
problem.
Q: Why isn’t my street on the
map?
A:
The streets available for purchase through Monopoly City Streets are
limited to those included in the OpenStreetMap program as we are subject to the
streets that they
have documented in their map database.
Q: My street isn’t spelled
properly. Why not?
A:
The information that is included in Monopoly City Streets is limited to
that provided in the OpenStreetMap program as we are subject to the streets that
they have d
documented in their map database.
Q: Are you using the latest
version of Google maps?
A:
We are using the latest version of Google maps available for third party
applications.
Q:
I wanted to buy property in North Korea or Israel. Why doesn’t it appear
on the map?
A: The streets available for purchase
through Monopoly City Streets are limited to those included in the OpenStreetMap
program as we are subject to the streets that
they
have documented in their map
database.