![]() "With many of us being Millennials ourselves, we understand the seemingly endless struggles and silly generalizations that young Millennials can face (and we can't even!). "We created Monopoly for Millennials to provide fans with a lighthearted game that allows Millennials to take a break from real life and laugh at the relatable experiences and labels that can sometimes be placed on them," Hasbro said in a statement to Fortune. ![]() It's satire but more than anything, it depicts us all so well and the fact that it offends people, shows that it is, in fact, accurate. I love how offended people are over the Millennial edition of Monopoly. Players collect rent from their opponents, with the goal being to drive them into bankruptcy. In the game, players roll two dice to move around the game board, buying and trading properties, and developing them with houses and hotels. TN6fTlEZBb- Tyler Mason November 8, 2018 Monopoly is a multi-player economics-themed board game. Millennials are usually defined as the generation born between the early 80s and late 90s. The more I learn about #MonopolyForMillennials the better it gets. Monopoly for Millennials prizes experiences over real estate. Next, Monopoly for Baby Boomers: where you buy property for below value price, only people of color go to jail, and when you pass “Go” you get to complain about Millennials!!! /Nb8vSl79AW- Jon November 12, 2018 It's highly doubtful that anyone has ever referred to a round of Monopoly as a leisurely "break." This feels dramatically less likely when the entirety of the game is a joke for which you and your friends are the punchline.Can you provide the URL for the Hasbro-official website featuring "Monopoly for Millennials," where you trash on my age demographic because baby boomers caused an economic catastrophe that rendered us financially impotent for a decade? Thanks! /wmm0WQwnld- Steven Briggs November 11, 2018 "Take a break from the rat race with this edition of the Monopoly game." Perhaps your designated banker will even accept payments via Venmo. Instead of investing in Park Ave or B&O Railroad while you cruise through life (probably on a fixed gear bicycle), you'll get to spend your hard-earned influencer cash on so-called "super relatable" experiences, like a week-long meditation retreat, or a night on a friend's couch. ![]() ![]() "The Monopoly for Millennials game celebrates just that." ![]() "Money doesn't always buy a great time, but experiences, whether they're good - or weird - last forever," the product description reads. Up next in the roster of tired millennial-targeted jokes is Millennial Monopoly - a deeply unappealing board game presented by a concerningly small old white guy with a monocle.Ĭomplete with a tagline that reads, "Forget real estate, you can't afford it anyway," the game promises to be even more divisive than your classic Monopoly edition, which has already earned itself a reputation for being the sort of game that shatters families, alters wills, and primes couples for divorce. ![]()
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