If it is impossible to find a greater image of the board then it should not be featured. They appear to be at the same angle and quality, except an English language edition compared to the German edition currently featured. I was hoping for an overview photo of the board to replace the grainy image we have now on FP. What's up with the image compression, though? It's very noticable in the red areas of the image. Rotate it a bit (and maybe put somebody in jail?). Neutral – Good photo, and I agree with Moondigger.(I don't think it would be fair for anyone to oppose because the colours in their home version are different.) - jjron 00:21, 27 July 2006 (UTC) Reply Re Stevage above, I think I have the same version you describe as the colours in mine are what you say, obviously they've 'updated' it with this one. This is however the most common version sold in Australia too, but there is a special Australian version with Australian locations. Now, if somebody found a photo of Albert Einstein, Eleanor Roosevelt, Jackie Robinson and Gandhi playing a spirited game of Monopoly, I might support that one. :) - Moondigger 12:29, 26 July 2006 (UTC) Reply
#Pic of monopoly board plus#
Plus it's pretty much impossible for a board-game photo to have anything in the way of a "wow" factor. I don't think they're nearly as informative as some would suggest, since the viewer has to know something about the game ahead of time for any such photo to have much meaning for them. That said, I hope this doesn't start a trend in which we get a bunch of game-in-progress photos for various games to judge for FP status. I'm not opposing, though, since it's clear there's a desire to have such a photo in featured status. In the end that's why I didn't end up taking a similar photo myself. I'm afraid nothing about an in-progress board game says "FP" to me.
All that aside, I don't think I could support any version of a photo such as this one. (Maybe you could play an actual game with a few friends or family members, without telling them you intend to photograph it, and stop partway through the game to take a photo.) That would lend the image a more authentic look, I think. My suggestions for improvement would be to rotate the board slightly (the nearly square left edge makes the composition somewhat static) to eliminate the 'free parking' money from the center of the board (though it's a common variation to play that way, it isn't part of the official rules) and to arrange the money, property cards, etc a bit less rigidly to better simulate an actual game in progress. edition, but the street names are different. the colors of the various bills are the same as in the U.S. Fir0002 10:58, 26 July 2006 (UTC) Reply Is it a "deluxe" version by any chance? The one at home is from like 1980 or something in any case. I don't know the exact version, but that set was bought probably only 4 months ago.
#Pic of monopoly board free#
Whoops! You're probably right about the free parking. Ok, I've talked myself into it. :) Stevage 10:17, 26 July 2006 (UTC) Reply I wonder where the bank is, though :) Incidentally, what version of the game is it? My one at home had very different colours for the money (500s were orange, 100s were red.), and the Community Chest and Chance cards were pale red and blue (respectively?).
I like the dice on the new version, and tecnhically speaking, it's a better photo. The new pic is also slightly less encyclopaedic in that the "free parking" money in the middle is not actually in the rules - it's a widely played home variation. I'm curious that both pics put jail closest to the viewer. They appear to be different versions of the game though (OIC the old one is German). The tilted board is more engaging, and the uncluttered middle makes it easier to read the word MONOPOLY. Support apart from the green lighting, I actually prefer the existing one in some ways.
I'm nominating this image primarily to "upgrade" the existing FP Not for voting: This is the existing Featured Picture
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