had the misfortune to get roped in for a game of Uncle Wang last night. An almost 100% rip-off of the Monopoly board game - crappy plastic game ‘board’ and components. It’s such a rip-off that they’ve copied the Monopoly rules but not amended them for their own game. So their own game has no ‘Jail’ square, but it’s still mentioned in the rules :loco:.
And no-one I play with believes in the rule that players can buy properties off each other. So no-one gets to own a set, so no-one can build houses. Every circuit, everyone collect $2000, and pays out about $1000 in rents etc so we just sit there like buffoons, going round & round the goddam board, accumulating cash-piles. Then after 4 (yes, 4 !!!) hours, the game is just suddenly packed away, and there are no winners / losers. Sometimes I don’t get Taiwan.
Seems there is a official Taiwan Monopoly edition, but I’ve not seen that.
[quote=“Nuit”]had the misfortune to get roped in for a game of Uncle Wang last night. An almost 100% rip-off of the Monopoly board game - crappy plastic game ‘board’ and components. It’s such a rip-off that they’ve copied the Monopoly rules but not amended them for their own game. So their own game has no ‘Jail’ square, but it’s still mentioned in the rules. :loco:
And no-one I play with believes in the rule that players can buy properties off each other. So no-one gets to own a set, so no-one can build houses. Every circuit, everyone collect $2000, and pays out about $1000 in rents etc so we just sit there like buffoons, going round & round the goddam board, accumulating cash-piles. Then after 4 (yes, 4 !!!) hours, the game is just suddenly packed away, and there are no winners / losers. Sometimes I don’t get Taiwan.[/quote]Wow! I’ve played Uncle Wang, too. ONCE, and that was enough. It’s just like you say, but they also make their own rules up as they go along. For example, you don’t need to own all of one color group to build houses, but in order to build a house, you must land on one of the properties you own again in order to do it. :loco: After that nightmare, I bought the real thing and that’s the only one I will play anymore. I do, however, purchase a few Uncle Wang games to take back to the US as novelty gag gifts for friends from time to time. They think it’s a real scream, especially when I tell them how the Taiwanese try to play Monopoly.
[quote=“Nuit”]Seems there is a official Taiwan Monopoly edition, but I’ve not seen that.[/quote]Here’s the Taiwan version Monopoly I bought. We either play it by the real rules, or I won’t play. You can get this in any Carrefour or sometimes you can find it in a Hi-Life or 7-11 during Chinese New Year.
I’m bowled over that someone else has actually played it . Nice pics of the real thing - might have to buy a copy for the in-laws. Ah that solid board as well, makes such a difference. Uncle Wang’s cheap plastic just doesn’t cut it.
And they also stopped me collecting my Passing Go money if I landed on the square itself. We argued bitterly about that.
[quote=“Nuit”]And they also stopped me collecting my Passing Go money if I landed on the square itself. We argued bitterly about that.[/quote]Well it DOES say collect $$ for PASSING Go, not landing on it! :no-no:
Here’s another Taiwan Monopoly knock off. It’s similar to Uncle Wang, but this one does have a jail square. Maybe you should try this one next time?
Get the official Taiwan version of Monopoly as I’ve pictured in my previous post above. It is exactly the same (rules wise) as real Monopoly and there are instructions in both English and Chinese! If they refuse to follow the rules as they have been written, roll up the instructions and poke them in the eye with the pointy end! :roflmao:
In addition to purchasing the Uncle Wang Monopoly knock offs for gifts, I have also brought back at least 10 sets of the Taiwan version of Monopoly over the years as gifts, too. They have been a big hit, too and I get requests for additional sets from time to time. Great gifts.
Oh,I almost forgot. They have the regular Taiwan version of Monopoly and they also have the newest updated Monopoly version for Taiwan, too. It’s called Monopoly Here and Now and uses credit cards and a swiper instead of actual paper money. I have this version too and have also taken these back to the US as super gifts. Here are some pics of this version.
In the Taiwanese versions of these games, are you allowed to build “ding jia” (illegal apartment units) on top of the apartment buildings?
As I look out of my Taipei window, I see more of those than I can count. There’s even a three story one on top of a 12 story building.
Who woulda thought a simple board game would reach as far us in the Far East. I wonder if the Chinese/BJ/Taiwan versions include all the corruption that goes on…
This was the rule when I played (real) Monopoly in South Korea as well - you could start putting houses up without having all of the color group. When I protested, I was firmly told that these were the rules in Korea.
. Nice pics of the real thing - might have to buy a copy for the in-laws. Ah that solid board as well, makes such a difference. Uncle Wang’s cheap plastic just doesn’t cut it.
