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           Extreme Monopoly Board Game Knockoff, Boca Raton edition

About two weeks ago I was at a local Walgreens [1] in Boca Raton [2] when I
came across something unusual. I meant to blog about it then, but alas, I
just now got a round tuit [3].

Anyway, what I found:

[A picture of a game clearly based on Monopoly] Everglades University? Who
ever heard of Everglades University? And in Boca Raton? I've been in Boca
Raton for over 30 years and this is the first I've heard of it! [4]
[5] [Back of the box showing the board game and pieces] A pretzel? Really? A
pretzel? The original Monopoly pieces are better related to Boca Raton than a
preztel! [6]
[7]

I amazed this even exists! I wonder who's idea this even was? The Boca Raton
Chamber of Commerce [8]?

Anyway, it's clearly a knockoff of Monopoly [9], as you won't find it for
sale at Hasbro [10]. It's actually made by Late for the Sky [11], which seems
to make games based off Monopoly [12], or should I say, The Landlord's Game
[13] which is completely in the public domain (wink wink nudge nudge say no
more say no more, unlike Monopoly. But Boca Raton Opoly sure looks like
Monopoly, walks like Monopoly, and probably quacks like Monopoly, so I wonder
how they get away with this?

Perhaps by flying under the radar of Habro?

Update later this day

Apparently, Hasbro doesn't care:

> Leaders at Late for the Sky say Monopoly gameplay is not copyrighted,
> meaning any version of the game can be created as long as the board, pieces
> and names within the game are different from the original version.
>
> Via my friend Jeff Cuscutis on LinkedPinMyFaceTikInstaMeTrestWeGramBookIn­
> TokSpace, “Business making Monopoly games based on Carolina towns [14]”
>


[1] https://www.walgreens.com/
[2] https://myboca.us/
[3] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2020/02/26/tuit.png
[4] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2024/05/15/t-bocaratonopoly-front.jpg
[5] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2024/05/15/bocaratonopoly-front.jpg
[6] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2024/05/15/t-bocaratonopoly-back.jpg
[7] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2024/05/15/bocaratonopoly-back.jpg
[8] https://www.bocaratonchamber.com/
[9] https://shop.hasbro.com/en-us/monopoly
[10] https://shop.hasbro.com/en-us/search?search=Boca+Raton+Opoly
[11] https://www.lateforthesky.com/
[12] https://www.lateforthesky.com/custom-games/
[13] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Landlord's_Game
[14] https://www.qcnews.com/news/local-news/business-making-monopoly-games-based-on-carolina-towns/

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