Monopoly Game: Cheaters Edition Board Game, for 3-6 Players, Ages 8 and Up

A great edition to the game table! Turned my home into a frenzy!

The tokens were missing. The game looks perfect for evening game play.

Santa brought this as a gift for my kiddos (age 7 and 10). Only the older of the two has played the original and doesn't even remember doing so, but both were excited that they'd be allowed to cheat.I think it could be a lot of fun, but I think even 10 is a bit young for it. My daughter is bright, but still somewhat struggled to keep track of the cheats allowed, as they change up throughout the game. Also, she's a terrible liar (thank goodness lol), so she was bummed that I kept catching her. The 7-year-old bailed on the game somewhat early. I think he lasted maybe 30 minutes.A couple of things to note: the game actually takes up a ton of space. Because theft is used throughout, all the property cards have to be around the board and anything you have (money, property) has to be out in front of you as well, in order to put it within range of a thief. Plus, each person banks for him/ herself. That's a whole lot of chaos going on. Moreover, you start out with five cheats available, and when someone uses one, you change that one out. Between that and the self-banking, it does get somewhat complicated, especially for younger players.We also felt that the game carried on for too long. In the future, we will probably set a timer and play for just 45-60 minutes when there are so few players. Personally, I think this would be hilarious to play with other grownups. I know some people get testy over the cheats, but that's kind of the whole point of the game. Who's got the best poker face? I sincerely fear the day my kids beat me. :o

My 11 year old son loves board games and Monoply is one of our favorites. I bought this for him for Christmas and we played it that night. None of us were really sure what to expect. It’s a little different than the original monopoly. Ie: no houses, no utilities or railroads, etc - little things like that. It’s a little difficult to get used to the new rules but after a few rolls and turns, you get used to it. We played with three of us - two adults and my 11 year old. You are limited to whatever “cheats” you draw that you lay out on the board. Some are quite hard (ie: skip out on paying rent) to get away with and some are easy (steal from the bank). It was so much fun trying to cheat and you quickly became very paranoid of everyone’s actions. One of the cheat actions was to steal a hotel from someone’s property or the bank and put it on your own property. My husband stole a hotel from the bank and I caught him, looked at him suspiciously where he immediately started to laugh and deny it- while in the middle of laughing, he drops the hotel on the floor denying ever doing it - but we heard it drop and roll on the floor. It was just too funny. If you want some laughter and paranoia, buy this. It’s different but we had so much fun together. I almost gave this four stars due to some of the cheat actions being really difficult but that just adds some flare to it. Not everything can be easy in life.

Bought this game for my adult son who has loved Monopoly since he was a child. We tease him that no one will play him because he always wins - he must be cheating, right?! I HAD to buy him this when I saw it.CONS:The “cheating” portion of the game tends to make the game a bit chaotic, the players paranoid, and everyone on edge. This detracts from the overall enjoyment of the game, we felt.However,PROS:The game can be played and enjoyed if eliminating the “cheater” portion - you can adapt.We liked some of the new game rules with this version - we’re using them with the original now:Game ends when all properties are purchased and all players return to Go.The bank then pays each player the rent due for each of their properties.All players then total their funds, and s/he with the most $ wins.This made for a shorter game, and a bit more suspense at the end.I’d not recommend this Cheater version for younger children. I can see it being very stressful for them and resulting in a lot of fighting, hard feelings, tears and board flipping.

Fun game for the family to play

I love that my daughter brought it for me for Christmas

I got this as a joke to make fun of my sister for cheating at Monopoly and life in general. It was on Black Friday sale for really cheap so scooped it up. The day after Christmas we played it and the four of us had fun. It was a little stressful since everyone was watching each other so closely, but that was part of the fun. We played the version where you can only cheat in the specific way allowed by the cheat cards in play. Pulling off a cheat is so rewarding.A few of the mechanics set up win/win for one player or lose/lose for another. Example: I got the "get caught cheating" community chest or chance (I forget) card that punishes the person who calls me out for cheating. So at that time there was no penalty for attempting a big score. It's like my dad was the chief of police or something.Word of advice: Read the instructions fully. We were sort of reading the instructions as we went along but missed the part about the endgame. You are supposed to end the game immediately after the last property is bought, so you don't have to wear down and haggle with your family members until they are bankrupt.