Thanks for the 3-d printing idea! I'll keep that in mind for next time. Didn't realize they were getting cheap enough for home use, that's pretty cool. It would have saved me a lot of time too, as I made another set by hand for my sister. I ended up using really cheap terracotta modeling clay designed for kids, so it was kinda difficult and frustrating to work with. lol
As for the rules, the goal of the game is still the same. There are certainly a lot of twists though. Travelling the board is a bit crazy. Instead of the railroads you purchase in traditional Monopoly, you use a pipeline network that jumps you around the board depending on what your dice roll is. That's one of the ways you get into the Beetle Expressway (the diagonal row on the board). There are also numerous cards you get to hold on to, so that you can be a bit more strategic. Stuff like shells, stars, and fireflowers you can use to target the person in the lead and make them lose coins(mario kart style). Also the board dimensions are a bit different (11 x 10 squares) which might be frustrating for some players. This doesn't bother me at all, but frustrates my husband who gets a bit thrown off by this when moving his token.
For example, if you roll a 10 while being on a corner, it doesn't necessarily mean you get to jump to the next corner (you'd go past it on the short side). Anyhoo, for the full rules, read the text file that I included in the zip file. If anything doesn't make sense in there or I left something out, I'll be happy to answer any questions you have.
Thanks for your kind comments guys.
As for the rules, the goal of the game is still the same. There are certainly a lot of twists though. Travelling the board is a bit crazy. Instead of the railroads you purchase in traditional Monopoly, you use a pipeline network that jumps you around the board depending on what your dice roll is. That's one of the ways you get into the Beetle Expressway (the diagonal row on the board). There are also numerous cards you get to hold on to, so that you can be a bit more strategic. Stuff like shells, stars, and fireflowers you can use to target the person in the lead and make them lose coins(mario kart style). Also the board dimensions are a bit different (11 x 10 squares) which might be frustrating for some players. This doesn't bother me at all, but frustrates my husband who gets a bit thrown off by this when moving his token.
For example, if you roll a 10 while being on a corner, it doesn't necessarily mean you get to jump to the next corner (you'd go past it on the short side). Anyhoo, for the full rules, read the text file that I included in the zip file. If anything doesn't make sense in there or I left something out, I'll be happy to answer any questions you have.Thanks for your kind comments guys.
You would still need to create the models to print (say, with a program like blender) or download them from somewhere, but yeah, 3d printing would be ideal for this sort of thing, and far easier to use on the long run. As for the rules, they seem quite appropriate to the theme.
