Hasbro has announced big plans for Monopoly going into 2025. The iconic board game, which started as a critique of unchecked capitalism, has been around for a century with countless spin-offs. But Hasbro's plans involve a retooling of the original, and the official introduction of premium expansions.
The Monopoly 2025 Roadmap
In an interview with Polygon, Hasbro senior vice president Brian Baker stated the changes coming to Monopoly in 2025 was to make the board game more inviting to modern players.
To that end, the classic board game gets a new box and pieces. The game will now be contained in a square box instead of its tradtional rectangle, allowing for easier storage. In addition, the play money, deed, Community Chest, and Chance cards have been revised. The metal movers, house and hotel models have also been made bigger.
All of these new game pieces can easily be organized and set up thanks to a new robust plastic organizer. According to Baker this was done so the game would be easier to set up and put away..
But the biggest change coming to Monopoly in 2025 is the official introduction of expansion packs. These expansions are designed to speed up the process of play.
There are currently three planned expansions. Monopoly Free Parking Jackpot Expansion is a riff on the house rule of treating the Luxury Tax as a grand prize. It adds a spinner to the board, allowing players to let it ride without adding money back into the in-game economy.
The second expansion is Monopoly Go To Jail. This expansion lessens the impact of going to jail with the introduction of corruption cards. Thesecards are only available to convicted felons.
Third is the Monopoly Buy Everything Expansion. As the name implies, it allows you to buy anything. Even the bank.
“We don’t necessarily need to sell more Monopolys,” Baker said. “Most people already own Monopoly. What they’re looking for is a reason to play it again.”
This new version of Monopoly and its expansions will be coming to Amazon, Target, and Wal-Mart later this year. The base game will be sold at an MSRP of $19.99. The expansions are available at an MSRP of $9.99 each.
