A New Board Game.

I have Private Eye delivered fortnightly.I particularly like the funny true stories from around the world.Here is one there are two more if you want to follow the link at the bottom.

�Puttanopoly is a board game based on Monopoly,� Daniela Mannu explained to onlookers at the Furlan Gallery in the Italian town of Pordenone, �and up to eight players can take part. It�s fun to play, and educational too. Because instead of simply buying property, players find out what it�s like to be an immigrant prostitute, enslaved by the Mafia and forced to work in the sex industry.�
Mannu and Lucia Mainetti were demonstrating the game which they had devised together, and which is being marketed in Italy by the Committee for Prostitutes� Civil Rights. �At the start of the game, each player is given an identity card and a space on the street, but then they�re on their own. Depending on each throw of the dice, they might have to give 90% of their earnings to a pimp, escape from a serial killer, have a back street abortion, avoid a police raid, travel to a brothel in Amsterdam, be on the receiving end of pack rape, or be killed by the Mafia and end up dead in a river, all while trying to earn enough money to survive. The idea is to give people an idea of what prostitutes are up against in this country, but it�s not all gloom. The winner is the player who manages to find the love of their life, gets married, and leaves the streets forever. It�s exciting, it�s educational, it�s Puttanopoly.� (Noticias locas, 21/3/03. Spotter: Bob Heys.)

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Sounds good "John Bull" but its not the first to market a board game on Monopoly!

We have one here in my own town, its called "Torbay Monoply" came out a few years ago, mainly for the holiday-makers.

I have seen it being played as well, all local tourist stops etc, I wouldnt personally pay 30.00 pounds for it though.

Its nice to see other people making money, out of the "fat cats"!





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