Uncle Pennybags

  This sounds like it shouldn't go together but the powers that be at Hasbro and Winning Moves have come up with another creative Monopoly mashup. Monopoly Scrabble was announced in June 2023 and released on July 1, 2023. Instead of rolling dice, players must add up points from game play to determine how many spaces to move. Players must complete a word over a property title to purchase that property. Although it sounds more complicated, the game is advertised to be played in less then one hour. I recommend researching this version by watching some YouTube reviews/how to play videos. At the moment no instructions are available online, so I will hold off any personal opinions until reading those in detail.

  I was lucky enough to find these 4 board games as part of a curbside dump listed on Facebook marketplace. Easy Money from 1996 appears to be a re-release of the old 1935 board game. This one is still on my list to write about. It will be interesting to compare the differences after over 60 years.  I also acquired uno spin, which I somehow missed while writing my article on uno variations. This was a 2005 release, it features a wheel that gets spun and dictates the next players move. Drawing one of these cards will start the wheel action. I definitely think this is one for the uno fans that might be looking for a challenge. It would take a couple rounds to figure out the best strategy. Tri-ominos I've never heard of before. Each tile is a triangle and has 3 numbers, one in each corner. After reviewing the instructions, my first thought is happiness, it states 56 tiles included and all 56 are there. This is a game for 2-6 players.  Like regular dominoes game play starts with all ti

 I had the privilage of playing the game Sorry for the first time. I've seen this game growing up and know it's one of the more popular games. At first I liked the ease of game play, we definitely were able to chat while playing. It wasn't too serious, a light game, until. . .my little guy was bumped back to home. It was horrible, all my progress gone. My friend said "sorry," while I contemplated to my self that she wasn't sorry at all. This was begining to feel like a white elephant game, where anyone can steal from you. It wasn't fun, and we had several issues about the rules. Just like Monopoly it seems people had their own house rules growing up. The instructions were simple but almost too simple, they didn't answer our questions and we were left to decided by majority vote how we would play. The updated instructions can be found on the Hasbro website. These instructions do clarify some things, like moving backward behind your own safety zone. It

 I ended up finding two great Scrabble games at a church yard sale. I never knew Scrabble even had variants. Of course I had to purchase both, the price was right. I paid .25cents for Scrabble Crosswords/Dominoes and $1 for Scribbage. Fast forward 3 months and I found even more Scrabble games while thrifting. This time I was at Unique in South Plainfield. I grabbed Scrabble Slam! The Card game for $2.99. I bought a bag of baseball tiles for crafting for .99cents, but after noticing little numbers on the letter tiles I guessed this was from a Scrabble game. Sure enough Scrabble MLB edition was a limited release in 2007. I played the Scrabble Crosswords/Dominoes with my two brothers. It was fun and challenging. If your tired or bored playing Scrabble I definitely recommend purchasing it used on Ebay. The game play is somewhat different. First of all there is no game board, we used a large box that my vacuum cleaner came it. However we were running out of space, a large table or even the