Monopoly Ultimate Banking edition, set for release this fall, removes the worst part of the board game: all that paper. Instead of tangible bills, the

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Monopoly Ultimate Banking edition, set for release this fall, removes the worst part of the board game: all that paper. Instead of tangible bills, the game comes with "credit cards," which are scanned by the unit, above, to purchase property and pay rent. In theory, it will expedite a board game notorious for running just long enough to destroy a friendship. (As Gizmodo notes, a similar idea didn't work so well in the past.)

The change certainly reflects how digital money is rapidly supplanting cold hard cash. Nearly every purchase I make happens through digital transaction, either with credit cards, PayPal, or Venmo. Spending money is painless; saving money is harder than ever. I have to be mindful that the rapidly decreasing number in my bank account represents real cash that can deplete to zilch. So I'd say it's easy to argue a credit system is an overdue improvement to a game that is, for thousands of kids, an early introduction to mindfulness about saving money and making investments.

Though if Hasbro really wanted to reflect the modern urban real estate market, they'd change the entire game to my Monopoly rules.

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