The Monopoly board game has had a long tradition of theming their game for everything from college football teams to major cities. Those themes have even touched on major science fiction franchises, including
Star Trek a few times. Well, the latest
Trek-themed Monopoly game is called
Monopoly: Star Trek Continuum Edition and it should definitely please any Trekkie out there since it spans all of the TV series and movies.
Because of the nature of the game, there are many aspects of Monopoly that can be customized, the locations you buy and rent out, the utilities, the railroads, the player tokens and, of course, the Chance and Community Chest cards, and each one has a unique twist that will surely hit the spot for Star Trek fans. In this version, Chance and Community Chest are called Sensor Readings and Subspace Transmissions. The Subspace Transmission (what was Community Chest) deck will have cards like "Use Mind-Controlling Ceti Eels to Hijack the Reliant and Come Out of Exile" as a Get Out Of Jail Free card which, of course, sports a nice picture of Ricardo Montalban as Kahn. Another Subspace card has you getting paid 100 credits when you "Receive Cure For Mysterious Klingon Plague From Dr. Phlox" which is accompanied by the alien doctor from the Enterprise series. The Sensor Readings (aka Chance) deck has its own variety of interesting cards. Included here are "Find Yourself in the Path of the Nexus Ribbon. Go Back Three Spaces" or one that advances you to Qo'Nos (what would be Illinois Avenue in standard Monopoly) because "The Duras Sisters Must be Stopped," and, of course, if you pass "GO," you can collect 200 credits. As an interesting side note, if you pick up Blu-ray release of Star Trek - The Original Series: Season Two, you will get an extra Sensor Readings and Subspace Transmission card - one lets you advance to the next unowned property, while the other advances you to the next owned property.
