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Happy Friday!

Today I'm back with another interesting version of Monopoly! The edition I'm reviewing today features artwork from one of the most iconic American painters and television personalities - Bob Ross.

Unlike Monopoly for Millennials, the Bob Ross Monopoly was a lot tougher to track down. This edition came out last year in August in the US and it took a few weeks to appear in Canada. When it finally did, the online stores where it was available charged quite a bit for it (e.g. $70+ on Amazon), and the online stores where the prices were reasonable (e.g. $39 at Game Shack) were sold out of it. I never did end up finding this Monopoly edition in any of the brick and mortar game stores I checked.

Ultimately, I ended up waiting it out a bit and purchasing this edition on Amazon.

Read on after the jump:

The Bob Ross Monopoly includes the following:

• 1 Gameboard
• 6 Collectible Tokens
• 28 Title Deed Cards
• 16 Happy Little Accidents Cards
• 16 The Joy of Painting Cards
• 1 Pack of Bob Ross Edition Happy Bucks
• 32 Cabins (aka Houses)
• 12 Covered Bridges (aka Hotels)
• 2 Dice

I'm not really a board game (or Monopoly) collector (or even a Bob Ross super fan), but what really appealed to me about this edition was that it promised to be "the most peaceful game of Monopoly you've ever seen!" Seeing how Monopoly for Millennials was quite different than its original counterpart, I was really curious to see what rules were different in the Bob Ross edition to make it more peaceful.

So what's different about the rules for the Bob Ross edition?

The answer is...well, nothing.

That's right - the Bob Ross Monopoly plays exactly the same as a regular game of Monopoly.

There were a few things that were renamed, but for the most part if you're familiar with the original Monopoly game you can pretty much just dive into this edition without looking at the rule book.

Although the rule book promises "special rules for this edition," if you turn to the back where the special rules are supposed to be, it's only a description of the different characteristics of the Bob Ross edition.

In any case, I will say this - the Bob Ross Monopoly is easily the most beautiful Monopoly version out there. The paintings that Bob Ross created in his lifetime are lovely and they definitely translate well to the game board and the Title Deed cards:

You buy properties (paintings) as you go around the board. The property values are the same as in the original game. You might also land on Happy Little Accidents spaces. These are closest to the original Chance cards:

There are also Joy of Painting cards to be picked up. These are the closest to Community Chest cards:

The railroads are now paints (and they are still some of the best properties to buy if you land on them):

Utilities become paint tools in this Monopoly edition: 

The tokens are different in this edition as well. You can now choose to play as a pine tree, squirrel, owl, picket fence, paint palette, or easel:

On your purchased properties you can still build houses ("cabins" in this edition) and hotels ("covered bridges"). Ironically, the ultimate goal is still to bankrupt your competitors.

So is the Bob Ross Monopoly really the most peaceful Monopoly version?

Well...it really depends on the temperament of the people you play with!

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Have you played the Bob Ross Monopoly?

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Thank you for reading! 💙