Millionaires has been my childhood favorite board game back in the 90's. This was introduced to me by one of my friends in the neighborhood. We are four players back then. I like the game so I asked mom to buy one for me. Mom played this one with me too nd she enjoyed the game. I did my best to preserve this 2-decade board game so I can play it for a long time. Here are some of the inclusions of the board game I was able to keep. This board game includes the following:
6 tokens
2 pcs. dice
big and small houses
play money
title deed cards (green, blue, yellow)
good luck cards
The game allows a maximum of six players. At the start of the game, everyone decides who will be the players and the banker (only one banker is needed). A player can be both a banker and a player. Each player must choose his/her desired token. I usually choose blue since it's my favorite color. Then everyone rolls the dice to decide the order of turns. The one who rolls the highest number will be the first to have a turn.
Money Distribution
The photo above is the denomination of the play money. The banker distributes this to each player. Each denomination has a certain number of pieces that are initially given to each player.
1 Dollar - 5 pieces
5 Dollars - 5 pieces
10 Dollars - 7 pieces
20 Dollars - 5 pieces
50 Dollars - 4 pieces
100 Dollars - 6 pieces
500 Dollars - 1 piece
Each player will start playing holding a total of $1,500.
As you can see in the board game, there are several boxes with different colors. The one with yellow, blue, and green boxes are properties that a player can buy. If a player buys a property, a title deed card for that property will be given as proof of ownership. It's a good idea to avoid confusion and there's no need to memorize what you own. The yellow ones are establishments while the blue and green ones are house properties.
When a player rolls the dice and resulted to a pair of six or any number as long as both dice resulted to a same number, the player gets the chance to draw from a good luck card. These cards contain freebies like free rent on other player's house or a chance to be free of charge from other fees you will stop by. They also give you the chance to draw on a random cash to be collected from the bank.
The Gameplay
Each player can buy a property depending on where he landed. For the house properties, the player can choose between one to four houses. The small houses are placed on the property's slot if the player buys 1-3 houses. If it's four houses, then the big one will be used. If another player stops there, he will have to pay whatever is the rental fee. The more houses you buy, the higher you earn from the fee that the other players will pay you.
The ones with the red boxes can either charge you with fees or give you extra cash. The ones with fees are hospital, train, and taxes. A player who stops there will have to pay the bank with the amount indicated. The ones that give extra cash are the tv quiz show, races and bingo.
Players will keep on taking turns and each time they pass on the starting point again, they receive $500 from the bank. The game continues until all properties are bought. At the end of the game, the players will count the number of properties they have as well as the money they hold. The one with the most number of properties and money wins.
This game is so addicting that I even play it alone sometimes. The people I played with this game really liked it too. My niece and nephew even asked their parents to buy it for them. We sometimes play it using 2 boards. Even my boyfriend enjoyed it too. He would like to play it again when he goes home and we meet again. I have to buy a new one though because I lost the tokens, dice and houses. It's still available in toy stores so I highly recommend this board game. It's really simple and fun to play.
It seems like a Monopoly. I loved to play a board game named Life when I was a child.