How Monopoly’s New Tokens Betray Its History
The metal thimble has a very particular Depression-era provenance.
by Ian Bogost
Mar 17, 2017
2 minutes
This week, Hasbro the results of an online vote on the future of tokens in the board game Monopoly. The results are startling: the boot, wheelbarrow, and thimble have been expunged from the iconic game, replaced by a Tyrannosaurus rex, rubber ducky, and penguin. Voters passed up over 60 other contenders,
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