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Winning Moves Maidstone Monopoly Board Game, Advance to Yalding Bridge, Teapot Island and the Hazlitt Theatre, 2–6 players makes a great gift for players aged 8 plus

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We have had some fantastic suggestions already for Community Chest cards, and different locations on the board, so we go through all the suggestions and put together the Maidstone edition of Monopoly. So don’t forget to write in and help us out.” The makers of the popular game, which launched in 1935, are asking residents to vote for other attractions and locations to make up the squares and Stones fans can get behind the inclusion of the Gallagher Stadium.

Maidstone Monopoly edition with Leeds Castle as Mayfair and

Great online store for board games. They always arrive perfectly and undamaged which is important to me. The makers are asking for resident involvement to vote for which attractions will make the cut and feature on the brand new game board.Finding four train stations as in the Monopoly original proved a challenge. As did locating Maidstone’s Old Kent Road equivalent. The public suggested Maidstone landmarks and charities to be featured in the new game However the launch of the game for the cathedral city in 2014 was not without incident, with a picture of Rochester Castle accidentally included on Canterbury’s edition. A hotel on Jubilee Square could be a nice little earner As MONOPOLY announce a new Maidstone version of the iconic game Maidstone Borough Council is urging residents to vote for places to feature on the new board game. In between Leeds Castle and Archbishop’s Palace are the great and good of the town, including Maidstone Museum which will replace Oxford Street, the Hazlitt Theatre replacing Coventry Street and Maidstone United's home ground the Gallagher Stadium in place of Piccadilly. Maidstone Borough Council is urging residents to vote for places to feature as Monopoly announce a new Maidstone version of the iconic board game. There are just two weeks to have your say as polling started on Thursday, March 25 and closes at 11.59pm on Wednesday, April 7.

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George Shrimpton, custom games executive at manufacturer Winning Moves, explained what it takes to bring a special edition of the famous game to life. We imagine what the iconic Monopoly board could look like with Maidstone landmarks One card sends you on a free guided VIP tour of Leeds Castle, while another hands players lots of Monopoly money as a celebration for Maidstone United Football Club winning the league. Explore all that Maidstone has to offer, as you journey past the Archbishop’s Palace and many more iconic locations in the county of Kent! Debbie Matthews, head of sales and marketing at Leeds Castle, said: “We are very excited to welcome Mr Monopoly to Leeds Castle to launch the Maidstone edition game. We look for the public’s input, so polling is open today,” he said as the plans for the Maidstone game were revealed.

This is our opportunity as residents to shape how it will look and what it will be like to play. It’s great that Maidstone has been chosen and I will look forward to playing it when it comes out later in the year.” It seems only fitting that Leeds Castle replace the glitzy Mayfair, as an invite to a weekend here was as hotly pursued as the top square on the Monopoly game board.” The Kent Messenger got a spot on the board as a chance card Pupils at Maidstone Grammar School for Girls celebrated with Mr Monopoly himself. Picture: MGGS

Winning Moves Maidstone Monopoly Board Game, Advance to

Monopoly has finally come to Maidstone with the all new Monopoly: Maidstone Edition! We’re incredibly excited to announce that Maidstone Distillery features on the game board in place of Trafalgar Square on the standard edition board and alongside many other iconic Maidstonian landmarks and businesses. Own a piece of Maidstone history! Even Maidstone’s famous attractions have got involved trying to gather support, so they can claim they’re square on this latest edition. Leeds Castle has been named the ‘Mayfair of Maidstone’ and our sister paper the Kent Messenger takes Fleet Street as the county town gets its very own version of the family favourite board game Monopoly.

Whatman Park teams is also in the brown set, which are the game’s most affordable squares. Mote Park will join Leeds Castle in the top ranking set, so is the equivalent of Park Lane from the game’s London original.

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The process for taking the new game from concept to hitting the shops in October 2021 sees the team at Winning Moves - who are producing the new edition under license from games firm Hasbro - sift through all the suggestions submitted by the public to select the ones that best represent the town. Could the historic Archbishop’s Palace be turned into a hotel, or our green expanse of Mote Park be covered in new houses? It is not the first time a place in Kent has been granted the honour of featuring in its very own edition of the iconic trading game. The new game will have sets and cards themed to Maidstone’s landmarks, heritage, shopping, education, entertainment and more as well as customised Chance and Community Chest cards. It can be nice little facts, different bits of trivia that are key to Maidstone but people outside Maidstone may not know, that’s why it is so important that people write in and let us know what should be on the board.” You could be raking it in by building houses on Mote Park. Picture: MBC

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Celebrate Maidstone, the county town of Kent, in this special edition of MONOPOLY! Pass GO and begin your journey at the historic Archbishop’s Palace. Where will you stop next? Get ready to build your own Maidstone empire! Invest in houses and hotels, then watch the rent come pouring in! Stay sharp — because there’s only room at the top for one. Trade your way to success — you can own it all! As MONOPOLY announce a new Maidstone version of the iconic game, MBC is urging residents to vote for places to feature on the new board game. This is our opportunity as residents to shape how it will look and what it will be like to play. It's great that Maidstone has been chosen and I will look forward to playing it when it comes out later in the year."

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