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The popular U.S.
board game is changing out three of its playing tokens, swapping
in a penguin, T-Rex and rubber ducky in for the thimble,
wheelbarrow and boot, Pawtucket, Rhode Island-based toymaker
Hasbro Inc <HAS.N> said Friday.
The move is part of a broader campaign to update the board game
based in part on votes by consumers during a promotional period
earlier this year.
The updated version of the game will be released in August,
according to the company. Four classic pieces survived the
voting: the Scottie dog, car, top hat and battleship, some of
which date as far back as the Great Depression. Rounding out the
new lineup will be a cat token, added to the game in 2013 as a
replacement for the flatiron.
Players worried that the game's rules may also have changed can
relax. They haven't. The traditional aim of dominating cardboard
real estate, and ruining your competition, remains the same.
Anyone considering Tyrannosaurus-inspired mayhem should think
twice, however. Even a dinosaur can still go directly to jail.
(Editing by Patrick Enright; Editing by David Gregorio)
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