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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Mr Shrimpton said: “Maidstone is Kent’s most populous place and is blessed with very many stunning landmarks and buildings, and hidden gems like Leeds Castle and the Archbishop’s Palace. 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! 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. 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! It may well be more a case of which landmarks to leave off than the ones to put on. We expect to be wonderfully spoilt for choice.”

Just two weeks to vote on landmarks for new Maidstone MONOPOLY

Released this October, a roll of the dice could land you on the likes of Archbishop’s Palace and Leeds Castle, or you could go to jail at Maidstone Prison! A fun twist on the classic Monopoly Board Game. Move around the board, buying and selling property. Leading landmarks from Maidstone will replace those from the original Monopoly game and the public are being invited to vote for landmarks and cards to feature in the game. Current suggestions are Leeds Castle, Archbishop’s Palace, the Town Hall, Maidstone Prison, Mote Park, Maidstone Hospital and Maidstone Museum. Could the historic Archbishop’s Palace be turned into a hotel, or our green expanse of Mote Park be covered in new houses?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. 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. 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.

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Build houses and hotels on your property and charge other players rent when they land on your locations.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. 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. Mr Shrimpton said the company would carry out research to look for what is important to the County Town to ensure the game has a really unique local flavour. The announcement was made in March. At the time, the public was invited to suggest Maidstone landmarks and charities to feature. More than 5,000 suggestions were received. Mayor of Maidstone, Cllr Fay Gooch, attended the launch

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Marion Ring, Mayor of Maidstone, said: “As there are only two weeks to vote and so many beautiful, historical and memorable places in Maidstone that could be featured in the new game, have a go now for your own favourites. Leading landmarks from Maidstone will replace those from the original MONOPOLY game and the public are being invited to vote for landmarks and cards to feature in the game. Current suggestions are Leeds Castle, Archbishop’s Palace, the Town Hall, Maidstone Prison, Mote Park, Maidstone Hospital and Maidstone Museum. 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. Well thanks to the game makers behind the beloved board game, all these questions and more will be answered as its been announced Maidstone will get its own Monopoly board. Reacting to news of the new game, Mayor of Maidstone Marion Ring said: "As there are only two weeks to vote and so many beautiful, historical and memorable places in Maidstone that could be featured in the new game, have a go now for your own favourites.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 and will go on sale in October 2021. 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 If you’ve ever played Monopoly you’ll be familiar with the lowest of lows at Old Kent Road and the highest of highs with Mayfair and Park lane. Great online store for board games. They always arrive perfectly and undamaged which is important to me. 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

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Locals will be helping us decide, especially on the Community Chest cards and things like this,” he said.

Graham Barnes from games manufacturer Winning Moves @toptrumps told Maidstone Radio that he wants the people of #Maidstone to recommend local landmarks. The makers are asking for resident involvement to vote for which attractions will make the cut and feature on the brand new game board. The exciting news has been welcomed by residents intrigued at what famous landmarks will make their way onto the game board. Although it may not be getting its own Monopoly money this time around, it is still a wealthy trading centre in its own right and is known as a major hub for the trade in diamonds. 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.”