Monopoly Gamer: Mario Kart

Monopoly Gamer: Mario Kart

Monopoly Gamer: Mario Kart is the second entry of the Monopoly Gamer board game series. It was released in 2018 by Hasbro. As its title implies, this entry incorporates themes and mechanics from the Mario Kart series, though it incorporates many of the same mechanics from the previous entry. All of the areas on the board are taken from course names in Mario Kart 8, specifically the courses introduced in this game.

Gameplay

The object of the game is to earn points by collecting Coins, buying Properties, and winning Races. At the end of the game, after the final Race is over, the player with the most points wins.

Setup

The setup is the same as in the previous entry, except that the player also places a pile of Banana tokens.

Turn order

The turn order is the same as in the previous entry, except that, at the end of their turn, if the player lands on or passes GO, they should flip over the top Grand Prix card to start a Race.

Spaces

The layout of spaces is mostly the same from the previous entry, except with the following differences:

• The GO space prompts the player who lands on or passes it to initiate a "Race" by flipping over the top Grand Prix card on its pile.
• The properties in each "Color Set" are changed to fit with the Mario Kart theme:
  • Brown: Mario Kart Stadium and Water Park (10 points each)
  • Light Blue: Sweet Sweet Canyon and Thwomp Ruins (10 points each)
  • Maroon: Mario Circuit and Toad Harbor (20 points each)
  • Orange: Twisted Mansion and Shy Guy Falls (20 points each)
  • Red: Sunshine Airport and Dolphin Shoals (30 points each)
  • Yellow: Electrodrome and Mount Wario (30 points each)
  • Green: Cloudtop Cruise and Switchback Hill (40 points each)
  • Dark Blue: Bowser's Castle and Rainbow Road (50 points each)
• The Warp Pipe spaces are replaced with Boost Pad spaces. When landing on a Boost Pad space, a player rolls the numbered die and moves that many spaces, carrying out the action of the space they land on.
• The ? Block spaces are replaced by Item Box spaces. However, the spaces are otherwise functionally identical, as both have the player roll the numbered die and collect that number of Coins from the Bank.

Dice

The dice included in the board game

Like the previous entry, the game includes the traditional six-sided numbered die, as well a six-sided Power-up die. In this entry, the Power-up features images of a trio of Coins on two faces, and one face each of a Green Shell, a Spiny Shell, a Lightning Bolt, and a Banana. The base effects for rolling the Power-Up die are as follows:

• Spiny Shell: Choose any player to drop 3 Coins on their current space.
• Green Shell: The next player on the board (from your position) drops 3 Coins on their current space. (If more than one player is on the space, the player chooses who drops the coins).
• Lightning Bolt: All other players drop 1 Coin on their current space.
• Coins: Collect 3 Coins from the Bank.
• Banana: Move and complete the action of the space you land on, then drop a Banana token anywhere in your path.

Bananas

A new feature to Monopoly Gamer: Mario Kart is the ability to drop Bananas on spaces they pass or land on. When rolling a Banana, the player moves and completes the action of the space they are on, then drops a Banana on any space in their path, including the space they start on. When a player reaches a space with a Banana on it, they must stop and carry out the action of that space. After they land and stop on that space, they should remove the Banana from the space and place in the Banana pile.

At any time, a space can only have one Banana on it, and there can be a total of only four Bananas on the board.

Races

When a player passes or lands on GO, they trigger a Race. At the end of their turn:

• The player should flip over the top Race card and place it where all other players can see it.
• If the player wants to participate in the Race and can afford to pay the roll cost, they can do so. If no-one wants to race, they should discard the Grand Prix card.
• The player should roll the numbered die before passing it to the next player. The player with the highest roll wins the Race and keeps the Grand Prix card.

All players who participated in the race receive a bonus noted on the card. The highest roller gets the 1st place prize; the second-highest roller gets the 2nd place prize; etc. If there is a tie for any position, the tied players re-roll until one player wins for that position.

In the game, there are eight Races to win, with the courses they take place on being classic courses, though written without their classic prefixes. The courses, as well as their roll costs, bonuses, and points, are listed below.

	Roll cost	1st place bonus	2nd place bonus	3rd place bonus	Points
Wii Moo Moo Meadows	1 Coin	Take the least expensive unowned property.	Collect 3 Coins from the Bank.	Toss a Green Shell.	20 points
N64 Toad's Turnpike	1 Coin	All players pay you 2 Coins.	Roll the numbered die. Collect that many Coins from the Bank.	Collect 3 Coins from the Bank.	20 points
N64 Royal Raceway	2 Coins	Buy one Property from any player for face value.	Collect 4 Coins from the Bank.	Toss a Spiny Shell.	30 points
3DS DK Jungle	2 Coins	Send any player, including yourself, to Free Parking. Do not pass GO or pick up Coins on the way.	Roll the Power-up Die, and complete the action.	N/A	30 points
GCN Sherbet Land	3 Coins	Force a Property trade between any two players, including yourself.	Place 1 Banana on any of your Properties.	N/A	40 points
N64 Yoshi Valley	3 Coins	Put any Property up for auction. Payment goes to the Bank.	Roll the numbered die. Collect that many Coins from the Bank.	N/A	40 points
DS Tick-Tock Clock	3 Coins	Send any player to Jail.	Roll the Power-up Die, and complete the action.	N/A	50 points
N64 Rainbow Road	3 Coins	Choose one Grand Prix card from any player, and have a rematch for that Race. All players may participate.	N/A	N/A	100 points

End of game

The game ends immediately when the final Race is over. At this point, the player with the highest score wins. If there is a tie, then the player with the most Property and Grand Prix cards wins.

To find out how much one scored, the player should add the points from their Property Cards, Grand Prix cards, and Coins. Every five Coins is worth ten points.

2-player game

The rules for playing a 2-player game are the same as the previous entry.

Characters

• The board game comes with Mario, Princess Peach, Luigi, and Toad movers as playable characters. Other characters can be obtained by purchasing "Power Packs", each containing a character mover and their respective character card. Six Power Packs have been released for this board game; the characters released as of 2018 are Bowser, Shy Guy, Yoshi, Donkey Kong, Rosalina, and Metal Mario. The characters, as well as their "Super Star Abilities" and "Power-up Boosts", are listed below:

	Super Star Ability	Power-up Boost icon	Power-up Boost
Mario	Collect 3 Coins. Then, roll the numbered die, and move again. Follow the rules of that space.	Coins	Collect 3 Coins, or add up to 3 spaces to your roll.
Princess Peach	At the end of your turn, you may roll the Power-up Die again. Complete the action.	Spiny Shell	Choose any two players to drop 3 Coins.
Luigi	You may move to the least expensive unowned property and buy it or auction it.	Banana	Place a Banana on one of your Properties.
Toad	You may drop up to 5 Coins and move forward that many spaces. Follow the rules of the space where you land.	Lightning	All other players drop 2 Coins.
Bowser	Steal 4 Coins from any player.	Spiny Shell	The player with the most Coins drops 3. All other players drop 1. You drop none.
Shy Guy	Move up to 3 spaces forward or backward. Follow the rules of the space where you land.	Green Shell	The players in front of and behind you drop 3 Coins.
Yoshi	Collect all Coins on the board.	Green Shell	The player in front of you drops 3 Coins. You may immediately pick them up without moving your token.
Donkey Kong	You may place a Banana on 2 of your Properties.	Banana	You may remove any number of Bananas from the board. Collect 3 Coins from the Bank for each Banana you remove.
Rosalina	You may move to the next Super Star space. Pick up any Coins you pass or land on.	Coins	Take 1 Coin from each player.
Metal Mario	All other players skip their next Power-up Die roll.	Lightning	After all other players drop 1 Coin, roll the numbered die, and move again. Follow the rules of that space.

Gallery

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  A Power Pack

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  Japanese packaging

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  Traditional Chinese packaging in Mainland China

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  Traditional Chinese packaging in Taiwan

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  Dutch packaging

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  French packaging

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  German packaging

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  Italian packaging with board

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  Polish packaging

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  Spanish packaging

Notable mistakes and errors

• The Rainbow Road space incorrectly uses the background of N64 Rainbow Road, as it is the only course introduced in Mario Kart 8 to not be featured in the board game.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	モノポリー ゲーマー：スーパーマリオ：マリオカート Monoporī Gēmā: Sūpā Mario: Mario Kāto	Monopoly Gamer: Super Mario: Mario Kart
Chinese (traditional)	大富翁Gamer瑪利歐賽車 Dàfùwēng Gamer: Mǎlìōu Sàichē	Monopoly Gamer: Mario Kart	Hong Kong
	地產大亨Gamer瑪利歐賽車 Dìchǎndàhēng Gamer: Mǎlìōu Sàichē		Taiwan
Dutch	Monopoly Gamer: Mario Kart	-
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German	Monopoly Gamer: Mario Kart	-
Italian	Monopoly Gamer: Mario Kart	-
Polish	Monopoly Gamer: Mario Kart	-
Spanish	Monopoly Gamer: Mario Kart	-

External links

• 'Monopoly Gamer Mario Kart' Official Commercial - Hasbro Gaming
• Chinese version
• Dutch version
• French version
• German version
• Spanish version

See also

• Monopoly Gamer
• Nintendo Monopoly
• Super Mario Bros. Monopoly