This Oddly-Particular Monopoly Set Will Curb Your SDCC Journey Nightmares

Should you’ve ever been to San Diego Comic-Con, odds are that’s all of San Diego you have been capable of see. The conference is at all times so wild, busy, and packed filled with issues to do, you barely have time to expertise a sliver of it, not to mention see the remainder of the town. However now, you are able to do simply that, from the consolation of your individual residence, and in a very unexpected way.

Final week, Hasbro introduced the Monopoly: San Diego Version with an enormous occasion within the Southern California metropolis. And whereas city-specific editions aren’t new to the favored board sport, nor are hyper-specific, themed versions, we discover this one further intriguing. Principally as a result of we’ve been going to San Diego Comedian-Con for thus a few years that we really feel like San Diego locals but additionally full novices. We solely see a small sliver of a metropolis that, this Monopoly proves, has way more to share.

Nevertheless it additionally makes you suppose that going to Comedian-Con is among the greatest issues you are able to do in San Diego. That’s as a result of the Gaslamp Quarter, the part of the town Comedian-Con is centered in, is that this model’s Boardwalk. The costliest and sought-after property. And, simply two steps down from there, standing in for Pennsylvania Avenue, is the San Diego Conference Heart itself. The location of Comedian-Con. Corridor H, sadly, doesn’t have its personal spot on the board, which you’ll see in full right here.

What this proves past a shadow of a doubt is that Comedian-Con followers ought to do extra in San Diego than simply go to Comedian-Con. The San Diego Zoo is among the most well-known on the planet. Fish tacos are so vital that they get their very own house. Apparently, a toy retailer referred to as Geppetto’s is vital sufficient for an area. And whereas we select to keep away from Sea World in any respect prices, we do perceive its inclusion.

Our mates on the SDCC Blog introduced the sport to our consideration, and, in response to them, the sport is on the market to buy in San Diego at Hallmark shops, the USS Halfway Museum, Damaged Yolk places, Gepetto’s in Seaport Village, and space Barnes & Noble places. Or, in the event you aren’t from there and simply desire a tabletop trip, it’s also on Amazon.

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