If you downloaded the game, can you post it and share it with us?

Does anyone have a link to where I can download the game. I've gone through listening to all the podcasts, got all hyped up to play BOOM, and now I can't find a link to the game.

Why is it not available anymore

@Brian from The Bronx: We're sorry, but it's no longer available for download.

Where can we download the game?

@Harry: We don't have any plans to package or sell the game, but please feel free to download the pdf file and the rules, and give it a try!

Great iteration of the orginal game. Will the game be sold to the public. I reckon you're on a winner here Brenda and team.....

The rules sound interesting, but I was expecting a nice full scale PDF with printable cards, dotted lines and all. This really needs a graphic designer. I'm available. Anyone want to pay me to clean it up? We could sell the PDF or give it away.

@ Dave from Kona: Thanks for the questions. I confirmed the following with designer Ian Schreiber this morning.

1. The "controlling interest" cards are replacements for the original "title deed" cards, with two differences. The first is that controlling interest cards show two sets of values, one for normal play and one for "boom," so players don't have to do the math in their heads. The second difference is the absence of "mortgage values" on the back, since mortgaging rules were eliminated. You can see an example of the Apple controlling interest card on the game board.

2. There are four Boom/Bust cards that each show two color groups. These color groups correspond to the colors displayed on the Engine spaces on the board: one for Tech sector, another for Vice, and so on. Ian says they would be about the size of outlined "Boom" and "Bust" spaces on the board, and show the name of the sector and the color groups. They should also have blank backs so they can be shuffled face-down.

Hope you enjoy the game!

Where are the "Controlling Interest" cards? What do the "Boom/Bust" cards look like? Neither seem to be included with the downloads here.

It sounds really cool, but I wish the art was better. :/ The values are really hard to make out.

Not just the property values, all the small type on the board is illegible (like the community chest directions) - so disappointing!

Back in the 80s, on those boring winter weekends, my friends and I would play Nuclear Monopoly. We'd divide all the money amongst ourselves, buy properties, and, if you were lucky, a 'steely' marble nuclear bomb (steel ball bearing) at some ridiculous price I can't remember. If you were to procure a bomb, you'd stand above the board and drop it onto your opponents' homes and hotels. This would inevitably lead to a messed up game board and occasionally broken pieces but that was the point, I guess. It was fun, intense, and safer than our other favorite game: dart tag.

So, you took a illegibly blurry, low-res scan of Parker Brothers' Monopoly board, pasted some corporate logos onto it in Paint, then traced the logo for the DOOM video game and added a crossbar for the "B".

This does not exactly scream quality. Did you release a prototype/playtest version by mistake?

A fully realized boxed version of BOOM should be produced. It could be offered as a premium incentive item for membership in your local public radio station.

Luxury Tax should have a picture of a yacht ;)

"The youngest player goes first."

That is not realistic. Ideally the oldest person goes first (real life) & the younger don't even get to move until they are born.

I also see a problem with people not wanting to tell or not telling the truth on their age ("I am 39").

This is fantastic but I would suggest swapping Microsoft and Google.

Thanks for the quick response! I had a feeling that's what the values were, but you know what they say about making assumptions!

Hi Mandy,

Sorry for the digital fuzziness! We got in touch with Ian Schreiber, and he said the values are the same as the original game, but multiplied by $1 million. So, the "Boardwalk" space ("Apple") is $400 million, rather than $400.

I'd love to play, but I can't make out the property values!

"Capitalism and real estate have changed a lot since Monopoly was first sold by Parker Brothers in the 1930s"

If you look beyond the main street you'll find that board games have changed a lot too. There's no need to rely on Monopoly's tired design any more. And there are already far superior games recreating what the artist wanted to do.