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This very special Monopoly game, manufactured in the Netherlands for a long time, was made by TFL Games in Deventer (Hasbro's licensee since 1997, see http://www.tfl.nl). It was made in an edition of only 500 pieces on the occasion of the farewell of Unilever's Chairman of the Board of Directors, Mr. Morris Tabaksblat. Due to the international character of this Dutch company, the game is entirely in English. The translation of the text at the bottom of the box reads: "Morris' Monopoly is a reflection of Uniliver's Corporate Strategy. It is a game in which you create shareholder value by investing in people, brands, competence and a balanced regional portfolio. Your strengths and weaknesses will become apparent and if you don't 'Unileverig' enough or you have too little 'Providence' you are at a disadvantage in the competition. You will receive a generous salary when you come over to Go and if you are (un) happy you will have to spend a number of years at the head office. You will also have the opportunity to create and reap the benefits of strong brands like Magnum. If you really don't know how to continue growing, you can sell your chemicals business, but beware, because if you don't reinvest that money right away, you run the risk of having to pay that money back to shareholders. The game never ends unless you decide to retire. The winner will be the consumer and hopefully you too, because after all, you had fun playing the game. ” The "utility companies" are called "Breakthrough Innovation" and Capital Expenditure (CAPEX) ". On the spaces of the stations you will find resp .: Personnel - Marketing & Sales - Strategy & Technology and Financial. The Chance and Community Fund cards are called Opportunities & Threats and Strengths & Weaknesses in this issue. Striking are the very high amounts that are played with. For example, the "generous salary" that you receive at Go amounts to € 20,000,000. The 7 banknotes, which of course bear the portrait of Morris, therefore start with € 100,000 and the highest value is € 50,000,000. It will be clear to you that you cannot build houses and hotels in this game. However, you can increase the value of your assets, by placing Shareholder / Personal values. The blue disks are "One Value Unit" and the orange "Maximum Value Added". The 8 simple but chic tokens in the shape of the Unilever U logo are made of transparent plastic. On the bottom of the box is a picture (as usual with the Standard Monopoly sets with ref.no. 14535), but not that of the laughing family. It is a drawn picture on which Morris is playing with… his successor? This game can be played "from Trainee to Chairmain".
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