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Debbie Matthews, head of sales and marketing at Leeds Castle, said: “We are very excited to welcome Mr Monopoly to Leeds Castle to launch the Maidstone edition game. 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.” 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.

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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. The makers are asking for resident involvement to vote for which attractions will make the cut and feature on the brand new game board. 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.

This is our opportunity as residents to shape how it will look and what it will be like to play. It’s great that Maidstone has been chosen and I will look forward to playing it when it comes out later in the year.” 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 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. It is not the first time a place in Kent has been granted the honour of featuring in its very own edition of the iconic trading game.

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Finding four train stations as in the Monopoly original proved a challenge. As did locating Maidstone’s Old Kent Road equivalent. The public suggested Maidstone landmarks and charities to be featured in the new game 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.

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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. 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.” However the launch of the game for the cathedral city in 2014 was not without incident, with a picture of Rochester Castle accidentally included on Canterbury’s edition. A hotel on Jubilee Square could be a nice little earner 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. 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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Maidstone Borough Council is urging residents to vote for places to feature as Monopoly announce a new Maidstone version of the iconic board game. There are just two weeks to have your say as polling started on Thursday, March 25 and closes at 11.59pm on Wednesday, April 7.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. We look for the public’s input, so polling is open today,” he said as the plans for the Maidstone game were revealed. 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. Whatman Park teams is also in the brown set, which are the game’s most affordable squares. Mote Park will join Leeds Castle in the top ranking set, so is the equivalent of Park Lane from the game’s London original.