Advance to Boardwalk was a
Monopoly spin-off
game released in 1988 by
Parker Brothers, named after the famous
chance card of the same name. The idea was fairly simple, across the
boardwalk, you would have a series of properties, on which you would build
high-rise apartments. Control of these properties lead to
victory in the game.
The board is structured as follows. Discarding all artwork elements, the board is divided
lengthwise into two sections: A sequence of
properties, and a net value bar, which you move up to
complete your goal. (As with almost any board game) The idea is to reach this goal before your opponent.
During your turn, you roll the dice, and then use that much "income" to buy hotels, and hostily take over properties on the boardwalk, by
stacking them on existing properties. By taking control of those properties, you up your net worth. There are different colors of properties, each worth increasing value. As with
Monopoly, there are high elements of chance and the like, including "
Fortune" cards, that add only good
elements.
It is a less brain-driven and overall fun
strategy game. It was released in a sort of
Monopoly revival by
Parker Brothers, along with other faily decent
Clone games such as
Free Parking and
Water Works. While not as original as
Free Parking, it is still quite a high quality game, and one worth owning.