RUBillsFan Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 I came to this thread thinking that someone was making a Bills-themed Monopoly or planning a Billikens.com board game night. This is disappointing. This could actually be a fun exercise. Who/what would be each of the monopoly properties if you did a Billiken themed monopoly? Dark Blue Board Walk - Park Place - Green Pennsylvania Ave - North Carolina Ave - Pacific Ave - Yellow Marvin Gardens - Ventnor Ave - Atlantic Ave - Red Illinois Ave Indiana Ave Kentucky Ave Orange New York Ave - Tennessee Ave - St. James Place - Pink Virginia Ave - States Ave - St. Charles Place - Light Blue Connecticut Ave Vermont Ave Oriental Ave Purple Baltic Ave - Mediterranean Ave - Railroads Reading - Pennsylvania - B & O - Short Line - Utilities Electric Company - Water Works - Not sure how to categorize them, but here some obvious ones: Places: Chaifetz Arena, Kiel Center, West Pine Gym, Billiken Statue Coaches: Rick Majerus, Spoon, Grawer, Eddie Hickey Players: Easy Ed, Bonner, Hughes, Claggett, Highmark, Kwamain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deutschkind Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Would go to jail be 'go to Fr. B's office?' with a picture of the sword of St. Ignatius? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NextYearBill Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Kentucky ave = josh harrellson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JettFlight5 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 I figure the great coaches could be the railroads. Spoon, Hickey, RickMa, and Grawer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUBillsFan Posted December 9, 2013 Author Share Posted December 9, 2013 I figure the great coaches could be the railroads. Spoon, Hickey, RickMa, and Grawer. I was thinking the same thing. Those 4 coaches are the railroads and then maybe Chaifetz Arena and West Pine as the two utilities. Then have all of the regular properties as players. You could even loosely group the players by their era such as -Claggs, Highmark H -Bonner, Gray, Douglass -Lisch, Liddell, Vouyoukas Maybe Boardwalk & Park Place could be the Billiken and Dr. Chaifetz. Edit: Okay. I'm putting the board together tonight if I get bored and have some time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JettFlight5 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 I was thinking the same thing. Those 4 coaches are the railroads and then maybe Chaifetz Arena and West Pine as the two utilities. Then have all of the regular properties as players. You could even loosely group the players by their era such as -Claggs, Highmark H -Bonner, Gray, Douglass -Lisch, Liddell, Vouyoukas Maybe Boardwalk & Park Place could be the Billiken and Dr. Chaifetz. Edit: Okay. I'm putting the board together tonight if I get bored and have some time. McCall, Jett, Evans would be a good combo (not adding Loe only because there's no other groups of 4 besides the Railroads). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NextYearBill Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Mediterranean Ave - obvious choice for Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majerus mojo Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Boardwalk - Chaifetz Park Place - Clock Tower Edit: not sure if you meant a strictly SLU hoops monopoly or SLU as a campus i.e., Gries, Humps, Lacledes (RIP), etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLUfan_42 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 I was thinking the same thing. Those 4 coaches are the railroads and then maybe Chaifetz Arena and West Pine as the two utilities. Then have all of the regular properties as players. You could even loosely group the players by their era such as -Claggs, Highmark H -Bonner, Gray, Douglass -Lisch, Liddell, Vouyoukas Maybe Boardwalk & Park Place could be the Billiken and Dr. Chaifetz. Edit: Okay. I'm putting the board together tonight if I get bored and have some time. I think I speak for the whole thread when I say to post a picture of the board if you do. Neat idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUBillsFan Posted December 10, 2013 Author Share Posted December 10, 2013 I think I speak for the whole thread when I say to post a picture of the board if you do. Neat idea This is what I have so far (sorry for the large image)... Also, I'm doing this on a laptop, so the hand-drawing with the track pad looks awful (I'll probably end up scrapping the whole middle area and re-doing it. Still need to add the players in (I might have problems finding good images of the older players) and come up with something for "Chance", "Community Chest", and "Luxury Tax". Perhaps "Shot Attempt", "Scholarship Fund", and "Ticketmaster Fees". I'm thinking of adding Dr. Chaifetz as the Uncle Pennybags character. If I get real ambitious, I may write out "Chance" and "Community Chest" cards. Something like "Ron Ekker takes over the program, lose a turn", "Family member of 5-star local recruit has an illness, collect $25 from each player", "Guy Phillips gets your name wrong, lose $100", etc. The problems is that somehow I don't have an actual Monopoly game at my house and I need one to sort of mirror the actual cards. I'm thinking stars instead of houses and then a 5 stars would be the equivalent of a hotel. The tokens could be a basketball, a hoop, a Billiken, an arena, a seat, etc. I'm thinking a Billiken head on all of the money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetorch Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Very impressive. Chance card - You took Cook's niece home with you. Lose a year of eligibility. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majerus mojo Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Very impressive. Chance card - You took Cook's niece home with you. Lose a year of eligibility. Winner, winner, winner. Take a bow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majerus mojo Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Chance - You stumbled into Chaifetz on Mardi Gras -- Kwamain hits game-tying bank. Collect $50 from each player. Community Chest - You declared for the NBA draft -- did not get drafted. You still owe Applebee's $200. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Pine Jim Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Excellent. Just in time for holiday gift-giving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slufan13 Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Good so far but the free parking place should be blank because there is no free parking in St Louis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Good so far but the free parking place should be blank because there is no free parking in St Louis. You need to add a six block extension to the game and rename it MB's parking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUBillsFan Posted December 10, 2013 Author Share Posted December 10, 2013 Good so far but the free parking place should be blank because there is no free parking in St Louis. That's why I went with the Fred Weber VIP Lot. I believe parking is "free" there for the high rollers with court side seats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slufan13 Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 You're ranked #122 preseason. Pay $100 The Wiz ranks you in his top 10. Collect $100 You're rumored to join the Big East. College $500 Somebody suggests you join the MVC. Pay everything you have. Matt Dickey hits a game winning 3. Collect $300 MB73 starts a thread on Billikens.com. Pay $200 You join Billikens.com. Collect $25 You join BillikenReport.com. Pay $25 ______(insert name of ref) is officating your game. Pay $50 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slubilliken09 Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 It's hard work being a billiken fan. Punch yourself in the face and pay $100 Billikens lose, and the trolls come out in force. Pay $200 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JettFlight5 Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 You're ranked #122 preseason. Pay $100 The Wiz ranks you in his top 10. Collect $100 You're rumored to join the Big East. College $500 Somebody suggests you join the MVC. Pay everything you have. Matt Dickey hits a game winning 3. Collect $300 MB73 starts a thread on Billikens.com. Pay $200 You join Billikens.com. Collect $25 You join BillikenReport.com. Pay $25 ______(insert name of ref) is officating your game. Pay $50 That one is the kill card. If you draw it, you automatically lose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUBillsFan Posted December 12, 2013 Author Share Posted December 12, 2013 Here is the completed board (subject to change if I feel like it): Some explanations: -I used Microsoft Paint to make this whole thing because I do not have ( and do not know of a free) better software. Therefore, I apologize for it being somewhat crappy. -I used the 4 great coaches for the 4 railroads. -Rammer and Earl are the 2 utilities. -"Shot for Cash" is chance and "Scholarship Fund" is community chest. -I decided to use the 4 retired numbers/retired jersey players for the 2 groups of 2 and then group 3 players from the same team/era for the other properties. -I used more recent players because that is what I know and it was easier to find pictures. -I tried to get the best players from the NCAA tournament teams in and somewhat ranked the groups based on how successful they were. I threw in the early Soderberg NIT group to get Marque Perry on the board and the late Soderberg group to get Lisch/Liddell on there. -I used the same placements and $ as original monopoly. I'll probably work on the other stuff (Chance/Community chest cards, money, tokens) if I have time and post additional pictures of them. Edit: Yes, I get bored when there is too much time in between games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken class of 15 Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Here is the completed board (subject to change if I feel like it): Some explanations: -I used Microsoft Paint to make this whole thing because I do not have ( and do not know of a free) better software. Therefore, I apologize for it being somewhat crappy. -I used the 4 great coaches for the 4 railroads. -Rammer and Earl are the 2 utilities. -"Shot for Cash" is chance and "Scholarship Fund" is community chest. -I decided to use the 4 retired numbers/retired jersey players for the 2 groups of 2 and then group 3 players from the same team/era for the other properties. -I used more recent players because that is what I know and it was easier to find pictures. -I tried to get the best players from the NCAA tournament teams in and somewhat ranked the groups based on how successful they were. I threw in the early Soderberg NIT group to get Marque Perry on the board and the late Soderberg group to get Lisch/Liddell on there. -I used the same placements and $ as original monopoly. I'll probably work on the other stuff (Chance/Community chest cards, money, tokens) if I have time and post additional pictures of them. Edit: Yes, I get bored when there is too much time in between games. This is brilliant. However much time this took you, it was time well spent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basketbill Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Mediterranean Ave - obvious choice for Ian Baltic would be obvious for Drejaj....... though next to Ian.......Nondas or more middle east with Izik Ohannon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetorch Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 You get punched in the face at halftime and have to coach the rest of the game with a black eye. Pay $15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusicCityBilliken Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 This is excellent. Too bad you can't fit in Guy Phillips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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