MONOPOLY

: Drug Addiction Manual

By Kiara Balcone and Cece Kucan

AGES 12+

2 to 8 Players

1 hour - 70 days

Summary of the premise/themes

The overall theme of our board game is drugs and it takes place in Portland, Oregon
which is known to have a high amount of illegal drugs.

Is this game modeled after another game?

This game is based off of Monopoly. How our game is similar to Monopoly because we
have the same layout and rules. The ways we made our board game different from the
monopoly board game is we changed the names of the properties and changed the chance
and community chest cards.

Object of the game

To win the game all the other players must run out of money, if a player owns all
the drugs, or if they give up and theres only one player left in the game.

Contents
Gameboard, 8 player pieces, 2 dice, 1 speed die, 16 Luck cards, 16 Chance cards, 22
Drug title cards, 4 Place cards, 1 pack of MONOPOLY money

Setup
The first step is to place the luck and chance cards in their spot. The second step is
to place the title cards in the middle of the board game. Lastly, each player chooses a
piece and puts it on the start spot. Each player gets $2500 Monopoly money at the start.

How to play/ Game Rules

1. To start, each player must roll one die and whoever rolled the highest number goes first.
The turns then go in a clockwise or counter-clockwise motion starting from the last person
who went.
2. During your turn you can buy drugs, make deals, pay sales, and go to jail. Your turn ends
when there is nothing left for you to do. The length of turns varies.
3. During someone elses turn you can watch as the other person is doing their turn, wait
patiently, and make deals with the other players.
4. The game ends once all other players go bankrupt or give up and quit the game.

Designer Notes
This game was created to raise awareness of the drug problem in Portland Oregon.
The box was created to be bright and colorful to catch the eye. The board game had a
darker hue with marijuana leafs in the background to go along with the theme. From
testing other games, we learned that they shouldnt be too complicated which was why the
houses were taken out of the game. Also, people want a fast game so we added more
money in the start and another die. In the start of this project, we spent a whole week

trying to make up our own game. If we got to do it over again, we would have based it off
of another game from the very beginning.

Historical Background and Setting

Geography
Our place is Portland, Oregon. Portlands population 2010 was 3,831,074. The
highest point in Oregon is Mount Hood at 11,249 feet. Portland is the largest city in Oregon.
The average high temperature in Portland is 63 degrees. The average low temperature in
Portland is 45 degrees.

Government
The type of government that exists in Portland Oregon is a Democracy which is
governed by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state who are typically
elected as representatives. Two people who hold governmental power over Portland is the
president, Barack Obama and the mayor, Charlie Hales. Obama is the 44th and current
president of the US and he is the first African American to be elected. Charlie Hales is the
current mayor of Portland and he was elected in January of 2013.
Wars and Battles
During WWI some of the people in Portland were already fighting in europe.
Residents also volunteered time for war bond drives, and different organizations canned
food to be donated to hospitalized soldiers. They also gave some of their money too. During
the war workplaces and schools and gas masks and any kind of protection just in case they
were under any attack. WWII started on september of 1939 and ended six years later on
September 1945. Because Portlanders feared raids by Japanese bombers they organized an

extensive civil defense system where a third of the city's residents wouldve mobilized if
there was ever an attack. Officials were convinced that Portlands Japanese-Americans
would commit acts of sabotage against the U.S. government despite their loyalty. So
Portland and other West Coast cities cooperated with the federal government to relocate
Japanese Americans to internment camps. The government rationed out food products. So
what happened was people would still pay for their food like normal, but each item was
worth a certain number of points depending on its scarcity. They were given a limited
number of points each year and couldnt receive any more if they ran out. The military
enlistment reduced Portland's labor supply that required many more workers than were
available. So people from the South and Northeast were brought in, which opened up jobs
for women and minorities. Though it wasnt permanent because veterans returned and got
back their jobs. But even after the war, many of the newcomers stayed. When the war
broke out in Europe, Ferry Village in South Portland had constructed a shipyard to build 30
merchant ships for the British which displaced homes that had housed families for
generations. But many felt that world security was at stake and now had good paying jobs,
so very few people protested. About 30,000 people worked at the shipyards; some of which
came from all over the state and New England. But that meant that there were housing
shortages and a sudden spike in population.
Conflicts
Homelessness and Hunger are a main problem in Portland Oregon. About 4,000
people sleep on the streets and about a third of the homeless have only been in Portland
for two or more years. From 2011 to 2013, the number of homeless people went up by 10%
and 47 homeless people died in 2011. To try and help this issue, tiny houses are being built
by different organizations. There are whole communities that are made entirely out of tiny
houses. This issue leads to hunger. About 500,000 people in Oregon cant afford food and in
2010, hunger cost $2.1 billion. 8% of people in Portland are unemployed and rely on
emergency food boxes that are provided by non-profit organizations. In 2011, 1 million
emergency food boxes were distributed even though the population is less than 4 million.
Portland disposes 206,172 tons of food in a year which is close to 20% of what goes into the
landfill.
Art Forms
Art forms dont have to be a painting on a wall, it can also be something like a
dance or anything creative. So one of the two art forms that exist in Portland is Festive
Yarn Bombing. During the winter, Portlanders knit sweaters and other clothing onto the
iconic statues at Animals in Pools and Allow Me. The clothes can also be donated to
Portlanders who are transitioning out of homelessness through an organization called
Transition Project. The other art form that can be found in Oregon as a whole state is
bicycling. Portland was dubbed The Vanguard of American Cycling and has more cyclists
per capita than any other city in America. Portland was named the #1 bike-friendly city by
Bicycling Magazine with 15 intersections that have bicycle-specific traffic signals to reduce

accidents. 6% of all commuters prefer to travel by bike which doesnt seem like a lot but
that is equal to about 17,000.
Foods
Oregon is known for their beer and cheeses, but two specific dishes that are a must
try when you visit Portland is the Chocolate Caramel Potato Chip Cupcake and the Ikes
Vietnamese Fish Sauce Wings. The cupcakes can be found at The Sugar Cube for only $5.
Its made out of a chocolate buttermilk cupcake and bittersweet chocolate ganache. The
wings can be found at a place called Pok Pok. They are marinated in garlic, sugar, and fish
sauce then deep-fried and topped with crispy caramelized garlic.
Landmarks
The two main landmarks that are in Portland are the St. Johns Bridge and the
Japanese American Historical Plaza. The bridge is also known as the Grand Lady of
Portland. Its a steel suspension bridge that crosses the Willamette River connecting St.
Johns with Oregon Highway 30; the route between Portland and Astoria. Its 2067 ft long
and the tallest bridge in Portland reaching about 250 ft above the water and another 400 ft
into the air because of the gothic towers. David Steinman and Holton Robinson were the
designers of the bridge. Construction started on September 3, 1929 and opened on June 13,
1931 and took $4.2 million to make. Also, something that is really cool is that underneath
the legs of the bridge is a park called Cathedral Park. The Japanese American Historical
Plaza was dedicated on August 3, 1990 and was created to tell the story of Japanese
immigrants during WW1 and to honor those who served in the US Armed Forces while their
families were in camps. The plaza was designed by a landscape architect named Robert
Murase. The sculptures are by Jim Gion and the twelve granite stones have poetry on them
written by Hisako Saito, Lawson Inada, and Shizue Iwatsuki.
People
One important person that came from Portland is Mel Blanc. Mel Blanc who was the
voice actor for Bugs Bunny, Woody Woodpecker, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Tweety Pie,
Sylvester and many more. He was also known as The Man of 1000 voices. Blanc was born in
San Francisco then moved to Portland in 1915. He died July 10, 1989 at the age of 81.
Another famous and successful person from Portland, Oregon is Walt Curtis. Curtis was born
in Portland, Oregon. He is a poet, a novelist, and a painter. He is still alive today and he
even has a week dedicated to him. The Walt Curtis week is when you read books and write
poems.

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