Hoping continue the growth of the board and card game market, many companies are now revamping their classics for the 21 century.  Here's a sampling of some of the updated games you can expect to see on the shelves soon.
 

Car Wars:  Drivers will now suffer -4 to their handling class if talking on a cell phone during combat.

Take it Easy:  This classic game now contains the timeless wisdom of modern new-age self-help gurus to help you "Take it Easy."  Points are scored by creating unbroken affirmations from one edge of the board to the other, such as or  "Don't sweat the small stuff ... and it's all small stuff!" or "Today is the first day of the rest of my life".  The game ends with everyone a winner.  Group hug!

Acquire:  After each turn, the active player first reads aloud an "Economic News" card  ("Strongest Economy of all time!!"), and then draw a completely unrelated "Market Reacts" card ("Sell-off! A stocks worth 1/5 value").  Will you make a fortune before the bubble bursts?  Comes with a collectable Alan Greenspan pewter figurine!

Stat-o-matic Baseball:  Tired of remembering the wearisome minutia of batting averages and earned runs averages?  In the new version, the only stat that matters is the starting capital for your baseball team.  Buy your team members at outrageous costs; the player who spends the most on their team wins the World Series!

Dots and Boxes:  We're renamed and added a theme to this schoolyard favorite.  Instead of just drawing lines on paper, you and your opponent are now Customer Service Supervisors at a high-tech startup, vying for valuable floorspace in your corporate offices.  Can you secure more work stations for your reps?  Find out, in "Cubicle"!

Showmanager:  Musicals?  Who goes to see musicals these days?  Now you will be trying to build the most bland and market-tested "boy band" or "girl group" to storm the top 40 charts.  Recruit such teen heartthrobs like "T.J. (the Shy One)" and underage vixens such as "Chastity Tartlet", send them on tour and watch the billions roll in.

Monopoly:  The Survivor Edition!  America's two favorite games, Monopoly and Survivor, and combined in this exciting new edition.  As a member of the "tribal Council", you'll move around the "Outback", paying "rice" for "properties" like "rocks" and "sticks".  Make alliances and pacts with the other players and cast votes for who you would like to see booted from the game (even though none of this has any effect on actual game play).  It doesn't make a whit of sense, but buy it anyway!  Or better yet, buy it as a gift for a friend -- it's not as if they'll ever play it!  Order now and receive a free "Who Let the Dogs out CD Single"!

Candyland:  Because of a new report that states that the obesity rate in American children has reached epidemic proportions, the Surgeon General has asked us to rename this classic "Go Out and Ride Your Bike Land".

Formula De, the American City Maps:  A new set of maps for this exciting race game lets you play deep in the heart of New York, Los Angeles or Seattle.  Adding realism are new rules stating that 95% of the spaces on the board are occupied by cars and that no vehicle can move more that one space in a single turn.  Bring your books on tape!

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