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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Bobbie Johnson, technology correspondent

Competition: From board to web

I don't know if you've seen Monopoly Live, a promotional online game for the Sunday afternoon classic - which involves and earning in-game revenue every time a GPS-equipped taxi drives through your property.

It's a really interesting use of technology, and makers Hasbro say it's going really well: "The beauty of this is we have London as a giant game board. No one else could do this quite as we have done it," says Helen Martin of Hasbro.

Does this open up new possibilities for online games? Imagine international online Buckaroo with robotic arms and a million players. Imagine chess being played across a city using GPS.

So here's this week's competition question:

Which boardgame would you put online, and how?

The winner will get themselves a trashy boardgame of our choosing. And on that subject, we've also picked the winner of last week's competition...

Last week's winner was the aptly-named "Time on My Hands", who not only said that the rather spiffy Repton was a favourite 'lost' game, but had the guts to admit ownership of a Repton 3 mug and stuffed toy "from the Repton fan club".

That's dedication for you, and the result will be a copy of Sensible Soccer Plus being sent over to you.

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