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DLR staff get their own Monopoly-style board game
Lots of companies buy corporate-branded goodies to hand out to staff and other worthies, and oh, look, yet another branded water bottle and tote bag. But sometimes, it’s a DLR-themed clone of the Monopoly board game – KADOPOLY.
It was commissioned by the Docklands Light Railway’s (DLR) operator, KeolisAmey, as gifts for staff, so you’re not going to see it in shops, but it’s still been done to a high standard, with a lot of DLR touches to the board game.
Community Chest offers lots of rewards for providing good customer care and running the service on time. Go to Jail remains intact – presumably for the fare dodgers.
Free parking is now waiting at the platform.
The gameplace pieces are still the classic ones from the original game, so you’ll still be a dog or a hat, and not a cluster of DLR trains going around the board.
A KeolisAmey spokesperson confirmed the game was commissioned for their staff, and they don’t plan to order more or sell them. So, short of getting a bonus as an employee, you’ll probably only see them if someone decides to sell theirs via those well-known second-hand websites.
Working clockwise from GO:
**CLASSIC** | **KADOLOPY**
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Go | Go
Old Kent Road | Stratford
Community CHest | Top up your Oyster
Whitechapel Road | Abbey Road
Income Tax | Star Lane
Kings Cross Station | London Stadium
The Angel Islington | Canning Town
Chance | Community Chest
Euston Road | London City Airport
Pentonville Road | Woolwich Arsenal
In Jail | In Jail
Pall Mall | Bank
Electric Company | You Missed Your Train (back 2 spaces)
Whitehall | Limehouse
Northumberland Avenue | East India
Marylebone Station | Tower of London
Bow Street | Custom House (for Excel)
Community Chest | Beckton Depot
Marlborough Street | Royal Albert
Vine Street | Galleons Reach
Free Parking | Waiting at the platform
Strand | Pudding Mill Lane
Chance | Community Chest
Fleet Street | Devons Road
Trafalgar Square | All Saints
Fenchurch Street | O2 Arena
Leicester Square | Deptford Bridge
Coventry Street | Elverson Road
Water Works | Poplar Depot
Piccadilly | Lewisham
Go to Jail | Go to Jail
Regent Street | Canary Wharf
Oxford Street | Heron Quays
Community Chest | Shopping at Canary Wharf
Bond Street | South Quay
Liverpool Street Station | Cutty Sark
Chance | Mudchute
Park Lane | Island Gardens
Super Tax | You caught an early train (move forward 2 places)
Mayfair | Greenwich
The game was created by The Dice Guys.
All photos are from my own copy of the game, from one of those second-hand websites.