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Kenya

Presentation:
version 2000

Presentatie:
versie 2000

 

Flag of Kenya.

  Number of versions: 4

   Edition: April 8, 2010
   Updated: May 25, 2012

Blue Rhino edition of the Kenya map.Map of Kenya..

 



Kenya has been a British colony between 1890 and December 12, 1963 (the day the country became independant),so we may expect to find copies of theBritish Monopoly game, i.e. with the board with the streets of Londen.

However, it was not until recently a very special inland made Monopoly-like edition was found.

 

 


 

 

 

Kumiliki, ±2007.Edition: Kumiliki - standard edition (Kumiliki = Swahili for to acquire/ownership).
              The Property Game
Publisher: Blue Rhino Ltd. Kenya - ±2007
Dimensions of the box: 27 x 27 x 5.4 cm
  of the unfolded board: 49 x 50 cm
The game:
It was Jacco Brouwer - NL, owner of one of the first editions, who introduced this splendid game to me. Shortly afterwards Todd Schaffer - Nairobi, Kenya/Orlando, Florida USA, promoter of Original African Paintings and distributor for the "Blue Rhino" company is now offering these Kumiliki board games on his website as well. 
Seeing the very nice design of this game it immediately reminded me of equally nice designs of the French company Tilsit Éditions who a.o. was allowed to make the editions for the isles Guadeloupe, Réunion and Martinique in licence of Hasbro.  

Kimiliki game board, first standard edition..This first edition of both the Standard edition as well as that of the Spoapston-edition had  only the advertisement of 2  sponsors, viz. on the former Free Parking corner (by Dormans) and one on Wilson Airport (by Air Kenya).
The images on all typical Hasbro spaces (corners, stations and utilities) differ from the so well known; there is f.e.an other rascal in the jail.
The whole midfield is utilized to clearly point out the splendid landscape and the animal riches of the country. 

From Endelea! Go! all properties are of the capital Nairobi:

Kibera - Harambee - Kawangware - Revenue Authority - Machakos Airport - Kasarani - Bahati! - Dagoretti - Umoja - Kamiti maximum! (Jail) - Buru Buru - Stima Company (Electric Company) - South 'B' - South 'C' - Kenkom Bus Station - Parklands - Harambee - Adam's Arcade - Hurlingham - Dormans Coffee break (this is an ad) - Westlands - Bahati! - Kileleshwa - Kilimani - Kenya Railways - Riverside - Lavington - Water Company (instead of Water Works) - Langata South Road - Go to Kamiti! - Spring Valley - Runda  - Harambee - Gigiri  - Wilson Airport (with ad of: Air Kenya) - Bahati! - Muthaiga - Toa kitu kidogo and Karen.

Note of Todd Schaffer: on the 2 most expensive streets on the game board: "Muthaiga is the area where President Mwai Kibaki resides and Tokens made of soap stone.Karen is where the home of Karen Blixen of the Out of Africa, "I had a farm at the foot of the Ngong Hills..." is."

The property deeds (6x9 cm) have the same division as those of Parker/Hasbro. Their back is printed with "Mortgaged" and the mortgaged amount
The Harambee cards are blue green, the Bahati! cards pink
The banknotes are from the Kumiliki Bank and the currency is in Kenyan Shilling (Kshs). They are printed in black on colored paper in 8 denominations: 100 - 500 - 1.000 - 2.000 - 5.000 - 10.000 - 30.000 and 50.000.
The 6 tokens (ca.20 to 30 mm long) are made of soapstone, a soft kind of stone only found in Kenya. It are: a Sandal - Elephant - Land Cruiser - Crocodile - Lion en Rhino, stored in a Kitenge cloth bag. (A Kitenge is a kind of textile cloth used by women as a wrap around the chest or waist, over the head as a headscarf, or as a baby sling.)
The 32 blue houses and 12 longer yellow hotels are made of plastic. They even have a chimney!
The English Rules mention "Board designed and produced in East Africa", meaning in Kenia.
Both plastic dice are green with white pips.

 

 

Edition: Kumiliki - Soapstone edition 
              The Property Game
Boys playing on the first soap stone game board.
Publisher: Blue Rhino Ltd. Kenya - ±2007
Dimensions of the box: 27 x 27 x 5.4 cm
  of the unfolded board: 49 x 50 cm
The Game:
The only 2 differences between the Standard edition and the "premium" Soapstone editon of the first edition are:

The midfield of the board shows the name of the game in large characters.
The hut-houses and hut-hotels are cut out of soapstone as well, as mentioned in the Rules. It will be clear 
the cutting of these huts will  be very labor-intensive, reason why this edition is more expensive than the Standard one.

 

 

Edition: Kumiliki - Soapstone edition - 2nd edition
Soapstone-2nd edition.              The Property Game
Publisher: Blue Rhino Ltd. Kenya - 2010
Dimensions of the box: 27 x 27 x 5.4 cm
  of the unfolded board: 49 x 50 cm
The game:
The main differences of this re-designed second edition (see the yellow sticker on the lid) are:

There are now 5, partly new, sponsers for this new issue: 
The whole 3rd station = Wilson Airport, incl. the Air Kenya ad from 1st edition moved to the station space of the first side.
Kenkom Bus Station became a Shopping Mall with an ad of the THB Junction.
Again no Free Parking on the 3rd corner but now with the ad of Safaricom.
The Kenya Railways space disappeared and was substituted by the Jomo Kenyata International Airport, with an ad of 
Kenya Airways, a competitor of Air Kenya consequently.
The Airport space on the 4th side also became a Shopping Mall, with an ad of ABC Place.
At a close comparison of the map on the boards of the first and second edition it can be seen that the latter is slightly 
more zoomed out; see the A of KENYA.
Harambee spaces now show a light green exclamation mark.
The yellow question mark on the Bahati! spaces changed color into a very light pink one.
Water Company changed name into Maji Company.

This all is reason to give a new list of all properties of the new board:

Kumiliki board of the second edition.
From Endelea! Go! the properties are:

Soapstone hut-houses and hut-hotels.Kibera - Harambee - Kawangware - Revenue Authority - Wilson Airport (with ad of: Air Kenya) - Kasarani - Bahati! - Dagoretti - Umoja - Kamiti maximum! (Jail) - Buru Buru - Stima Company (Electric Company) - South 'B' - South 'C' - Shopping Mall (with ad of: THB Juction) - Parklands - Harambee - Adam's Arcade - Hurlingham - Take a Safaricom phone break (this is an ad) - Westlands - Bahati! - Kileleshwa - Kilimani - Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (with ad of: Kenya Airways) - Riverside - Lavington - Maji Company (Water Works) - Langata South Road - Go to Kamiti! - Spring Valley - Runda  - Harambee - Gigiri  - Shopping Mall (with ad of: ABC Place) - Bahati! - Muthaiga - Toa kitu kidogo and Karen.

The price for this edition is US$ 115.-,  August, 2010

 

 

Kumiliki, standard second edition.Edition: Kumiliki - Standard edition - 2nd edition
              The Property Game
Publisher: Blue Rhino Ltd. Kenya - 2010
Dimensions of the box: 27 x 27 x 5.4 cm
  of the unfolded board: 49 x 50 cm
The game:
The second edition of the standard edition also shows  a red and yellow sticker on top the box.

Plastic houses and hotels of Kumiliki second Standard edition.

All properties on the game board are exactly the same as on the board of the Soapstone edition. So are the Harambee- and Bahati! cards,  banknotes, tokens and dice.
However, the houses and hotels are of plastic again. But in different colors, compared to those of the first edition: The houses are purple now, while the hotels are white, both having a chimney.
The centre field of both game boards show the word Kumiliki.

The price for this edition is US$ 65.-,  August, 2010








 

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