Creation

The Monopoly board was the first thing I worked on. I didn't really know what I was doing with the first draft, but I kept on refining the board until I got it to a point I like. If you decide to use Inkscape for this, please make sure to put each of the property tiles in their own layer! As I found out, the file starts lagging if you don't do this! It may take some time to get the desired look, so please be aware that the design may need to be done more than once!

The key for the game cards is to look on the internet for design ideas. Creating a card design idea can be tough, but with enough work, it will be done well. For my game, I decided to design the backs of the Monopoly board cards on my own, but the property deeds are inspired by the backs of the property deeds from the Mega Monopoly Edition. All the game cards are the same size in the original Monopoly game.

The money you use for your Monopoly money doesn't have to be made by you. You could just take the already existing money from a Monopoly game that you have lying around. Make sure you have permission to use it though! You can, however, make your own Monopoly money from scratch. When I was making my money, I followed a tutorial from Logos by Nick. It creates a similar-ish border effect on the money like you see in the original.

Same as the money, you can use the existing tokens you find in an already existing Monopoly game, but if you want to make your own, I can tell you how I made mine. I found a website that 3D prints in metal because I really wanted to have custom tokens made of bronze in my game. Although this was a fun thought, I'd advise you not to do this if you want to save money. If you still want to make custom tokens, make sure the dimensions of the tokens are what you really want and that you want to have the specific model of token. When I made mine, I found random trinkets off of Thingiverse and printed them to be used in game. I made the mistake of ordering the tokens and they came out too small. Click here to use the service I did to make my tokens.

With my personal Monopoly, I plan to use the pieces from an existing Monopoly so that I don't have to worry about making my own. Having said that, I am making a new building that is worth more than the skyscraper from the Mega Monopoly. I call it the city. The city building model is going to be made and printed with some help of someone I know with a 3D printer. I'm doing this as the token doesn't exist yet.

Now, making dice is a hard one as you probably want them to be sturdy enough for play, and you want something as professional as you can get it. You could make your own out of wood, plastic, acrylic or metal if you wanted to. I found these amazing dice on Amazon that really fit what I wanted for my game. Click here to take a look. The dice I got are made of metal alloy and are pretty hefty. I don't want them to damage my game when rolled, so I'm going to create a custom board game box that's lined with some soft material so nothing is damaged over long periods of use, but more on that later.

I haven't created the game box for my Monopoly game yet, so I don't have a plan or thing to base this off of. As I said, this game is a work in progress. I want the board to be made professionally and with precision. It would be nice to be made out of the same material the mass-produced ones are made of, but I may stick with wood. I'll see what comes my way. The board design comes at a very late stage in the game because it's what advertises your game. You need to have a solid understanding of what your game does, how its played, etc. It's what entices someone to play your game of Monopoly. You want the box to pop. To be exciting!