LISTEN: The first officially licensed Georgia-themed edition of Monopoly is available to play, as a Savannah version was unveiled this week. GPB's Benjamin Payne reports.

Accompanied by “Mr. Monopoly,” Savannah Mayor Van Johnson speaks at an event along the city's downtown riverfront on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023, to reveal the new Savannah edition of Monopoly.

Accompanied by “Mr. Monopoly,” Savannah Mayor Van Johnson speaks at an event along the city's downtown riverfront on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023, to reveal the new Savannah edition of Monopoly.

Credit: Benjamin Payne / GPB News

Forget about Atlantic Avenue, Park Place and Marvin Gardens.

Instead, how about River Street, Bonaventure Cemetery, The Olde Pink House restaurant and the Forsyth Park Fountain?

Those are just some of the local landmarks featured in the newly released Savannah edition of Monopoly.

Made by the U.S. division of London-based board game maker Winning Moves, the gameboard is the first Georgia-themed version of Monopoly officially licensed by Hasbro.

Standing next to a mascot of Mr. Monopoly (whose “real” name is Milburn Pennybags, AKA Rich Uncle Pennybags), Savannah Mayor Van Johnson quipped at the game's unveiling ceremony on Tuesday that “City Hall is not for sale.”

However, City Hall is indeed for sale in the game, at the price of 120 Monopoly Dollars.

The gameboard for the Savannah edition of Monopoly

Savannah landmarks River Street, Bonaventure Cemetery, The Olde Pink House restaurant and the Forsyth Park Fountain are among several featured in the newly released Savannah edition of Monopoly.

Credit: Winning Moves

The game's designers began accepting suggestions in February about which locations to feature, before making their final selections. Listed in the order of their appearance on the gameboard starting clockwise from “Go,” the properties are:

  • Tybee Island Pier

  • Tybee Island Lighthouse

  • Waving Girl Statue

  • Cathedral Basilica of St. John The Baptist

  • City Hall

  • Chippewa Square

  • Wright Square

  • Johnson Square

  • Bonaventure Cemetery

  • Wormsloe Historic Site

  • Juliette Gordon Low House

  • Savannah Seafood Shack

  • Zunzi's restaurant

  • The Olde Pink House restaurant

  • Plant Riverside District

  • City Market

  • Historic District

  • SCAD Museum of Art

  • Lucas Theatre for the Arts

  • ShopSCAD

  • Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport

  • River Street

  • Forsyth Park fountain

In lieu of the railroads, four modes of transportation are up for grabs: riverboats, trolleys, the Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport and hearse tours of the city's supposedly haunted Historic District.

But don't be afraid: no bills are due to Georgia Power or the city's utility services department, as there's still the Electric Company and Water Works.

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