Brian has posted about a deal on the Queen Monopoly game, basically moaning that it hasn’t sold as well as it should after all the time and effort he put into it.
Am I the only one that wishes he’d actually care less about his morphing into Gene Simmons from a merch point of view, and care more about the music? All the hours spent on this game could have gone on starting a Queen Anthology, or his solo collection which was promised and again failed to be delivered.
So frustrating.
brians wig · Member since
Well I didn't buy it.
Apart from the the Robot, the game pieces are rubbsh.
Surely it should be obvious to even an idiot that they should have been the band members!
Dr Magus · Member since
Is monopoly even a popular game these days? Seems tremendously old hat.
Galileo1564 · Member since
You aren't the only one. I haven't played monopoly in likely more than 40 years and I listened to some Queen today.
matt z · Member since
Haha.
Yeah. Unfortunately few people sit down and actually do things. I wanted to buy it but it wasn't generally available in the USA.
people on streets · Member since
Crazy that Brian thinks that if you put work in something it will be automatically a succes. Or worse: it DESERVES to be a succes.
Monopoly is a great classic game. Of course it made total sense to release a Queen version. But as Brian might or might not know, there are hundreds of variations.
People that like Monopoly don't need another version. They have one already. And people that like / collect Queen aren't necessarily the same people that like to buy a boardgame.
This product was always doomed to be a niche product. And that is perfectly fine of course!
Brian completely lost it if he thinks it DESERVES to be a bigger seller than it was.
Stick by doing what you do best I'd say (music, animal protection, co writing books etc). And don't be disappointed if something you did that is not your expertise isn't the success you hoped it would be. That's life.
Iron Butterfly · Member since
I think he missed the boat with it. It would have been nice great in the 80s or early to mid 90s...now, although I think it was a cool idea, board games are not what they used to be.
people on streets · Member since
This is what he should have realised before thinking people would 'en masse' run to the store and purchase another version of the game they already have:
I think he missed the boat with it. It would have been nice great in the 80s or early to mid 90s...now, although I think it was a cool idea, board games are not what they used to be.[/QUOTE]
That‘s not true. I just saw in the news, that board games are in again. The market has sold 25% more games in the last three years. People are getting back together to play. Especially the 20-30 year olds. (News in Germany, where the Game of the Year 2018 had justieren chosen. That‘s wha that topic occurred in the news.)
The questions are now: Is it the same in the UK? And are 20-30 year olds interested enough in Queen?
Or are there simply too many Monoüoly versions on the market as someone else suggested?
(And no, this game isn‘t sold here either.)
RS_Protos · Member since
Must be a bad earnings month, he was also stating this week in his website soapbox that only the red guitars are selling like hot cakes and none of the other colors are selling.
user1 · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]cmsdrums wrote:[/b]
All the hours spent on this game could have gone on starting a Queen Anthology, or his solo collection which was promised and again failed to be delivered.[/QUOTE]
It's a joke that he cares about such a dreck and when it comes to actual music releases (that's what they were about before Brian and Roger turned it into a marketing machine) we get cutted concerts and faked demos.
dysan · Member since
"This is what he should have realised before thinking people would 'en masse' run to the store and purchase another version of the game they already have"
Much like the reissues of GH and Wembley
RS_Protos · Member since
I just wish they had the same labor of love for queen vault material LOL
Iron Butterfly · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Sealion wrote:[/b]
[QUOTE] [b]Iron Butterfly wrote:[/b]
I think he missed the boat with it. It would have been nice great in the 80s or early to mid 90s...now, although I think it was a cool idea, board games are not what they used to be.[/QUOTE]
That‘s not true. I just saw in the news, that board games are in again. The market has sold 25% more games in the last three years. People are getting back together to play. Especially the 20-30 year olds. (News in Germany, where the Game of the Year 2018 had justieren chosen. That‘s wha that topic occurred in the news.)
The questions are now: Is it the same in the UK? And are 20-30 year olds interested enough in Queen?
Or are there simply too many Monoüoly versions on the market as someone else suggested?
(And no, this game isn‘t sold here either.)
[/QUOTE]
Well I'm glad board games seem to be having a revival of sorts.
I don't know about the UK, could anyone else answer your question?
I hope Queen don't go down the Kiss route, putting the name on everything and anything. That would be tacky.
dysan · Member since
I believe the kidz (with a z) are starting to like boardgames in the UK again. It's not a pub these days if you don't have some squares in the corner playing chess.
I think for a novelty Monopoly set I'd rather get a Star Wars one - Money and locations - it seems to make sense to me. A Queen one doesn't, being a more abstract concept of success and stages.
I'd happily look through the Community Chest and Chance cards through - I'm sure they have entertaining stuff on them.
