Bored of board games?
Not with this! (If you like Monopoly, that is) The classic board game gets a modern Sonic update, with this "Gamer" edition of it.

Hasbro is apparently teaming up with Sega to make this new Sonic styled version of Monopoly. Everything here seems to be tailored for it, like the game board, the ring tokens, the cards...and even the game pieces.
Instead of some hum-drum shoe or car, you can choose from a Sonic, Tails, Knuckles or Amy mini figure to play the game. (And this time they're not easy-break aluminum, but colorful plastic good figures) You can see them as "Exclusive Figures" in the window of the box. It says to "Battle for the highest score" as you use rings to collect the property cards and gather Chaos Emeralds as well as fight bosses.

In the gallary you can see the board, and it uses all CG imagry and good bright coloring to look fun. The game has been re-engineered to be faster and full of more tricks than regular monopoly, so that it can entertain Sonic fans who like speed.
The loop spaces let you jump to the next space, and the money is rings...but you're not doing big math like with 100s of dollars on properties like you were in the original. The math is easy enough to make the game fast too.
There's a boost dice, (build it with the stickers) with added effects, plus you run into bosses and have to roll to fight them. You can have a sidekick character as well and combine rolls. There is only one numbered die that is numbered 2-7 with dots, and a second die that has Boost markers. A Ring, Spikes, Red Spring, Yellow Spring, Bumper or Item Box. Each character is dedicated to the last four there specifically, and if you are the character dedicated to the Boost marker, you may use said Boost if you rolled it.
If you think regular Monopoly is boring, this one changes so much and has so many new graphics and gimmicks that it's actually worth a shot.
You can watch an Unboxing Video.

In the gallary you can see what the cards look like...they've got nice CG imagry as well, and easy explanations on what they do. Orbot & Cubot even make an appearance as a boss. You have to roll higher than the boss number to beat it. Naturally, Eggman is at 10 and the hardest one to beat. There's other things to get like the Tornado, Egg o Matic & Chaotix plus Babylon.

Here are the figures you get, with their cards. Choose to play as Sonic Knuckles Tails or Amy, and get their special power on the board! At right is how the game looks like when it is set up. The inset there (bottom left) is a sheet of thick cardstock paper with the rings, tokens and emeralds on it. You have to punch out all of these before you can play, and also use some enclosed stickers to build the special dice to roll.

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Here are the instructions for the game.
You'll need these for sure because of the different play style. The first page tells you how to set it up for the first time, then you can see the layout for the basic rules, and then how the new/different things introduced in the game work. (Losing rings when you take damage, etc)
There's a whole page dedicated to the boost dice and what happens when bosses appear. The last page with sonic on it has the conditions for winning the game. (The Master Emerald is the tie breaker if 2 players come out even)
This game seems a lot better put together than the 2013 edition at the top, it seems focused on speed fun, and introducing new gameplay elements to shake things up.

Recomendation:
Yes. It's inexpensive enough for anyone to own, comes with nice exclusive figures, and it plays differently enough from stale games of yesteryear to warrant a buy. It looks good too with crisp graphics, and almost every single thing tailored to Sonic/the world. It's good for players or collectors too, and looks probably good for all ages. Sure it's not going to be all-engrossing like a complex/adult oriented game but for fast play fun on board game night, why not?