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SPECIALTY GAMES: 3
Edition: August 25, 1999
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Since 1984 the independent "Late for The
Sky Production Company" is producing college games. These games began
as a college project of Robyn Wilson, company president, while a student at
Miami University. However, since about 1990 they also manufacture specialty
games based on well choosen topics. This company has no connections
whatsoever with Parker Brothers/Hasbro, Inc.
3000 Robertson Ave.
CINCINNATI, OH 45209-1216 USA
tel: +513-531-4400
e-mail: lfts@fuse.net
http://www.lateforthesky.com
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Edition:
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Issued:
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| Bibleopoly - Edition 1991 |
1991
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| Bibleopoly - Edition 1998 |
1998
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| Millenniumopoly |
1998
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 Edition: Bibleopoly
- Edition 1991
"A Biblical Game of Fun and Faith"
Publisher: Late for The Sky Prod.Comp. - 1991
Dimensions of the box: 25.8 x 50.2 cm
The game:
It is obvious that the object of this game is to build a church on a Bible
city!
The spaces on this very solid game board of this very special game are from
"In the Beginning":
Philippi - Faith - Thyatira - Tyre - ABYSS - Ephesus - Contingency -
Philadelphia - Smyrna - MEDITATION - Caesarea - Contribute 10 Offerings to
Community Celebration - Antioch of Syria - Capernaum - ABYSS - Laodicea - Faith
- Corinth - Pergamum - REJOICE/COMMUNITY CELEBRATION - Damascus - Miletus -
Berea - ABYSS - Sardis - Thessalonica - Feed the Hungry - Rhodes - GO MEDITATE -
Athens - Tarsus - Faith - Rome - ABYSS - Nazareth - Contingency - Bethlehem and
Jerusalem.
On the "City deeds" (no property deeds!) is a reference to bible
texts where the concerning city is mentioned, like "TARSUS -
birthplace of Paul: Acts 9:11, 30; 21:39". Half of all 24 deeds are to be
dealt due to the first player all at once, then all the deeds due to the second
player all at once, and so on. You will not be the owner of the cities but just
the Caretaker. The remaining cities of the desired color can be obtained
when you land on the concerning space and make the required Offering as
indicated to the Overseer. If the player does not want to become
Caretaker for the city, the player who takes the highest Offering may become the
Caretaker. No trading of deeds between players is allowed at any time!
When landing on a city with Caretaker, contribute to the building of that
city's church by making the Offering shown on the bottom of the city's deed. If
you are unable to give the complete Offering, you give the Offerings you have,
and play continues while you remain in game.
Building a church may begin when a Caretaker tends all 3 cities of a color
group. Each player builds only one church and does so with the color of
his/her proper token = Steeple. A church consists of:
 | 1 Cornerstone |
| 3 Bricks |
| 1 Steeple (= your token) |
A Cornerstone can be aquired by:
- helping another player to complete a color group by giving a deed so he/she
can also begin to building a church. For that purpose you give the desired
city away and receive nothing in return but do receive a free Cornerstone
from the Overseer.
- A player can only require a Cornerstone by doing Community Service when it
is impossible to do #1. This is done by sitting out for 3 turns and during
this time not receiving Offerings. After that you receive a Cornerstone from
the Overseer.
Bricks may be acquired only after a Cornerstone is placed on a city.
They are acquired after each completion of a turn in which you lands on or
passes "In the Beginning" and "pay" 30 Offerings.
After these 3 Bricks have been placed you must complete another turn and make an
Offering of 45 to the Overseer. Not until then you may place your Steeple on the
church and so you became the winner!
Dedication ceremony: All tokens now advance to the city with the new
church for the dedication. The church builder then announce the name of his or
her completed church.
In the course of the match you may land on the fields Abyss and Faith/Contingency.
Naturally the texts on the relevant cards relate to the bible, like:
| Luke 6:20 "…Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the
kingdom of God." - Advance to FEED THE POOR. |
| Mark 9:23 "All things are possible to him who believes."
- Advance to the space of your choice. |
| Matthew 20:16 "Thus the last shall be first, and the first
last." - Starting with "In the Beginning" the FIRST and
LAST tokens on the board change places. Take no action other than trading
places. |
| All tokens move backward to Philippi to help Paul establish his first
church in Europe. |
When we compare this game with the regular Monopoly we'll see the following
similarities and differences:
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MONOPOLY
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BIBLEOPOLY
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| You start on GO |
You start on "In the Beginning" |
| Streets who are in property |
Cities of which you are Caretaker |
| Jail |
Meditation |
| Free Parking |
Rejoice/Community Celebration |
| Go to Jail |
Go Meditate |
| 4 stations |
4 x ABYSS - the cards are on the Community
Chest field |
| Chance cards |
Faith/Contingency cards - each with their
"own" spaces on the board |
| Trade is done with banknotes |
Offerings are made with notes |
| Houses and hotels are built on each street of
a color group |
There is but one church built in 1 city of a
color group |
The price of this set amounted to US$ 31.- in March 1999 on ebay
web site.
 Edition: Bibleopoly
- Edition 1998
"A Biblical Game of Fun and Faith"
Publisher: Late for The Sky Prod.Comp. - 1998
Dimensions of the box: 25.8 x 50.2 cm
The game:
This re-issue of the set of 1991 is identifiable by its different color order of
the 5 roofs on the lid, viz.: yellow
- orange
- red - purple
and green. And for the rest the whole box
and the game board look a bit more edited and luxurious. However, all cards, the
rules and "Quick Start"-card are still from 1991.
It is interesting to compare this bible game with the German game SHALOM. The
table below shows clearly the proper vision of each of the publishers:
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BIBLEOPOLY
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SHALOM
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| Object = to build a church |
Object = to better learning the Holy Writ |
| You start on "In the Beginning" |
You start on "Sinai Mountain" |
| The tokens are church Steeples |
The tokens are priests |
| The fields are Cities of which you may become
a Caretaker |
The fields are Cities of Tribes of which you
may become the owner |
| 8 color groups of 3 cities each |
11 color groups/tribes of 2 Cities each |
| Meditation |
Construction of a Tabernacle |
| Rejoice/Community Celebration |
Song and Exult year |
| Go Meditate |
Go help with the construction of the
Tabernacle |
| In the middle of each side you must pull an
ABYSS card |
In the middle of each side you can buy a
river |
| The ABYSS cards are on the Community Chest
space |
On the Community Chest space are the "Old
Testament" cards |
| Faith/Contingency cards each with their
"own" spaces on the board |
On the Chance space are the "New
Testament" cards |
| Offerings are made with notes |
Payment is done with camels and sheeps |
| There is only one church built in 1 of the
cities of a color group |
In all cities of all tribes can be built;
first (white) Wells, afterwards (brown)
Citywalls |
| Winner is the one who is the first to built
the church |
Winner is the one with the most properties |
The price of this set amounted to US$ 40.- in March 1999 on ebay
web site.
 Edition: Millenniumopoly
Publisher: Late for The Sky Prod.Comp. - 1998
Dimensions of the box: 26.5 x 50.5 cm
The game:
Ever often specialty games appear that are both interesting and instructive. In
this game 26 highlights of twenty centuries of worldhistory are quoted. An
explanation of these events is given in an additionally supplied solid card,
like:
| Gutenberg Bible - The first book ever produced mechanically was a Bible printed in Europe around 1455 on a press invented
by Johann Gutenberg. Gutenberg developed his process of printing by using movable type. The 42 line Bible consisted of
1,284 pages, each with two columns of text containing 42 lines to a column. |
| Marco Polo - Born in 1254, Marco Polo was a Venetian explorer whose account of his travels in Asia was the primary source for
the European
image of the Far East until the late 19th century.
His travels stimulated
Western interest in Far Eastern trade and influenced people such as
Christopher Columbus. |
The spaces on the board are from "Father Time" resp.:
Year 1000 - Big Fun! - The Plague - Exterminate Y2K Bug/Pay $ 200 - LEIF
ERICSSON - Wesminster Abbey - Contingency - Galileo - Magna Carta - 20th Century/Moving
forward - Renaissance - Peace - Gutenberg Bible - Copernicus - MARCO POLO -
Shakespeare - Big Fun! - Mozart - Michelangelo - Happy New Year! - American
Revolution - Contingency - Thomas Edison - Industrial Revolution - CHRISTOPHER
COLUMBUS - Telephone - Modern Olympics - Love - Amelia Earhart - Back to 20th
Century - Television - Rock 'N' Roll - Big Fun! - Fall of Berlin Wall - NEIL
ARMSTRONG - The Internet - Contingency - Party Clean Up/$75 and Year 2000.
Note that the stations are "explorers" here!
On field that is called "Contingency" in each edition are
now again 14 numbered yellow cards with very
appropriate texts like:
| The year is 1480. Leonardo Da Vinci invents the parachute. Parachute
forward 7 spaces. |
| The year is 1518. Spectacles are created for the "shortsighted".
Fumble forward 3 spaces and buy a pair. Place $50 in center of board. |
Some funny texts of the 14 blue "Big
Fun!" cards are:
| The first television broadcast was in 1928. There's still nothing on! -
Advance to Gutenberg Bible and get a book. |
| "The automobile is just a fad … it will never replace the horse."
- Drive to the Industrial Revolution. |
The 6 silver colored metal tokens are in random order: Viking boat -
biplane - Neil Armstrong on the moon - horse - old car and a computer.
Instead of houses and hotels there are 32 blue
Blocks of Time (with dial) and 12 green
Centuries consisting of a shield-on-base.
The money consists of uninteresting banknotes of "Late For The Sky -
Cincinnaty, Ohio" in the denominations 1 - 5 - 10 - 20 - 50 - 100 and 500.
The price of this set amounted to US$ 25.00 in May 1999.
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