---
title: "Nurburgring Monopoly Is the Latest and Greatest Source of Gearhead Family Fun"
description: "Flights to Germany are real pricey this time of year, so why not celebrate Weihnachten at home with a Nürburgring-themed board game instead?"
date: "2019-12-05"
modified: "2019-12-05"
authors:
  - name: "James Gilboy"
    job_title: "Contributing Writer"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/james-gilboy"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/31340/nurburgring-monopoly-is-the-latest-and-greatest-source-of-gearhead-family-fun"
categories:
  - "Culture"
  - "News"
---

# Nurburgring Monopoly Is the Latest and Greatest Source of Gearhead Family Fun

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This Christmas, Chanukah, or Winter Solstice Feast, you might find the Nürburgring laid out on your kitchen table. As cool as it'd be if it were [a custom slot car track](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/20503/slot-mods-is-building-bespoke-race-tracks-at-a-micro-scale>), it's actually a lower-octane form of indoor fun: A Monopoly board.

Germany's most famous racetrack is the subject of the latest themed Monopoly edition, with the circuit announcing its release via social media on Thursday. Rather than skipping through Mediterranean and Tennessee Avenue for a chance at snagging Boardwalk for yourself, you'll go flat through [the Green Hell](<https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/20809/the-24-hours-of-the-nrburgring-is-the-greenest-sort-of-hell>)'s famous corners Bergwerk and Flugplatz on your way to the board's (and track's) crown jewel, Karussell.

![message-editor%2F1575576051743-\_layout\_mpy\_board\_n\_rburgring\_final\_klein.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1575576051743-_layout_mpy_board_n_rburgring_final_klein.jpg>)
*Nürburgring Monopoly, *Nürburgring**

In place of railroads and utilities are spectator areas, and rather than stumbling across Chance and Community Chest spaces, your piece may be called to either a Team Meeting or for what the Germans call a *Boxenstopp*—a presumably [efficient pit stop](<https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/29210/watch-red-bull-pull-off-the-fastest-pit-stop-in-formula-1-history>). Advancing across the board is done not with a die, but a "pace cube," which will advance your game piece of choice as many spaces as you roll. Eight unique pieces are packaged with this edition of the game, six of which appear to include a trophy, a stack of wheels and tires, a transporter truck, a race helmet, a wheel gun, and a Formula 1 open-wheel race car.

This Monopoly edition retails [on the Nürburgring's online shop](<https://www.nuerburgring-shop.de/monopoly-nuerburgring-v2-163303600999.html?utm_source=nri.ng&utm_medium=urlshortener>) for €44.95, or approximately $50 before shipping. Sure, that's pricey for a game of Monopoly, but what do you expect? Motorsport is an expensive hobby, regardless of whether you're lapping a real track or passing LOS to collect €200.

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## Author
James is a former staff writer for The Drive. He has changed the conversation around electrification, debunked misinformation online, and become a prominent hunter of what he calls "automotive cryptids."

### Author social links  
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