Monopoly Lifesized

Yes, really: it’s a gigantic Monopoly board, allowing you and a group of fellow players to live out your dreams of rampant landlordism in the flesh. In ‘Monopoly Lifesized’ – which takes up residence in the old Paperchase building – is four gigantic Monopoly boards: Classic, City (which offers a more up-to-date version of London), Junior, and Vault (which is ‘set behind the scenes of Mr Monopoly’s bank’ and we can’t quite work out if it’s actually Monopoly or not. The prices are fairly remarkable, but then we are talking a game celebrating the power of unchecked capitalism, and if you’re up happy to pony up it should be a proper laugh. It opens its doors August 14.