▁ ▁Board ▁ ▁The ▁Mon opol y ▁game - board ▁consists ▁of ▁forty ▁spaces ▁containing ▁twenty - e ight ▁properties — tw enty - two ▁streets ▁( group ed ▁into ▁eight ▁color ▁groups ), ▁four ▁rail ro ads , ▁and ▁two ▁util ities — three ▁Ch ance ▁spaces , ▁three ▁Community ▁Ch est ▁spaces , ▁a ▁Lux ury ▁Tax ▁space , ▁an ▁In come ▁Tax ▁space , ▁and ▁the ▁four ▁corner ▁squares : ▁GO , ▁( In ) ▁J ail / Just ▁Vis iting , ▁Free ▁Park ing , ▁and ▁Go ▁to ▁J ail . ▁ ▁US ▁versions ▁There ▁have ▁since ▁been ▁some ▁changes ▁to ▁the ▁board . ▁Not ▁all ▁of ▁the ▁Ch ance ▁and ▁Community ▁Ch est ▁cards ▁as ▁shown ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 5 ▁pat ent ▁were ▁used ▁in ▁ed itions ▁from ▁ 1 9 3 6 / 1 9 3 7 ▁on wards . ▁Graphics ▁with ▁the ▁Mr . ▁Mon opol y ▁character ▁( then ▁known ▁as ▁" Rich ▁Uncle ▁Pen ny b ags ") ▁were ▁added ▁in ▁that ▁same ▁time - frame . ▁A ▁graph ic ▁of ▁a ▁ch est ▁containing ▁co ins ▁was ▁added ▁to ▁the ▁Community ▁Ch est ▁spaces , ▁as ▁were ▁the ▁flat ▁purchase ▁prices ▁of ▁the ▁properties . ▁Trad itionally , ▁the ▁Community ▁Ch est ▁cards ▁were ▁yellow ▁( although ▁they ▁were ▁sometimes ▁printed ▁on ▁blue ▁stock ) ▁with ▁no ▁decor ation ▁or ▁text ▁on ▁the ▁back ; ▁the ▁Ch ance ▁cards ▁were ▁orange ▁with ▁no ▁text ▁or ▁decor ation ▁on ▁the ▁back