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  "description": "At Toy Fair NY, Hasbro revealed its 2026 game line-up",
  "path": "/monopoly-deal-no-mercy-clue-operation-servd-magic-the-gathering/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-23T06:00:59.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.wericmartin.com",
  "tags": [
    "Hasbro",
    "**_Crossfire_**",
    "Tonies",
    "**_SERVD_**",
    "a February 11, 2026 post",
    "**_Magic: The Gathering_**",
    "OKTO Sensory Art"
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  "textContent": "In ye olden days prior to Covid, Hasbro had an off-site, multi-floor exhibit during Toy Fair NY to display all of its upcoming products, so it was a surprise in 2026 to find Hasbro having a booth on the exhibitor floor just like everyone else. I mean, the booth was completely walled in and accessible only by appointment, so that was the same as in ye olden days, but still — different!\n\nWhat wasn't different, though, was the focus on licensed products that match what's already available on shelves, such as this display of holiday-themed games:\n\n**_The Game of Life: Elf_** , **_Candy Land: Elf on a Shelf_** , **_Clue: Home Alone_** , both **_Monopoly: The Nightmare Before Christmas_** and **_Monopoly Deal: The Nightmare Before Christmas_**?! The Grinch appears in both **_Operation_** and (another) **_Monopoly Deal_** because why not?\n\nThe only unbranded titles here are three versions of **_Jenga Mini_** , which feature small plastic tiles in various colors, with the pastel version being released for Easter, the purple and orange one for Halloween, and the red, white, and green one for Christmas. \"Do they have any rule changes or twists?\" I asked hopefully. No, they do not.\n\n• • • • • • • • • • • • • •\n\nWhen _KPop Demon Hunters_ became an unexpected hit on Netflix, multiple articles popped up to explain why so few licensed products were available. (Answer: Its hit status was unexpected.)\n\nHaving surveyed both Spielwarenmesse and Toy Fair, I will comfort anyone worried about a lack of such products that you will soon find them everywhere you look, whether you want them or not. Here's a third new version of **_Monopoly Deal_** , for example, and the umpteenth version of **_Monopoly_**.\n\n• • • • • • • • • • • • • •\n\nFor variety(?), you could instead turn to _**Monopoly Deal: No Mercy**_ , which follows in the footsteps of _UNO_ and _Flip 7_ by having a \"mean\" version of a game that can already be somewhat mean when played normally. Anyone who thinks that \"take that\" doesn't belong in a game design hasn't played games with \"normal\" people, if you know what I mean.\n\n• • • • • • • • • • • • • •\n\nYe olde game **_Crossfire_** will return in a new edition in July 2026, with the goal being to shoot all of the ball bearings into places where they can't be recovered so that you need to buy yet another edition of the game.\n\n• • • • • • • • • • • • • •\n\nI had not heard of Tonies prior to visiting the Hasbro booth, but Tonies is apparently a (sort of) interactive electronic play device for young children, with you placing a \"sleeve\" on top of the device to give it the parameters of the story, activity, or game the children will be involved with. Hasbro has created _Monopoly_ , _Guess Who?_ , and _The Game of Life_ modules for use with Tonieplay.\n\nI find it odd that Tonie touts itself as \"a screen-free gaming experience\" when it's...an electronic device gaming experience. I mean, true, no screen is present, but as I understand the situation, the \"screen\" itself is not the bogeyman; neglect of your children in the care of an electronic babysitter is. (I have issues with that argument as well, but I just wanted to point out the absurdity here. You might as well tout an \"arsenic-free gaming experience\".)\n\n• • • • • • • • • • • • • •\n\nAs far I can tell, **_SERVD_** has been around since 2023, and it's one of those designs that's called a \"card game\", but would be more accurately described as a \"card-based activity\".\n\n_SERVD_ comes in different editions — Couples, Friends, Summer Daze, Newborn Parents, and Kids vs Parents — but the principle is the same: You split the cards among participants, and whenever the situation seems right, you serve a card to someone to make them do something, whether that's to pay you compliments, do an activity they don't want to do, organize a day trip, etc. That person now has that particular card, so they might serve it to you in the future, and the cycle continues ever thus.\n\nHasbro has now added _SERVD_ to its catalog, and we should anticipate _Monopoly Deal: SERVD_ hitting the market in 2027.\n\n• • • • • • • • • • • • • •\n\nAs noted in a February 11, 2026 post, revenue from sales of **_Magic: The Gathering_** was up 59% in 2025 compared to the previous year, so you should expect much more _Magic_ for as long as that gravy train keeps pouring. Pictured here are the four display cases within the Hasbro booth, with no individual cards being shown or available.\n\n_Magic_ players must learn how to do a French tuck if they want to accessorize their games with the proper clothing.\n\n• • • • • • • • • • • • • •\n\n_**Dungeons & Dragons: Welcome to the Hellfire Club**_ will include characters played by the characters on the _Stranger Things_ television show that can now be played by you, with those characters participating in adventures supposedly created by the _ST_ characters.\n\n• • • • • • • • • • • • • •\n\nI imagine that the cost of building my own six-foot-tall sculpture of a hand out of OKTO Sensory Art material would be prohibitively expensive, so I'll have to be satisfied with this image, which reminds me of the animated teddy bear in _Akira_.\n\n• • • • • • • • • • • • • •\n\nLike what you read? Leave a tip to support independent board game journalism!\n\nLeave a tip",
  "title": "Expect No Mercy in Monopoly Deal",
  "updatedAt": "2026-02-23T06:00:59.000Z"
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