We like playing the classic game of Monopoly for a few reasons, not the least of which is that it allows us to feel like our own Mr. Trump as we buy, sell, and penalize our neighbors on our way to being superrich. The game can be had at any toy retailer for about $20, but no self-respecting mogul would be caught dead touching the cardboard and crude tin pieces.

No, the real tycoons play the Geoffrey Parker edition, with the game board and dice cups lovingly crafted out of good leather, the pieces of hand-tooled pewter, as are the hotels and houses. If you’re playing on this board, you play like you mean it. For added fun, play with real money, for keeps. Just don’t volunteer to be the banker, no matter how attractive the leather-bound banker’s box is to the touch.

All of this Big Kahunaism for only $4,550, which sounds like a lot, until you realize this is the one Monopoly board from which you’ll never lose the pieces.

Geoffrey Parker Monopoly [Barney's]