Polopoly
Persian Monopoly, played online
Polopoly (پولوپولی) is a Monopoly-style board game made for Persian speakers. The board, the cards, the play money: all of it is in Farsi, and the streets are real Iranian places, spread across eight boards, from Tehran neighbourhoods to Kish island hotels and the alleys of the Grand Bazaar.
It runs in the browser for free. Make a room, send the link to your people, and play with 2 to 6 players, wherever in the world they happen to be.
What you actually play
It is the property-trading game you already know: roll two dice, buy streets, collect rent, complete colour sets, build houses and hotels, and try to be the last player who hasn't gone bankrupt.
Auctions, mortgages and trading are all in. Before the game starts, the host can switch house rules on or off (auctions, starting cash, rent in jail, that sort of thing) so the table plays the way your family always played.
A Tehran board instead of Atlantic City
On the Tehran map the cheap corner starts at Khak-e Sefid, and the expensive end tops out at Zafaraniyeh, Tehran's answer to Boardwalk, priced at 400 toman. The Isfahan board finishes at Naqsh-e Jahan Square, and Ahvaz counts the city's famous bridges among its transport tiles. That last one felt obvious to us: Ahvaz without its bridges isn't Ahvaz.
The boards aren't just re-skins, either. Some carry their own twist: seasons swing every rent on the Caspian coast board, every property goes straight to auction on the Grand Bazaar one, and Kish island runs on big money with a doubled salary. Tehran stays the plain classic.
Made for game night with family back home
If you live abroad and your family group chat runs in Farsi, this is the game night that actually works. Nobody installs an app, nobody creates an account: a guest opens the room link in a phone browser, types a name, picks a token, and they're in.
One player can be in Toronto while the rest are in Tehran. Everyone sees the same board at the same moment, and nobody waits longer than a dice roll.
The catch: the game itself is in Farsi
There is no English interface (yet). If you read Farsi, you're set. If your reading is rusty, the game is forgiving about it. Buttons only appear when you can actually use them, and after a round or two the flow carries you.
Plenty of people use it exactly this way: the Farsi practice is part of the point.
Quick start
Getting a game going takes about a minute:
- Open the game and type a display name. That's the whole signup.
- Create a room (or open the link a friend sent you).
- Pick a board; Tehran is the classic, and there are seven more.
- Share the room link and start once 2 to 6 players are in.
- Short on people? Add a bot or two.
Questions people ask
Is it free?
Yes. No price tag, no in-app purchases.
Do I need an account?
No. Guests play with just a name. Accounts exist for keeping stats, friends and match history.
Can I play from outside Iran?
Yes. It's a website; anyone with the room link can join, from any country.
Is this official Monopoly?
No. Polopoly is an independent Persian take on the classic property-trading formula, not affiliated with Hasbro.
Open the game
The game UI is in Persian. Make a room, pick the Tehran board, and drop the link in your family group.
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