`Monopoly' maker Hasbro has recently launched a shorter and speedier version of the typically-long board game; in an apparent attempt to attract the latest generation of the classic board game players who seemingly don't have the time to play the game's full version.

Dubbed `Monopoly Empire,' the speedier new version of the board game is chiefly aimed children aged 8 years and older.

The new `Monopoly Empire' game can be completed in barely 30 minutes, so that it can fit into the busy schedules - which include dance classes, band practice, soccer tryouts, and other activities - of the young gamers.

With Hasbro having figured that kids do not have time to waste in the slammer, the makers of the US version of the board game are seemingly so concerned by time-poor kids that they have done away with the jail in the new speedier version of the game --- a move which will `save' children's time because they will not have to wait to roll a double.

Other than making Monopoly a speedier game to play for the young present-generation players, another change which the makers have brought aboard the new `Monopoly Empire' version is that players will no longer fight to own properties, as they did in the original game. Rather, they will have to compete to buy brands, like Coca-Cola and McDonald's.