For my final piece, I decided to go with making a board game. In his interview, Sebastian Marroquin mentioned that his father hated losing and would even cheat during family Monopoly games so I got the idea to make some sort of board game as a way to show Escobars life.
I've decided to begin by breaking down the Monopoly rules and having a look at the fundamentals. I want to stick to the classic Monopoly game and change the name of properties around to fit Escobars life.
I've started by looking at the original classic Monopoly game:
By looking at my research on Escobar and doing some more research online, I've gathered the main locations and objects that were significant in his life in order to plan out my Monopoly game.
I used Adobe Illustrator to create my cards.
The less valuable properties on Monopoly are 'Old Kent Road' & 'Whitechapel' so for these, I decided to use the time where Escobar was making the least amount of money. This was when he began his criminal journey by selling counterfeit cigarettes and tombstones.
