Be a Berks Billionaire is a fairly rare board game developed by a citizen of Berk’s County; Joan C. Zintak of Wyomissing. The game was developed and sold in 1984. It was originally intended to have a print run of 5000 games.
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There was some competitive drama surrounding the game as apparently an organization called the Reading Market Association created a similar game at the exact same time called, “The Game of Reading”.
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The game features Berks businesses in the place of the standard Monopoly properties. The “community chest” cards also feature situation unique to Berks County.