Bellevillians can celebrate their hometown by gifting each other a piece of their community this Christmas.

Belleville-Opoly is a new, limited-edition board game from Canadian owned and operated Outset Media and Walmart Canada, which shines a light on all things Belleville. It takes a distinctive local spin on the classic game of Monopoly (the bestselling board game in history), where properties and places are Belleville-community staples, landmarks and attractions.

There’s also a Trenton-Opoly among the close to 50 communities in Canada that Outset Media — a Canadian privately held wholesale supplier and manufacturer of toys, games and puzzles based out of Victoria, BC — produced for Walmart Canada.

The game was created by Walmart, who had a similar program in the United States.

“The program in the States was extremely popular, so Walmart Canada approached us to create the games here,” said Outset Media senior vice president Jean Paul Teskey.

“We’re almost at 50 communities in Canada, but it seems to be more popular in smaller centres. For instance, Sarnia out sold Toronto significantly, far more than double the sales,” said Teskey. “We think your readers would love to spend face-to-face time bonding and laughing this Christmas as they compete over buying and selling Zwick’s Park, the Pinnacle Playhouse or even the Glanmore National Historic Site.”

So how do you make a game about the great community of Belleville?

While it’s impossible to include everything, they jammed all the Belleville they could into the box. It’s full of outdoor adventures, family attractions, rich traditions and of course… the Waterfront and Ethnic Festival — a little something for every Bellevillian. Looking for a fun way to experience Belleville?

Here’s a quick idea of how to play.

Buy your favourite Belleville properties, increase your rent by collecting city blocks and trading them in for the keys to the city. Sound easy? Well, add in some traffic jams, property tax and parking fines and it gets a little more difficult and a lot more fun.

Choose your token and advance to Go Belleville. You may soon be the mayor, or out of the game for eating too much Burger Revolution or The Boathouse.

It’s for ages eight and up and for two to six players. The six tokens include: High Five, Heart, The Dog, Big Smile, Pretzel and Gym Shoe.

Teskey said the games are limited editions with both the Belleville and Trenton Walmarts each having approximately 400 games in stock. They retail at $29.97.

“It’s based on the best selling board game of all time and it’s a pretty cool custom gift, and once they’re gone they’re gone, so it could also become a cool collector’s item,” Teskey said.

He added Walmart will come up with a new list of communities next year for Outset to produce.