Stranger Things Season 4 is just over a week away, but a tie-in Monopoly game spoiling some major plot points has seemingly hit shelves before the penultimate season has hit screens.
It looks like a few people have temporarily paused their D&D campaigns in favor of picking up a new Stranger Things Monopoly game that ties into the upcoming fourth season of the hit Netflix series. According to The Hollywood Reporter, images of the board game have started making the rounds online, with a few of the game's cards spoiling major plot points.
A Reddit thread created about the leak claimed the game was purchased at "a nationally recognized retailer and purchased fair and square by a consumer. Nobody stole it; nobody leaked a sample." Although that information is unconfirmed, many people have been sharing the cards online and theorizing harder than Murray Bauman about upcoming events.
The Duffer brothers, on the other hand, are said to have had a "total meltdown" about the leaked spoilers, as sources claim that they were never consulted about the game and certainly didn't approve of it being released ahead of Season 4, regardless of whether or not it was meant to be, as they like to maintain a certain level of secrecy around the show.
The fourth season marks the beginning of the end for Stranger Things, as the Duffer brothers announced in a letter to fans in February that the Netflix hit would wrap up after Season 5, meaning there's plenty to be revealed about the characters and the lore of the Upside Down in the next season. Knowledge of what's coming varies from person to person.
"We really wanted to give as many of our characters as we could their time to shine and to really work on their character development and their arcs," Ross explained in IGN's first ever digital cover story, reflecting on Season 4's bumper length. "And we've talked about this being a very revelatory season, in that there's a lot of stuff that we want to tell the audience."
It's the first season of Stranger Things to be split in two, with Part 1 debuting on May 27 and another batch of episodes hitting Netflix on July 1. It's also reported to be its most expensive season yet, given that it's over five hours longer than previous seasons, as well as allegedly one of the most expensive TV shows of all time (although Netflix has not confirmed that).
Adele Ankers-Range is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow her on Twitter.
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It looks like a few people have temporarily paused their D&D campaigns in favor of picking up a new Stranger Things Monopoly game that ties into the upcoming fourth season of the hit Netflix series. According to The Hollywood Reporter, images of the board game have started making the rounds online, with a few of the game's cards spoiling major plot points.
A Reddit thread created about the leak claimed the game was purchased at "a nationally recognized retailer and purchased fair and square by a consumer. Nobody stole it; nobody leaked a sample." Although that information is unconfirmed, many people have been sharing the cards online and theorizing harder than Murray Bauman about upcoming events.
The Duffer brothers, on the other hand, are said to have had a "total meltdown" about the leaked spoilers, as sources claim that they were never consulted about the game and certainly didn't approve of it being released ahead of Season 4, regardless of whether or not it was meant to be, as they like to maintain a certain level of secrecy around the show.
The fourth season marks the beginning of the end for Stranger Things, as the Duffer brothers announced in a letter to fans in February that the Netflix hit would wrap up after Season 5, meaning there's plenty to be revealed about the characters and the lore of the Upside Down in the next season. Knowledge of what's coming varies from person to person.
"We really wanted to give as many of our characters as we could their time to shine and to really work on their character development and their arcs," Ross explained in IGN's first ever digital cover story, reflecting on Season 4's bumper length. "And we've talked about this being a very revelatory season, in that there's a lot of stuff that we want to tell the audience."
It's the first season of Stranger Things to be split in two, with Part 1 debuting on May 27 and another batch of episodes hitting Netflix on July 1. It's also reported to be its most expensive season yet, given that it's over five hours longer than previous seasons, as well as allegedly one of the most expensive TV shows of all time (although Netflix has not confirmed that).
Adele Ankers-Range is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow her on Twitter.
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