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evilgriff
Trash game really. Grandma always cheats.
JollyJokzr
Would be nice to have free rent if the landlord's in jail
GrandPubabofMoldistan
The aution rule is the best because you can buy a property for nothing or force someone else to go all out
ricksancheezits
And the only way to win is to never play.
aristera
I refused to play by any house rules. The game just doesn't end otherwise.
eratosthenesearth
If everybody agrees to a certain set of rules, then are valid. Just like Republican party has done.
toron
I believe that 'when in jail =no rent' is actually from a rulebook. At least in version with plastic cards instead of paper money.
TootiesMagooties
What's the point of having to go a whole rotation without buying? Just a scenic round?
SlyeFox
To spread the players out.
shinagami091
I guess so that there a chance the first person to roll doesn’t get an advantage of being first.
greaser4ever
Yeah that's just stupid and prolongs the game. No point at all.
MissSpelledTattoo
Imalwaysready
The only thing to remember when it comes to Monopoly:
J3lek
My strategy: flip the game board on my 4th turn. No one asks you to play monopply after that.
pickeringjjj365
Who’s still playing Monopoly?
woodenmammoth
They're not really rules people get wrong. They are actually in the rule book as optional game rules.
cert
They've added those "optional game rules" to the book because so many people were playing by them.
TheMouseOfMadness
Much like the dictionaries gave up and define "literally" as also meaning "figuratively" they're just documenting people doing it wrong
UncomfortableAnswers
They are now, yes. Not in the original rulebook.
Babomonkey
Yeah, the original "rule book" was directions printed inside the lid of the box.
KaizokuShojo
I never actually enjoyed playing Monopoly by any rules. I haven't tried in ~20 years though.
Marbman13
Also, you get nothing for landing on free parking! Stop putting money there! It makes the game take forever!
aguhigeitchi
How does the auction work...where do u start...and can u change ur mind and bid for the property anyways?
robbak
How the auction is run isn't stated - that's up to the banker. And, yes, the person who landed on the property can bid. If everyone else doesn't have a enough cash, then you let it go for auction to either get it cheap, or cause problems by making another player overspend.
greaser4ever
I like the free parking house rule better, it makes the game more interesting to me, also have never ever played "a quick game" of monopoly.
edgareplekjekk
Those are some weird house rules which i can't believe many people use.
jursamaj
"House rules" is not "getting the rules wrong".
Shpadoinkleman
A lot of people think these are the official rules. So yes, that IS "getting the rules wrong."
jursamaj
By definition, if you call it a house rule, you know it's not the official rule.
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jursamaj
Then *those* rules aren't relevant to *this* discussion, since the meme clearly labels them *house rules*.
Gorgrim
often, these house rules are told as main rules. Or get passed on as main rules.
BreakfastSnowman
Who came up with that bottom left rule? "monopoly is going to take forever, let's have a tour around the board before we get started!"
IHateCakeDays
I think this cause it eliminates first staters ability to land properties first. Starting position isn’t decided by one throw.
razorgirl1066
I've only won at Monopoly once. It was Star Wars Monopoly and I was high as fuck for the very first time.
GINGIVITISSS
The set with the metal character models as the playing pieces? I have that set and it's fucking tight.
razorgirl1066
And we watched that Robin Hood movie with Patrick Bergin and Uma Thurman and it sucked so much.
TrappedInABubbleGumFactory
I have never known that movie even existed till now. Not sure if I should thank you for that or not ...
razorgirl1066
I was so high I got awful vertigo. I couldn't reach the remote to change it. The characters were laughing and I'm like, this shit sucks.
razorgirl1066
Just watch the 80s series from the UK. Michael Praed and a young Ray Winstone. Robin of Sherwood. Music by Clannad.
razorgirl1066
It's on Prime with ads.
anybodyjohn4
I don't think I actually "finished" a single game, usually people quit
J3lek
The problem with the game is it eliminates players. People put money on free parking as hope for losing players but then it lasts too long.
CodeXCDM
Dumb question about the last one... If it goes to auction, does the person that passed on the property get to bid?
FlyingInABlueDream
Yes
shinagami091
What’s the starting price? The mortgage value on the back?
SgtScotchMcStephens
Which, knowing that the opponents doesn’t have enough cash can start an auction and walk away with the property for less than initial price.
StupidSexyCentaur
It's almost like monopoly was built to be a scathing commentary on capitalism! Oh wait, it was.
WoodyGoodman
MissSpelledTattoo
I feel like this should say Community Cheat instead
CodeXCDM
One funny exception though. We don't all start off with the same amount of money... If we have any at all.
jimmyhowlett
Well it's never been accused of building friendships.
SpikeWolfwood
Monopoly is actually a much shorter game when following the actual rules.
HamshanksCPS
It's still awful
WonderfunkJones
Unfortunately, 90 percent of the game is squabbling over trading. And people wonder why I hate it.
thisnameistaken
To speed it up further double everyone's money means you can build quicker which stops the tedious £2-£20 first rents
MissSpelledTattoo
ActualTttony
Roll dice. Flip board. I hate this family. Done.
JackieTreehornProductions
Also much faster when you hand out 3 random properties at the start to each player.
kookyabird
The auction rule is what speeds it up the most.
AsiagoTheSuperVillain
Always buy unowned property in Monopoly. And in the game of Life, always go to college.
KillerTofu615
Yep, far more brutal too.
CandidGamera
Indeed. I have an edition that points that out in its rules, my favorite being how it highlights in very bold print that you cannot loan ->
CandidGamera
<- money between players or negotiate payment schemes if someone can't pay rent, saying "The GOAL OF THE GAME is to bankrupt the other ->
CandidGamera
<- players, WHY ON EARTH WOULD YOU POSTPONE THAT?!"
justsomeyahoo
Lol I played with my in laws once and my hubby was complaining I was being too aggressive & would bankrupt everyone. “Babe- THATS THE POINT”
Higure
It's still a terrible game, where you keep playing for an eternity after the winner is clear.
dextarrogue
Only if players are willing to sell and trade properties of you get 3. If you can't get houses or hotels on a property it takes forever.
FirstThingThatCameToMind
those house rules exist because an unmodified monopoly game ends with children crying.
Ivalicenyan
It's only short if you apply strategy an min-max your efforts. It's not the house rules that prolong the game, its mismanagement. amateur 1/
Ivalicenyan
Players will prioritize things like the railways and boardwalk, while better players want to cover as much ground as possible to prevent 2/
Ivalicenyan
Others from building or taking control of corners
LightlyFriedFishFilletsForDinner
Never played a game under 2 hours
basslyfe
Play with finance majors that shit is 30 minutes
SpikeWolfwood
Using the book rules you can easily finish a game in about an hour and a half. It's more brutal because house rules aren't bailing you out.
LoafofToast2012
I once won a 4 player game in about 45 minutes. One player had particularly bad luck to my profit, which quickly snowballed. Best game ever.
SadToSay
Once won a game against my friend in about 15 min. He rolled doubles like crazy and bought a ton of stuff. I got 1 monopoly he hit it twice.
an0therthr0waway
The rules used to include a variation called "the limit game" - whoever has the most $$$ at the end of x minutes is the winner.
mcfuckstick
*flips comments section over*
Vergenbuurg
Cutthroat Monopoly. Each player has 15 seconds, barring doubles. Need to quickly pay another player, but lacking funds? Give them a property
flufflogic
It also sticks closer to its original form as The Landlord Game, a socialist tool to demonstrate how only one person can win in capitalism.
flufflogic
Irony being, capitalists bought the rights and made an actual game of it, for profit... And as rights holders, only 1 company profits!
xconstellation
AsiagoTheSuperVillain
In real life, you don’t have to pay to stay at Boardwalk with a Hotel unless you choose to.
One8updude
Damn straight!
MisterPeachum
True, you could stay on Baltic Avenue with no houses but it'll still be owned by the same fuckers
Rektastic
the green rule is the most commonly ignored one, and is probably the biggest contributor to game length 1/2
Rektastic
because forcing every landed-on property to be bought will wipe out everyone's cash, causing even low rent to be deterious
maplealmond
It isn't forced to be bought. It's auctioned. It's possible no one bids. (Everyone will buy at one dollar though.)
ElioNope
Yeah, they whole "it's possible no one bids" is wrong as you state, even 1 dollar is worth it. Better still, when everyone has <$50, you can
ElioNope
now claim almost every property every time if you have >$50, because no one can, or dares, outbid you.
cfry23
CommentsWithGandalf
Seeing this reminds me how far boogie2988 has come with his weight loss
silentwolf1999
Saw him on youtube with AdamtheWoo and The Carpetbagger, was holy shit good on him.
t4piwa
This is a popular house rule
cearn
Feels like this should actually be in the book.
robotnixon13
*angry obese noises*
PieMasterOfTheRealm
robotnixon13
HoChiMinge
BunchaCrunchOfHuman
House rule: game's over when somebody gets slapped
TomGetsIt
By the book: The game never truly ends. We are all still playing until the day we die.
SpikeWolfwood
That's when the wrestling match starts.
PleaseRespectMyAsshole
Wrestling? Pfft. It's a fucking cage match, my friend.
ErinInStereo
it's almost like capitalism is wholly unfair to everyone except the rich
MissSpelledTattoo
SpikeWolfwood
The first version of Monopoly was called "The Landlord's Game" and was designed to teach about income inequality 1/2
SpikeWolfwood
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/monopoly-was-designed-teach-99-about-income-inequality-180953630/ 2/2
xconstellation
That is so cool
ErinInStereo
Which is exactly why Monopoly is fun if you're winning, but frustrating if you're losing.
vicvalour
Just like life, come on, come on lottery, ah fuck 4 more kids!
SpikeWolfwood
I'd be really interested in playing The Landlord's Game with the anti-monopolist rule set she designed to see how differently it plays.
SmolTenk
Also:There is a limit on the amount of houses in the game.You can lock down others just by buying enough cheap houses to deny them progress.
OhISee24
That's all and well until you pay for repairs.
SmolTenk
Bit of a risk remains. On the other hand, there is a good chance that you made enough
IAmGodot
You need to add in that you can't buy a hotel without first buying houses.
FrolickingFrolicking
Maybe YOU can’t…
thisnameistaken
That's a very basic rule of the game
IAmGodot
Considering we're talking about house rules vs actual rules, plenty of people play where you can skip straight to a hotel
thisnameistaken
Honestly never heard of it but if you don't have to buy the houses then why would you?
IAmGodot
I've seen it where people pay the cost of the house buy don't actually put them on the board.
mechanerd
I have never heard of some of those house rules.
Durff123
I never heard of any of them either. Not only do I play the game a bunch I l watch people play it on YouTube. Both online and on board.
stja
I never heard of any of those house rules, except the auction bit which we always forgot.
IDontKnowWhatToDoAnymoreAndImTired
My family always skipped the auctions just because it was a pain in the ass to do.
CandidGamera
Except the full rotation one, I've never encountered anybody who doesn't play with those house rules.
MissSpelledTattoo
iexist
Played them all; didn’t realize the real rules until I was 18 living with roommates
cepacolusmaximus
We do the free parking one, but the rest of these are fucking stupid.
OctoPussyGalore
We apparently never played by the book, I only recognize some of the house rules, none of the official ones
IainG101
I'm the exact opposite; we always played by the rules. My family are mostly in finance and accounting though....
ZebraCockSandwich
The only one we've ever used was the last one - if you don't want to buy you dont have to. Never used any of the others.
Tralon
We always played with all of them.
ViolentSheepOfReason
Here in Holland we use all of the too, I wonder how they became such a globally used wrong set of rules
Tralon
That’s a good question. I learned them from my parents. No idea where they got them from.
Dolenmorgul
yes, we used all of them
MarkWatneysVicodinPotato
They all seem like shitty rules tbh. Why not just start the game with an extra $200 and buy right away unless you like super long games.
BlindGardener
I've only heard of the green one. The pink one seems to be aimed at peventing the 'winning move' Get some properties then go to jail.
BlindGardener
You can't lose money in jail. I always try to go to jail on purpose, and never use get out of jail free cards.
captainhappen
After your third turn you gotta pay $50 and get out.
ninjazidane8
Even so, that is a bargain when you're staring down a board of potential houses/hotels.
ninjazidane8
Once all the properties are bought, going to jail is one of the best moves you can do
BlindGardener
Never had that rule in my uncle's house.
captainhappen
It's in the rule book.
captainhappen
https://hasbro-new.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/14/~/in-monopoly%2C-how-do-i-get-out-of-jail%3F-do-i-have-to-use-the-get-out-of-jail