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RappinHobo9292
01/24/12 3:03:00 PM
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and the bank ran out of money.

Has that ever happened to anyone here before?

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FashnQueenEtna
01/24/12 3:06:00 PM
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Yes. When this happens you're supposed to make up your own money. The bank is supposed to have limitless funds. However, I had like 3 monopoly boards so i had 3x the cash for the bank, so it eventually happened a lot less.

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Ness26
01/24/12 3:06:00 PM
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Let me guess: Free Parking?

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firefdr
01/24/12 3:07:00 PM
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were you playing cooperative mode?
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RappinHobo9292
01/24/12 3:08:00 PM
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Yep

That was to directed to Ness

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WazzupGenius00
01/24/12 3:13:00 PM
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stop playing Monopoly incorrectly and that won't happen

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The Real Truth
01/24/12 3:15:00 PM
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Yeah you're probably playing incorrectly. I know everyone has sort of adopted their own set of rules. If you actually read what Free Parking is, you should never run out of money.

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Ness26
01/24/12 3:17:00 PM
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I don't mind other people playing by house rules.

What I do mind is when people play by house rules and then complain about a game of Monopoly taking forever.

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NeoElfboy
01/24/12 5:41:00 PM
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What I do mind is when people play by house rules and then complain about a game of Monopoly taking forever.

Pretty much this.

I was amazed when I first played Monopoly without Free Parking-related shenanigans. The game's actually fast!

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Natwaf_akidna
01/24/12 5:45:00 PM
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Wait, what's this about Free Parking?

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Ness26
01/24/12 8:26:00 PM
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The official rules of Monopoly have Free Parking be a blank space. Nothing happens if you land on it. You're free from rent.

The most common house rule of Monopoly is that Free Parking collects "board money" -- debts paid from the income tax/luxury tax spaces, as well as Chance/Community Chest cards. Frequently they start Free Parking with a pot of $100-500. Land on it and you claim all the money.

This obviously drags the game out. When you remove money sinks from a game that relies on players running out of money for it to end (or you add money sources), the game is going to take longer. This is why people have games of Monopoly that last over 2 hours, when the game played by the official rules usually lasts about an hour (more if you have exceptionally talky traders).

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LeonhartFour
01/24/12 8:27:00 PM
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And you must be the Monopoly guy!

Hey...*whispers*...Thanks for the Free Parking.

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blindhobo13
01/24/12 8:28:00 PM
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I stole money from the bank claiming I wanted to exchange my smaller bills.

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Natwaf_akidna
01/24/12 8:33:00 PM
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What.

It freakin says free! What the hell.

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foolm0ron
01/24/12 8:35:00 PM
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I've never had a game of Monopoly end in 4 hours let alone 1 or 2 hours

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WazzupGenius00
01/25/12 9:57:00 AM
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From: Natwaf_akidna | #014
What.

It freakin says free! What the hell.


Free as in you don't have to pay anything for landing there

Might as well cover the other two common house rules that tend to stretch things out, while we're here:

If someone lands on a property and decides they don't want it, you don't just say "oh well" and let it stay unowned until the next time someone lands on it. You have to hold an auction for that property among all the players, bidding starts at one dollar.

You don't have to go around the board once before purchasing property. You can purchase immediately.

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XIII_rocks
01/25/12 10:00:00 AM
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Came in to say

"...are you still playing?"

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Megaman703
01/25/12 10:48:00 AM
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Isn't there also a rule that says the game stops when one person is bankrupt? I remember hearing that being one of the house rules that makes the game go on forever.

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KingButz
01/25/12 11:12:00 AM
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From: WazzupGenius00 | #016
Free as in you don't have to pay anything for landing there

Might as well cover the other two common house rules that tend to stretch things out, while we're here:

If someone lands on a property and decides they don't want it, you don't just say "oh well" and let it stay unowned until the next time someone lands on it. You have to hold an auction for that property among all the players, bidding starts at one dollar.

You don't have to go around the board once before purchasing property. You can purchase immediately.


Are you saying that these are house rules or they aren't? I've never played a game where you have to go around the board once before buying stuff.

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LeonhartFour
01/25/12 11:13:00 AM
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From: KingButz | #019
I've never played a game where you have to go around the board once before buying stuff.


That's usually how I've played whenever I play Monopoly (which isn't often because I don't really like it).

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Hrezs
01/25/12 11:23:00 AM
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KingButz posted...
From: WazzupGenius00 | #016
Free as in you don't have to pay anything for landing there

Might as well cover the other two common house rules that tend to stretch things out, while we're here:

If someone lands on a property and decides they don't want it, you don't just say "oh well" and let it stay unowned until the next time someone lands on it. You have to hold an auction for that property among all the players, bidding starts at one dollar.

You don't have to go around the board once before purchasing property. You can purchase immediately.
Are you saying that these are house rules or they aren't? I've never played a game where you have to go around the board once before buying stuff.

Those are house rules.

I play the board money goes to free parking and no auctioning. Free parking way has a chance to shorten the game if the guy who's winning lands on it. I don't add money to it though, that makes the game last too long.
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Hrezs
01/25/12 11:26:00 AM
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LeonhartFour posted...
From: KingButz | #019
I've never played a game where you have to go around the board once before buying stuff.
That's usually how I've played whenever I play Monopoly (which isn't often because I don't really like it).

I've played this way too. Its a dumb rule and I don't understand its purpose, if you're trying to nullify the opening roll luck, you're probably just going to screw someone in my experience. Or someone hits the go to go/boardwalk chance card. Broken.
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KingButz
01/25/12 11:30:00 AM
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Auctioning is a house rule? I've never played without auctioning

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The Mana Sword
01/25/12 11:34:00 AM
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Auctioning is not a house rule.

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FashnQueenEtna
01/25/12 11:35:00 AM
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Auctioning always happens if a property is not sold upon landing.

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SockoDeus
01/25/12 11:39:00 AM
#26:


KingButz posted...
Auctioning is a house rule? I've never played without auctioning

I don't remember seeing auctioning in the rules, but it's been a while. I do know that auctioning is/was the rule in the old video games.

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KingButz
01/25/12 11:56:00 AM
#27:


Augh I'm so confused.

So in the official rules you auction and also get to buy properties right away, right? Those are the rules I remember.

Damn I miss this game.

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WazzupGenius00
01/25/12 11:58:00 AM
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The thing I said you don't do in each of those statements was the house rule.

So "no auctions" is a house rule, "go around the board once" is a house rule

Somebody mentioned stopping at first bankrupt. I think that used to be one of the "Short Game" rules but I don't think that exists anymore. You play until only one player is remaining in the standard game. Auctions are in the standard game, you can purchase property immediately, and Free Parking does nothing.

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CrimsonOcean
01/25/12 12:01:00 PM
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The first time I actually read the rules for Monopoly and learned you were suppose to auction landed on unwanted properties I was literally flabbergasted.

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KingButz
01/25/12 12:33:00 PM
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From: WazzupGenius00 | #028
The thing I said you don't do in each of those statements was the house rule.

So "no auctions" is a house rule, "go around the board once" is a house rule

Somebody mentioned stopping at first bankrupt. I think that used to be one of the "Short Game" rules but I don't think that exists anymore. You play until only one player is remaining in the standard game. Auctions are in the standard game, you can purchase property immediately, and Free Parking does nothing.


Ok so it looks like the only house rule I used regularly is free parking pot. I can't imagine not auctioning properties though, that was the best.

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whatisurnameplz
01/25/12 1:22:00 PM
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When my family plays, we use the free parking jackpot, we don't have the auctioning rule, we don't have to go around the board once before buying, and we end the game when all properties are bought.

At the end, we take the combined value of all of our properties (forget how it works with houses and hotels) and add them up with our money to decide who won.

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Emporer_Kazbar
01/25/12 1:26:00 PM
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I learned all these official Monopoly rules a long time ago with a handheld device that used to play it. Even had it's own little characters programmed into it (Greedy Granny, Hotshot, etc.)

That said, I do play with the Free Parking house rule whenever I'm playing with other people, and that's simply because I LIKE my Monopoly games to last forever. Free Parking can change the whole tide of the game, and when that happens it makes for a more memorable game, IMO.

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Ness26
01/25/12 8:07:00 PM
#33:


Circling the board once before purchasing just makes the game more luck-based. Getting crappy rolls early on can be really rough to recover from and isn't fun for anyone.

Free Parking with no jackpot isn't terrible, but I still like the tenseness without it. The less money that is in the game, the tighter everyone is which makes each roll a make-it-or-break-it situation. Much more fun than two players having $1000 and just waiting until the balance swings far enough in one direction for someone to have to start mortgaging.

From: Megaman703 | #018
Isn't there also a rule that says the game stops when one person is bankrupt? I remember hearing that being one of the house rules that makes the game go on forever.


Yeaaah, that'd result in everyone bailing out the one person in last so the game wouldn't end.

... actually that might result in the game ending faster. With three people, once last place is going to go bankrupt the player in second has to keep covering his expenses to prevent first place from winning. This effectively drains second place twice as fast. Though it results in awkward situations where last goes bankrupt on second place's property and second place doesn't want to bankrupt him.... eh, it's a lousy rule either way.

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Epyo the Great
01/25/12 8:08:00 PM
#34:


you guys ever play solarquest? it's pretty awesome

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EverythingRuned
01/25/12 8:53:00 PM
#35:


Emporer_Kazbar posted...
I learned all these official Monopoly rules a long time ago with a handheld device that used to play it. Even had it's own little characters programmed into it (Greedy Granny, Hotshot, etc.)

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MajinZidane
01/25/12 8:54:00 PM
#36:


auction rule never comes up because who doesn't buy every single space they land on

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NeoElfboy
01/25/12 9:18:00 PM
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auction rule never comes up because who doesn't buy every single space they land on

-Players who are currently pouring all their money into housing development
-Players who land on a low-value property such as the third of a colour already owned by two other (different) players
-Players in dire straits financially unless the property in question is game-savingly valuable

There are probably other circumstances.


Also I've never heard of this "circle the board first" house rule. That sounds awful. There are much better ways to negate the luck of who goes first, if you even decide that's worth doing.

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Natwaf_akidna
01/25/12 9:24:00 PM
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Old, but...

Well, yeah, that's what my "outraged" post implies. Free Parking means you don't have to do anything when you land there, not free stuff for you.

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Emporer_Kazbar
01/25/12 9:53:00 PM
#39:


From: EverythingRuned | #035
Yes
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You sir have joined a group of three people I know who've ever had that game. Consider yourself high-fived.

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Ness26
01/25/12 9:55:00 PM
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I owned it too!

It was one of the better handheld games. I don't remember the interface being that bad, but then again I was probably 10 years old.

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Emporer_Kazbar
01/25/12 10:00:00 PM
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^*high-five*

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