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I never really played a game of Monopoly where the person who landed somewhere didn't buy whatever they could. And it never worked out badly for them either. YO

I never really played a game of Monopoly where the person who landed somewhere didn't buy whatever they could. And it never worked out badly for them either. YOu not only make income from it, but block people from making money or getting monopolies (if you don't get a monopoly yourself). There are something like 100 board games out there that are a lot better than Monopoly.

Avenger42 15y ago
> I never really played a game of Monopoly where the person who landed somewhere didn't buy whatever they could. True, but the rule would still come in handy. When my brother and I would play, he would buy everything he landed on - which meant by the second or third trip around the board, he wasn't able to afford the more expensive properties without mortgaging (which he never did). So if they had gone to auction, I could have taken them just by offering more than he had, or mortgaging my own properties.
eru 15y ago
You are underestimating the number of better board games.
thom 15y ago
Generally I've found that going all in on an early monopoly, on the first two sides of the board, is the key to victory. The auction rule's important to this strategy - let people waste money on expensive properties, so they have no money for houses, or will at least be more amenable to trades involving cash. By the time you've bought all the greens, your opponents will have hotels on the light blues, purples and (most desirably due to the proximity to jail) the oranges, and you'll never have enough money to build any houses. That said, you can always bid just below the mortgage value of a bad property, and sometimes get lucky. It partly comes down to who you play with. If, like my wife, they utterly refuse any and all trades (and I even like to propose very generous ones just to get an early monopoly), then you might as well just be playing a game of chance. Anyway, upon discovering D&D and Magic: the Gathering, I lost most interest in board games, but despite the rivers of tears my family's shed over the Monopoly board, I still fully intend to put my kids through the same rite of passage.
nkerkin 15y ago
Care to name them? You don't specify what rules you play by, but Monopoly should only take 1-2 hrs max. Hoard everything you can get hold of is a sure fire way to lose against experienced players. Income from non-monopolies is a pittance, so as soon as someone does manage to snag one and start building, you're stuffed. I've found aggressive early trading to build up 3 houses each of orange or light blue will almost always guarantee a win, even if i don't own a single other property.

Avenger42 15y ago

> I never really played a game of Monopoly where the person who landed somewhere didn't buy whatever they could. True, but the rule would still come in handy. When my brother and I would play, he would buy everything he landed on - which meant by the second or third trip around the board, he wasn't able to afford the more expensive properties without mortgaging (which he never did). So if they had gone to auction, I could have taken them just by offering more than he had, or mortgaging my own properties.

eru 15y ago

You are underestimating the number of better board games.

thom 15y ago

Generally I've found that going all in on an early monopoly, on the first two sides of the board, is the key to victory. The auction rule's important to this strategy - let people waste money on expensive properties, so they have no money for houses, or will at least be more amenable to trades involving cash. By the time you've bought all the greens, your opponents will have hotels on the light blues, purples and (most desirably due to the proximity to jail) the oranges, and you'll never have enough money to build any houses. That said, you can always bid just below the mortgage value of a bad property, and sometimes get lucky. It partly comes down to who you play with. If, like my wife, they utterly refuse any and all trades (and I even like to propose very generous ones just to get an early monopoly), then you might as well just be playing a game of chance. Anyway, upon discovering D&D and Magic: the Gathering, I lost most interest in board games, but despite the rivers of tears my family's shed over the Monopoly board, I still fully intend to put my kids through the same rite of passage.

nkerkin 15y ago

Care to name them? You don't specify what rules you play by, but Monopoly should only take 1-2 hrs max. Hoard everything you can get hold of is a sure fire way to lose against experienced players. Income from non-monopolies is a pittance, so as soon as someone does manage to snag one and start building, you're stuffed. I've found aggressive early trading to build up 3 houses each of orange or light blue will almost always guarantee a win, even if i don't own a single other property.