Reply to: Do not Pass Go , Do not collect £200

[Sysman]

We used to play by putting some money (fines,tax I think) in the middle and if you landed on Free Parking you got it.

I've played that one, and it changed the game by increasing the money supply. I can't remember much about it now though.

[Mich the Tester]

Mrs Tester and her family seem to follow the European social undemocratic model of market economics. When I own a street that could complete someone else’s set and give them great power and wealth, I demand guarantees of rent free visits, any utilities owned by the purchaser, or 5 years (rounds) of the potential turnover of the complete street set as a purchase price assuming the street set is covered in hotels. I’m an Anglo-Saxon type who believes in getting the full market value for my property. Mrs Tester then gets her family together to vote against me and force me to sell at face value. I then have to suffer being called a ‘money grabbing capitalist barsteward’ by the very person whose handcrafted shoe and luxury hotel budget is financed by my capitalist greed.

Ergo, we don't play monopoly very often.

[original PM]

Houses and Hotels may be sold back to the Bank at any time for one-half the price paid for them

I had a mate who always sold hotels/houses each turn and moved them to the property which the other players were going to land on next.

it was so annoying and time consuming that we stuck the boat up his nose.

[Platypus]

We used to play by putting some money (fines,tax I think) in the middle and if you landed on Free Parking you got it.

That one is quite a common variation, but not one that I like.

As kids, we ignored various rules,

• Houses and Hotels may be sold back to the Bank at any time for one-half the price paid for them
• Whenever you land on an unowned property you may buy that property.. if you do not wish to buy the property, the Bank sells it at auction
• In order to lift a mortgage, the owner must pay the Bank the amount of mortgage plus 10% interest

[Jubber]

We used to play by putting some money (fines,tax I think) in the middle and if you landed on Free Parking you got it.

[EternalOptimist]

No one will play Monopoly with me anymore

Thats because you never go back to their hotels

[OwlHoot]

No one will play Monopoly with me anymore
Apparently It's cos I always turn into a maniacal, money grabbing, slum landlord and win.

That's what I always try, but I usually overdo it and end up skint

[thunderlizard]

I haven't heard that variant on the "go" rule before. But it's a great idea because it must make the game a lot shorter.

[Gonzo]

Has anyone played a game of Monopoly and not have it end in squabbling, bogus claims of victory, accusations of cheating, crying, divorce, laws suits, etc? Ditto for scrabble

No. Mrs Gonzo and myself can only play monopoly if there is a third-party present to keep the peace.



It makes for a most unusual threesome.

[oracleslave]

Has anyone played a game of Monopoly and not have it end in squabbling, bogus claims of victory, accusations of cheating, crying, divorce, laws suits, etc? Ditto for scrabble

No.

My grandmother cheats at Scrabble and is a sore loser.

[TimberWolf]

Has anyone played a game of Monopoly and not have it end in squabbling, bogus claims of victory, accusations of cheating, crying, divorce, laws suits, etc? Ditto for scrabble

[Menelaus]

My ex- was the most easygoing, lovable, funny, intelligent woman on the surface of the planet - until she was playing Monopoly at which time she became Gordon Gekko in female physicist form.

[BoredBloke]

I refuse to play monopoly because I don't want to waste 3 days of my life.

[Doggy Styles]

do you know why it is called monopoly ?

It's named after the game, isn't it?

[EternalOptimist]

No one will play Monopoly with me anymore
Apparently It's cos I always turn into a maniacal, money grabbing, slum landlord and win.

And as for scrabble....

do you know why it is called monopoly ?