If you play the "hard mode" rules, where un-mortgaging costs 10% more, and the "free parking"
gives you nothing, and every property is subject to auction when the first lander says no, this game can be over in half an hour.
Watch the first few turns, while properties form pairs in people's possession. The shrewdest player will bargain the "third" away from the weakest player, and a trade is made. He has just lost—and so has everyone else.
For the pay-table for a monopoly (I mean, in rough descending order of value, the Oranges, Light-blues, Yellows, Purples, Reds, or Railroads) is such that, in any case, the monopolist can buy up hotels while everyone else struggles to pay his rent. The remainder of the game is to see how fast everyone sells off their properties, demolishes their buildings, and gives up. Math has never been more entertaining, but trust me, "that guy" can win this game as easily as poker.
If that's your thing, you'll love this.
One good trade* and the game is won.
If you play the "hard mode" rules, where un-mortgaging costs 10% more, and the "free parking" gives you nothing, and every property is subject to auction when the first lander says no, this game can be over in half an hour. Watch the first few turns, while properties form pairs in people's possession. The shrewdest player will bargain the "third" away from the weakest player, and a trade is made. He has just lost—and so has everyone else. For the pay-table for a monopoly (I mean, in rough descending order of value, the Oranges, Light-blues, Yellows, Purples, Reds, or Railroads) is such that, in any case, the monopolist can buy up hotels while everyone else struggles to pay his rent. The remainder of the game is to see how fast everyone sells off their properties, demolishes their buildings, and gives up. Math has never been more entertaining, but trust me, "that guy" can win this game as easily as poker. If that's your thing, you'll love this.