4 Monopoly Rules You Probably Never Knew
By Joey Rickert
Here is a list of rules that most people never knew about the board game, Monopoly.
1. Auctions. Let’s say you land on Illinois Avenue, and decide not to buy it. It is then auctioned off by the banker! The highest bidder now owns the property. Anyone can bid, even the person who decided not to buy it. This can cause players to pay more than the actual value for a property. If one player needs the property and you have enough money, a good strategy is to keep bidding higher to raise the price. If the other player stops bidding, you can always trade it to him later.
2. When you lose, your properties (minus the hotels and houses) are auctioned off to the highest bidder. This is another way to get property for cheap! If you’re really devious, you should drive up the price for someone else. The same strategies above can be used here, or at any other auction, for that matter.
3. Free parking is one of the most commonly disputed spaces. Do you put $500 there at the beginning? Do you put $100 or $200 there and replenish it every time someone lands on it? All wrong! It is a free space that does nothing. Every time someone gets $500, the already long game goes on for 20 more minutes.
4. Let’s say you own Boardwalk and Park Place, but have no houses or hotels on it. A player lands on Boardwalk. The card says “Rent: $50” so the player pays you $50, right? Wrong, again! Because you own the entire color group, but have no houses or hotels on it, the rent is automatically doubled, so the player will give you $100.
By Joey Rickert
Here is a list of rules that most people never knew about the board game, Monopoly.
1. Auctions. Let’s say you land on Illinois Avenue, and decide not to buy it. It is then auctioned off by the banker! The highest bidder now owns the property. Anyone can bid, even the person who decided not to buy it. This can cause players to pay more than the actual value for a property. If one player needs the property and you have enough money, a good strategy is to keep bidding higher to raise the price. If the other player stops bidding, you can always trade it to him later.
2. When you lose, your properties (minus the hotels and houses) are auctioned off to the highest bidder. This is another way to get property for cheap! If you’re really devious, you should drive up the price for someone else. The same strategies above can be used here, or at any other auction, for that matter.
3. Free parking is one of the most commonly disputed spaces. Do you put $500 there at the beginning? Do you put $100 or $200 there and replenish it every time someone lands on it? All wrong! It is a free space that does nothing. Every time someone gets $500, the already long game goes on for 20 more minutes.
4. Let’s say you own Boardwalk and Park Place, but have no houses or hotels on it. A player lands on Boardwalk. The card says “Rent: $50” so the player pays you $50, right? Wrong, again! Because you own the entire color group, but have no houses or hotels on it, the rent is automatically doubled, so the player will give you $100.