Have you been playing Monopoly the wrong way?

[OneGrassRoot]

A little known but vital rule has gone viral on social networking site Twitter after a games blogger launched an internet campaign teaching others how to play the game properly.

Monopoly rules demand that when players land on a space, such as Park Lane, but do not choose to purchase the property, an auction must take place.

The idea is that a bidding war will prompt another player to buy the space, and so the game will speed up.

However, many players usually skip this stage in ignorance and restart play, meaning the Park Lane property will be available until someone lands on it again - which could be hours later. A testament to how long the game can take is the record for the longest Monopoly tournament which lasted 70 days.


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I never read the rules, I admit.

[Bucky]

1. Another rule that should be followed is that the banker should favor one player over the others

but that might just be in real life.

[MineralMan]

3. To be in keeping with the real world, the banker should always

favor himself, actually.

[Bucky]

5. Also he doesn't have to use his own funds to invest.

And every time he passes "Go" he gets a 50 million dollar bonus and an exclusive stock tip from Henry Paulson

[dipsydoodle]

4. That's this one

[dipsydoodle]

2. Under current circumstances

are bailouts allowed ?

[Nimajneb Nilknarf]

6. The key clause in that rule is "may bid."

If nobody wants to bid, play simply continues with the property unsold.

In games where people choose to bid, the choicest properties get owned very quickly, and peoples' cash reserves get depleted.

In the end it's usually the player who accumulates the best rent-producing portfolio who wins.

For an interesting twist on Monopoly, try extending the ability to develop property and charge higher rents. You have to print and issue currency in higher denominations. Boardwalk with TWO hotels on it is quite expensive.

[pinboy3niner]

7. I bought the game, I'll move around the board counterclockwise if I want

You call it the wrong way; I call it thinking outside the Monopoly box (with the "rules" printed inside the cover).

Picky, picky, picky.

[brooklynite]

8. An don't forget, no cash for landing on FREE PARKING...

[Raine1967]

9. I loved this part:

"Your mother - who never read the rules but was instead taught them by her father - taught you, and one day you will teach your children, again without reading the rules first. She passed on broken rules to you and you'll pass them on to your kids."

[bluedeathray]

10. OK, I thought this OP was headed in a different direction

I thought for sure I was going to read about the 1% snapping up masses of cheap real estate deals.

I like the game better!

[woodsprite]

11. We didn't play much Monopoly in our house because it took sooooooo long.

Sounds like I'll try it again with the 'new' old rule. Guess I should have RTFB!

Talk about passing down rules. My father and brother taught me to play 500 Rummy when I was young. They told me it was called that because the first person to get 500 in the hole wins the game. I think I was down by 350 when they finally told me the truth.

Uno played with the 7 and 0 variation is fun also - lot's more fun than the basic game. You play a 7 and all players pass their hands to the next person in the direction of play. You play a 0 and you get to swap your hand with another player's hand.

[yellowcanine]

12. My brother made a "Monopoly" game for us to play and we had our own rules.

Among other things, allowing people to go into debt to each other. It got a bit crazy and games could go on for days.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

13. The way we play it....

One person amasses all the property on the board, makes a series of foolish financial decisions, and then all the other players have to turn over all their cash.

It's more realistic that way.

[SomethingFishy]

14. We always played without the "bidding" rule as it slows an already

loooong game down even more. There is an entire book out there with "house rules" for Monopoly. We used to put all "payments" on the middle of the board and if you landed on Free Parking the money was yours..

[msanthrope]

15. That's the best rule. Makes the game go faster, and it's pretty fun. nt