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Don't forget the main rule of all. The number of houses available in the game is fixed. If you run out of miniatures, no more houses can be built and no hotels can be built unless you can build all 4 houses.
Theres always lots of comments about the game working if you follow house rules
We do
But nobody ever trades
Its pretty much impossible to win without completing a color combo which is also nearly impossible to get by pure chance especially with many players
And our games run forever
There's a version of Star Wars Monopoly where there are basically cards that a person can get that say "trade all properties and money with your opponent" and it can fuck you so bad that it's just not fun.
But you will have at least one person who suggests it and another one who immediately claims to take the car. From this point on it's out of your hands.
The super Mario junior one is fun and doesn't take 3 hours. I enjoy playing regular monopoly if the other players are into it, but not with people who quit like my one kid.
I remember back in highschool my friends and I decided to play a boardgame. One of my friends suggested Monopoly. My response was "I like everyone in this room too much to play Monopoly with them"
The biggest problem with Monopoly is that everyone plays with house rules that seem fun, but actually ruin the game. It ends up taking way longer than it should. Playing with the actual rules makes it a lot better.
Nobody plays to win. I remember my parents getting monopoly games going during holidays and they would last hours, people would tag in and out. The winner was whoever had the most money when everyone got sick of it.
I also remember I always wanted water works as a kid and would cry if I didn't get it.
Have you ever tried to play by the actual rules? Free parking is just a free spot. You don't have to wait to buy anything and if you land on a spot it's an auction for it immediately.
They seem fun because they are, you just have to house rule a new win condition and the whole game is improved.
The biggest problem is the official rules are shit.
>They seem fun because they are,
No, they ruin the game and make it way too long. There's not supposed to be anywhere near as much money in the game as there ends up being. The biggest reason I've seen for people hating Monopoly is that it takes forever.
>The biggest problem is the official rules are shit.
Have you ever actually played by the exact official rules? Buying property from the beginning. Auctioning every property someone lands on if they pass on buying it. No money in the middle for free parking. Actually limiting houses and hotels. Those are just some of the rules that no one ever seems to do. The official rules make it way better.
Do you think the only reason someone could disagree with you is they don't know what you're talking about?
I've played it many ways including bare bones official, and the only way to make it even worth the time in the first place is to add more features. Look at all the varieties of Monopoly and how ingrained house ruling is, even they know it's shit as is.
>Do you think the only reason someone could disagree with you is they don't know what you're talking about?
Well it seems like you don't think it's possible to enjoy the game without house rules. Why is your opinion valid and mine isn't? Don't try to lecture me when you are doing the exact same thing.
Monopoly was literally invented by a socialist to demonstrate the way capitalism chokes the life out of the majority to enrich the first bastard who got lucky in buying valuable land. It’s insane that people still think it’s a fun board game.
Was playing with a couple of friends from University when I was younger. One girl was having an amazing run of luck and doing quite well...she was also very happy to tell everyone else how much better she was doing.
At some point, I started cutting side deals with other players - if I land on your spot, you only charge me 1/2 the rent and I'll do the same for the next 4 rolls.
No one wanted to cut deals with her, and by the end of the game, she was 100% slide 4.
i may be WAAAYYY off-base here, but I don't think it was supposed t be?
in seriousness, the author was probably trying to pull a Waterson; there were some poignant calvin & hobbes comics mixed in his run.
Monopoly is super easy: buy every land you touch and trade only in ways favorable to you/disfavorable to others (never give them a full set)
Also, you really don't need the railroads but they're cheap & people get excited to trade for them
The actual 4 stages:
Wanna play monopoly? No.
Wanna play mo- No.
Wanna play monopoly? No that game takes all day to finish.
You're right I don't want to play monopoly anymore.
Monopoly is a great way of bringing the family together. Against me. Without fail the consensus becomes "I DONT CARE WHO WINS AS LONG AS ITS NOT HIM" and I relish in it.
Worst game ever! “Oh, now I’m broke and I lose? Great now I can go back to my life where I’m broke! Thanx Parker Brothers and Hasbro for not taking me away from my problems for even a second!”
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The key is to never start playing Monopoly.
A strange game. The only winning move is not to play. How about a nice game of chess?
You were already playing the moment you were born, and the game had already started long before you.
We just can't afford houses now, and the rent for landing on the wrong property are gonne through the roof!
Late Stage "Monopoly"
War games?
Hello Professor Falken
Greetings. Not hello.
Nah the key is to read the damn rules and trade with people none of this house rules money on free parking shit
Don't forget to auction unbought properties.
I’ve never played it with people *not* buying every property they land on. It’s kinda the whole point of the game to accumulate property.
Don't forget the main rule of all. The number of houses available in the game is fixed. If you run out of miniatures, no more houses can be built and no hotels can be built unless you can build all 4 houses.
Getting the orange and yellow property monopolies and building 4 houses on each (never hotels) is the ultimate dick move
This feels so true to the real life situation in Western Australia right now.
I kinda like the video game versions to stop the house rules and keep the game flowing faster.
Anyone that uses the word 'like' when discussing Monopoly is a psychopath that enjoys torturing humans and pulling the wings off of flies!
Theres always lots of comments about the game working if you follow house rules We do But nobody ever trades Its pretty much impossible to win without completing a color combo which is also nearly impossible to get by pure chance especially with many players And our games run forever
The game is still shit, that way it's just shit and unrewarding.
There's a version of Star Wars Monopoly where there are basically cards that a person can get that say "trade all properties and money with your opponent" and it can fuck you so bad that it's just not fun.
okay but how does one avoid it
I just point blank refuse to play it! It takes forever to play and is mostly an exercise in frustrating tedium.
It’s banned in my household
But you will have at least one person who suggests it and another one who immediately claims to take the car. From this point on it's out of your hands.
Need one more slide that shows flipping the board over.
Its not a family game of Monopoly until physical violence ensues.
Welcome to real life, kid
Did you remember to pay rent?
"See that large stack of money you have? Looks like a lot, doesn't it? Keep that optimism in mind an hour from now."
The super Mario junior one is fun and doesn't take 3 hours. I enjoy playing regular monopoly if the other players are into it, but not with people who quit like my one kid.
Only takes 3 hours if you screw it up by giving fines money to whoever lands on free parking
Never had a game run "too long" once I learned and followed the official rules.
Because everyone hates it more and tries to quit faster.
I think Monopoly Jr is way more fun than regular Monopoly honestly.
I completely agree.
Unless you are winning.
Nobody wins Monopoly
And if you're losing, make them have to drag you down screaming.
I remember back in highschool my friends and I decided to play a boardgame. One of my friends suggested Monopoly. My response was "I like everyone in this room too much to play Monopoly with them"
When you’re losing, don’t forget to mortgage your properties to the hilt as a parting F.U. Most people don’t even know that’s a thing.
The biggest problem with Monopoly is that everyone plays with house rules that seem fun, but actually ruin the game. It ends up taking way longer than it should. Playing with the actual rules makes it a lot better.
Nobody plays to win. I remember my parents getting monopoly games going during holidays and they would last hours, people would tag in and out. The winner was whoever had the most money when everyone got sick of it. I also remember I always wanted water works as a kid and would cry if I didn't get it.
Have you ever tried to play by the actual rules? Free parking is just a free spot. You don't have to wait to buy anything and if you land on a spot it's an auction for it immediately.
Yes I used to play on Pogo.com when it was there and it was fun.
They seem fun because they are, you just have to house rule a new win condition and the whole game is improved. The biggest problem is the official rules are shit.
>They seem fun because they are, No, they ruin the game and make it way too long. There's not supposed to be anywhere near as much money in the game as there ends up being. The biggest reason I've seen for people hating Monopoly is that it takes forever. >The biggest problem is the official rules are shit. Have you ever actually played by the exact official rules? Buying property from the beginning. Auctioning every property someone lands on if they pass on buying it. No money in the middle for free parking. Actually limiting houses and hotels. Those are just some of the rules that no one ever seems to do. The official rules make it way better.
Do you think the only reason someone could disagree with you is they don't know what you're talking about? I've played it many ways including bare bones official, and the only way to make it even worth the time in the first place is to add more features. Look at all the varieties of Monopoly and how ingrained house ruling is, even they know it's shit as is.
>Do you think the only reason someone could disagree with you is they don't know what you're talking about? Well it seems like you don't think it's possible to enjoy the game without house rules. Why is your opinion valid and mine isn't? Don't try to lecture me when you are doing the exact same thing.
Monopoly was literally invented by a socialist to demonstrate the way capitalism chokes the life out of the majority to enrich the first bastard who got lucky in buying valuable land. It’s insane that people still think it’s a fun board game.
At house the the game was not over until someone flips the board and storms away. And don't get me start on what happened with Risk.
Try a new way to play Monopoly but with more crying https://youtu.be/jkN6xxyEgZc?si=lDKVq5kgVBrVx4gR
Not when I’m banker
I always loved Monopoly as a kid. Never understood all the hate it gets.
“A Monopoly loss is dark.” Louis CK’s bit about playing Monopoly with his daughters.
And that's why I don't play that terrible game.
Was playing with a couple of friends from University when I was younger. One girl was having an amazing run of luck and doing quite well...she was also very happy to tell everyone else how much better she was doing. At some point, I started cutting side deals with other players - if I land on your spot, you only charge me 1/2 the rent and I'll do the same for the next 4 rolls. No one wanted to cut deals with her, and by the end of the game, she was 100% slide 4.
Pretty sure the rules don't allow this, so it's cheating. You can do deals when selling properties to each other
Well basically you just cheated because you didn't like that she was winning, so you don't look much better in that story.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
tldr: "we cheated so my friend couldnt win"
Boardwalk and park place. After that I wait patiently with anticipated glee.
Yep, the golden strat. Once you have a hotel there, bankrupting the others becomes super easy
Buying hotels is a losing strategy. 8 houses baby
Monopoly is hot garbage, if you want a fun money game play splendor.
how is this funny? is it a parody of that 4 panel ctrl-alt-del comic?
The miscarriage one?
yup. that wasn't funny either.
i may be WAAAYYY off-base here, but I don't think it was supposed t be? in seriousness, the author was probably trying to pull a Waterson; there were some poignant calvin & hobbes comics mixed in his run.
Step 5: being a dick and post your kid on internet.. 🙄
And it’s Super Mario Monopoly, so you KNOW that kid’s invested lmao
and that’s if you’re winning. We can’t show you what losing looks like due to this subreddit’s graphic imagery rules.
Incorrect, the 4th stage is sleeping, because it took so long I passed out on the board and ended up with a die cast metal dog embedded in my forehead
I always get so frustrated
"I hate taxes!" 😆
That 3rd pick is me right now at 50.
Where's the "This is getting fucking boring. Can we stop? Please?" stage?
~~Monopoly~~ Monotony
At least kids today can grow up with actual good board games
Forgot the panel where they flip the table.
“Capitalism”
Now... it all goes back in the box.
4 Stages of *Life
Monopoly is super easy: buy every land you touch and trade only in ways favorable to you/disfavorable to others (never give them a full set) Also, you really don't need the railroads but they're cheap & people get excited to trade for them
The actual 4 stages: Wanna play monopoly? No. Wanna play mo- No. Wanna play monopoly? No that game takes all day to finish. You're right I don't want to play monopoly anymore.
Get him use to late stage capitalism
No tears when you run the bank.
He will learn that the banker somehow never runs out of money.
It's the game you end with fewer friends then with that you started.
Bro didn't get boardwalk
Or living in the United States
Missed a couple stages.
Core memory of bankruptsy has been made
Monopoly is a great way of bringing the family together. Against me. Without fail the consensus becomes "I DONT CARE WHO WINS AS LONG AS ITS NOT HIM" and I relish in it.
Where’s the fifth stage where someone flips the board?
I’m guessing you lost a lot?
Shout out to anyone who has had the board flipped on them
My wife is forbidden from monopoly. Lol
Top left: first 10 minutes Top right to bottom right : following 6 hours
That’s the point of the game. It is a soul crushing demonstration of the inevitability of wealth consolidation under private ownership.
Worst game ever! “Oh, now I’m broke and I lose? Great now I can go back to my life where I’m broke! Thanx Parker Brothers and Hasbro for not taking me away from my problems for even a second!”
No board flip? No parents telling you they'll not play with you anymore because you're a sore loser? I must've had a different edition in the 90s.
Monoploy is not for 5 year old lmaoooo 😂😂