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T his post is not about odds and probabilities. If you look out for monopoly strategies based on numbers, you will find great analysis on the subject. If I may suggest, you should take a look at How to Win at Monopoky - a Surefire Strategy and at Probabilities in the Game of Monopoly . They both describe how long it will take to get a return on your investment, expected incomes, probability of landing on a square... you get the picture. Both article are based on numbers, so what I would like to do here, is to take a different approach. Instead of using numbers to drive my strategy, I will focus on the element of the game, more precisely the monopoly chance card and use them to my advantages. And, if you would like to play this game and you are without friends, you can now play Monopoly Online . Just for the fun of it, the next time you go to the bathroom, bring the monopoly chance card with you to take a deeper look at them. Some cards are more interesting than the other. For exam...

More monopoly rules and game elements! I hope you're not tired yet of thos e alternative monopoly rules and game elements because I have some more for you readers! In general what I found is lacking in the monopoly game board is the power you get when you purchase something. Except for making more bucks, buying a property and putting buildings won't give you much more power. Same thing go es when you buy a railroad or a service like the Electric Company or the Water Works. The new monopoly toll token described in a previous post is a good example of an extra power you get when you have all monopoly property of the same color. In that way of thinking, I would give e xtra power when you buy the Electric C o mpany or the Water Works monopoly properties. My last game design idea is for auction when playe rs are trying to buy a property that a monopoly p layer didn't want to buy during is turn. I don't really like the way it's suppose to be done ...

Following my first set of alternative rules and game elements , here's some more... The Toll (monopoly game element) A new token called "the toll". This new monopoly token would be another way of financing some project on your property. There would be only one monopoly toll in the game and it would be controlled by only one player at a time. To get control of it you need to stop on the "GO" spot and roll a double at your next turn. You could also get control of it by drawing the monopoly community chest card that gives control of "The toll". The alternative monopoly rules are the following. You need a complete set of property (all monopoly property of the same color) You can't put a toll if some of those property are already improved. Every time a player passes through the toll he needs to pay is right to pass and that even if he doesn't stop on it. See the legend on the right to find the price. The toll must be set on the last property of a ...

Greatest classic board game of all time, Monopoly is on the top of my favorite game list. I like this game so much, that sometimes I'm dreaming of a Monopoly sequel. I would love to see something like "Monopoly 2 coming this summer" somewhere on the net. While waiting for this (if it ever happens) I have come up with a list of alternative monopoly rules and game element just for the fun of it. Changes to the monopoly game board 1- Railroad routes from one railroad to all the other. The player owning more than one railroad, can go freely from one station to the other if he owns both ends of it. Otherwise, if he owns only one, he'll have to pay the destination railroad's owner a fee to stand there. If you don't own any railroad, you can still use the railroad routes but you'll have to pay the rent for both of them. Note that you cannot use a railroad route if one of the two ends are not own by a monopoly player. Sorry about the art in this picture, I defini...

O ne of my favorite board game of all time, the monopoly. Everybody knows the monopoly game board but not everyone plays this game with the same rules. I guess most of my friends bought the german version and read the german monopoly rules. Nobody's playing this fantastic board game the same way and of course nobody's understand german! The german monopoly rules are great but I prefer when we stick to what's written in black and white, in english of course. So for all game board monopoly player out there, here's a list of links to monopoly's rules ( german monopoly rules included ). Monopoly rules in different languages The good old classic monopoly game rules in english ( english monopoly rules ) The rules of monopoly board game for juniors ( english monopoly jr rules ) The french classic monopoly board game rule ( french monopoly rules ) The spanish monopoly rules ( spanish monopoly rules ) And the very famous german rules of the classic monopoly board game ...