The Shortest Possible Game of Monopoly (2010)

Post by runawaybottle » Mon, May 31, 2021, 7:22 AM UTC

impendia wrote: post #73

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You don’t even need that second roll. If, in that auction, a player bids more than the cash they have, they go bankrupt immediately ( https://www.hasbro.com/common/instruct/monins.pdf doesn’t say such bids are disallowed, and does say “The buyer pays the Bank the amount of the bid in cash” and “You are declared bankrupt if you owe more than you can pay either to another player or to the Bank.”) This can happen after…

You don't need the first roll either. At the very beginning of the game, offer your opponent $1,600 in return for a 50% stake in all the rents they collect for the rest of the game. Your opponent accepts, and you can't pay. Game over.

Post by Symbiote » Mon, May 31, 2021, 7:50 AM UTC

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You’d be surprised how few people know about the rule for auctioning property that is not purchased. I’m guessing most people learned to play without reading the actual rules. It’s just passed down by copying the actions of your older siblings.

Or, due to how tedious the game can sometimes be people ignore it because it’s too mouth work.

Post by lordnacho » Mon, May 31, 2021, 8:10 AM UTC

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You don't even have to play. Just declare you win and if the other person agrees it's game over.

A strange game. The only winning move is not to play.

Post by [deleted] » Mon, May 31, 2021, 10:35 AM UTC

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> due to how tedious the game can sometimes be people ignore it because it’s too [much] work. The view that the game is tedious is directly caused by not reading the rules. Monopoly is in an odd position where everyone is convinced they know what it's like, and yet nobody knows how to play it. Turns out, if you play it according to the rules, it is not at all similar to the version with rules you made up.

It still is not fun as a game though. - For people uncomfortable with cut throat competition, this game is winner take all. - For competitive people, victory is 90% luck and therefore unsatisfying. - The game is decided halfway through the game time, the rest is the inevitable victory of the leading player.

Post by mikkelam » Mon, May 31, 2021, 12:39 PM UTC

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No one is required to purchase during an auction, everyone could pass. Simply insert in the directions in the appropriate places "...put the property up for auction and everyone passes immediately."

Well, OK, here we run into a bit of a problem, in that the rules don't actually specify how the auction is conducted, so what happens if everybody passes is kind of just undefined. What you say is one reasonable interpretation. However, there is no interpretation that leaves these games as the shortest.