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The Shortest Possible Game of Monopoly (2010)

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Re: The Shortest Possible Game of Monopoly (2010)

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Post by memco »

koolba wrote: post #16
CapriciousCptl wrote: post #11

If you drop some presumptions about the players you can go even faster-- Player 1: Roll a 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11 or 12. Don't purchase, so it goes to auction. In auction player 2 buys for 100% of their cash. Player 2: Rolls a 4, lands on income tax. Game over.

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.

Re: The Shortest Possible Game of Monopoly (2010)

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Post by thaumasiotes »

memco wrote: post #71
koolba wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

> 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.

Re: The Shortest Possible Game of Monopoly (2010)

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Post by impendia »

Someone wrote: post #22
CapriciousCptl wrote: post #11

If you drop some presumptions about the players you can go even faster-- Player 1: Roll a 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11 or 12. Don't purchase, so it goes to auction. In auction player 2 buys for 100% of their cash. Player 2: Rolls a 4, lands on income tax. Game over.

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.

Re: The Shortest Possible Game of Monopoly (2010)

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Post by jedberg »

uptown wrote: post #38

Very timely. I just finished a four-day game of Monopoly this afternoon, winning by having hotels on Boardwalk, Park Place and the green properties.

You most likely weren't following all the rules. Monopoly shouldn't take more than about 45 minutes of game play if you follow all the rules.

Re: The Shortest Possible Game of Monopoly (2010)

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Post by tapland »

vmception wrote: post #59
CapriciousCptl wrote: post #11

If you drop some presumptions about the players you can go even faster-- Player 1: Roll a 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11 or 12. Don't purchase, so it goes to auction. In auction player 2 buys for 100% of their cash. Player 2: Rolls a 4, lands on income tax. Game over.

whaaat? I never knew there were auctions if another player didn't purchase. does it occur when a player doesn't have the money to purchase yet too? the fandom wikipedia page says "Interestingly, this is one of the most-often overlooked aspects of the game." ya don't say.

I read the rules of the Swedish version again.

It's very specific in that if it isn't bought, it HAS to be auctioned and it HAS to be sold and that any amount can be bid.

Re: The Shortest Possible Game of Monopoly (2010)

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Post by uptown »

jedberg wrote: post #74
uptown wrote: post #38

Very timely. I just finished a four-day game of Monopoly this afternoon, winning by having hotels on Boardwalk, Park Place and the green properties.

You most likely weren't following all the rules. Monopoly shouldn't take more than about 45 minutes of game play if you follow all the rules.

Cool. I'll let my 7 year old and 5 year old know.

Re: The Shortest Possible Game of Monopoly (2010)

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Post by travisjungroth »

impendia wrote: post #73
Someone wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

These deals aren't allowed by the rules.
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