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- alai, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Best tip you can get on how to win at Monopoly is to buy EVERY property you land on and try to swindle people out of junk they own the best you can. The game is really all about how good of a negotiator you are. Make four or five trades that are slightly in your favor and you have the game won.
And I am sorry but I have never seen a "comeback" in Monopoly. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+10I'm pretty sure that this stuff is common sense. Seriously, come on...
- 3rdcoast, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7isn't this how everyone already plays?
- rysolag, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5it's true.
6: 1,5 - 2,4 - 3,3 - 4,2 - 5,1
12: 6,6 - bacon_skoda, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2this is good if you've never played monopoly or never knew how to win.
i'm begining to like about.com's articles. much better organized info than google answers or yahoo answers. - icheyne, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Boardgames have really moved on in the last 103 years. By modern standards Monopoly is poor, because it is way too long and players are often eliminated half-way through. Settlers of Catan is a great alternative, but there are *lots* of others listed at The BoardGameGeek. Also check out Carcassonne or Ticket to Ride for other accessible modern games.
- Beanis, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Posting the exception to rule 2 would have been much better.
Rule 2, pretty much says buy everything you can, unless 2 different players already have a color of the property you are on. - GrimmRaver, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4Although some of these are pretty obvious, I do appreciate these tips. Dugg!
- Jackal24, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16 or 8 (individually) can be more likely than 7 in this situation. Assume it is late in the game. You probably don't want to use a Get out of jail free card, or pay the $50. For the first two tries, the only possible rolls where you could land on something would be 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 or 12 (doubles). 7 is not a valid roll for landing on anything until the third turn.
2 = Electric Company
4 = Virginia (Purple)
6 = St. James (Orange)
8 = Tennesee (Orange)
10= Free Parking
12= Chance
Note that the orange properties are the only ones represented twice. This combined with the fact that a roll of 6, 8 or 9 on the third try (or any try after paying or using a card) is a 39% chance makes these properties very valuable. - rnelsonee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"luck plays too much a roll" Nice typo there. And yeah, the most common roll for two dice is 7, not "6 or 8". That's just elementary probability there. There are 8 ways to make a 7, only 5 to make 6 or 8.
Anywho, back when I played Monopoly, I sucked. I didn't like buying houses for some reason, so, you know, I failed a lot. It's 15 years later and I still don't have a house. I like to stay liquid. They should change the name from "Monopoly" to "You're tied to a 30-year loan, and can no longer live in friggin' Cabo for a summer on a whim, sucker!" - cakefart, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I 2nd the suggestion for "The Monopoly Book", first published c. 1975.
And I'm also amused that this is news, but I guess that says quite a bit about digg's demographics. - dplewis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The reason the article said "6 or 8" and not "7" is because you land on community chest when you roll a 7 from the "Just Visiting/Jail" square. Unfortunately, it gives the impression to the mathematically challenged that "6" and "8" are the most common results for a two-die roll.
Actually, the author should have given the probability of landing on any orange property from this square to better motivate his point (14/36 = 38.89%).
It took me a second to figure out why Illinois Ave. was the most visited square on the board. It is not sufficient to cite the "Go to Illinois Ave." Chance card, since St. Charles, Boardwalk, and Reading Railroad did not break the top 3 most-landed-on-spots list (beat out by "B&O Railroad" and "Go"). What gives Illinois Ave. the edge is the fact that it is two 7-rolls away from "Just Visiting/Jail". I have no clue why B&O is visited more often than Reading Railroad, though. I'm even willing to believe that the author got this wrong and wrote B&O by mistake.
Here's a google cache of a site that says that the most visited in order are 1) Illinois Ave, 2) St Charles, 3) Go, 4) Reading Railroad. I doubt St Charles place would beat out Go, but Reading makes a lot more sense.
http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:GzhyL9lsFksJ:www.encyclopedia.intec.edu/mo/Monopoly_(game).html - detrate, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2about.com stinks :(
- SmileyChris, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Try some of the more obscure "Euro games" such as Puerto Rico, Carcasonne, Settlers of Catan to name of the more well-known ones.
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/browser.php?itemtype=game&sortby=rank - rnelsonee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Ugh, typo. 6 ways to make a 7. The odds of getting 6 OR 8 is greater than just 7 of course, but chances are you'll get 7 more than a 6, and more than an 8, individually. Anyone who plays craps already knows this :)
- nickfromdc, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1not true. if two different players own two of the three properties, you wouldn't buy (according to this article)
- jayeates, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"2. Buy smart. Always pick up available properties if: (1) no other player owns one of the same group; (2) the purchase would give you two or three of the same group; or (3) it blocks someone else from completing a set."
Hmm.. so I should buy when (1) no one owns any of the group; (2) when I own some of the group; or (3) when someone else owns some of the group. ....in other words all the time. Quality tip right there. - JThrockmorton, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1There is strategy involved in monopoly but this didnt provide too much besides common sence. I think at the beggining getting the light blue is an incredibly smart move. I suck at strategy though, my good friend is very good at monopoly and I have never seen him lose a game. No digg for this though. I don't think it belongs on the front page either.
- redsrule2500, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1rolls of 6 or 8 are more common because you use 2 die. 6 for exmaple would come up with rolls of 3 3, 4 2, 2 4, 5 1, 1 5 where as a number like 5 has 3 2, 2 3, 4 1, 1 4, - so 1 more possible combination
- 1111, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1#2 makes no sense. he says "buy all properties if" and then proceeds to list ever possible case. so he should just say always buy properties.
- knoppy44, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I don't care, but monopoly with video games are much better than the origanal board game, you don't have to count money and things are alot easier
- hybam, on 10/12/2007, -4/+4Anyway monopoly is a great game to play in the boring rainy afternoons with your friends.
- Mrjrdnthms, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3truly obvious suggestions…
- netant, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Odd that people think this article about this ancient topic was worth a digg. There was book out in the '80's called "The Monopoly Book" that talked about strategy details to the game. Its a great, simple enough multiplayer game. But it can't beat Risk, and if I can get 5-7 players, I'm going to push for Diplomacy. What other game can lay claim to player psychology and reading them being the overriding factor in determining a winner?
- Dominatus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Except in the situation where player B owns one part and player C owns another. (assuming you are player A)
- socra, on 10/12/2007, -12/+6rolls of 6 and 8 are more common...? you have got to be kidding me. No dig here.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -10/+4Common Sense crap; and who the hell plays Monopoly Anyways? .............................................. 5 Hours of playing the game and no end in sight. Most players never have a winner in Monopoly.
- gbotmbot, on 10/12/2007, -22/+5poker > monopoly
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