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- mrblonde314, on 10/17/2007, -6/+280"It's kinda weird that only one company makes the game Monopoly"
- tektalk, on 10/19/2007, -5/+265dugg for free parking.
- DiggDugglas, on 10/16/2007, -3/+177Boardwalk: Buy this to win the game in a couple hours
- Goombellaofgoom, on 10/13/2007, -8/+179The way I learned it, any time you pay taxes or fees, it gets put in the middle of the board instead of in the bank. Then, when someone lands on free parking they get a "Jackpot" and take all the money in the middle.
- sTiVo, on 10/19/2007, -6/+165You have landed on Boardwalk: Pay $8,000.
- chibimmy, on 10/19/2007, -51/+163Terrible photoshop jobs and collegehumor.com. A terrible mix.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -7/+114Yep, that's pretty much how everybody plays it. Well, except for the by-the-book guy above you.
- timusca, on 10/12/2007, -1/+99Statistically, according to the Monopoly website, the orange neighborhood is the best color to buy... it is statistically more likely to be landed on th most and gives the most back for its price.
- dclowd9901, on 10/13/2007, -0/+92Never understood how free parking turned into a space where you get free money, but whatever. House rules ftw, I guess.
- mwhatley, on 10/19/2007, -6/+91water works is $$$$$
- mrblonde314, on 10/12/2007, -1/+84You sir, obviously have a life, and have never religiously played Monopoly. Everyone knows that Orange is statistically the most landed on properties and yield the best bang for the buck $/Hotel ratio. They might as well call it, "Get all the orange properties and you'll win the game". The only reason to buy Boardwalk would be to trade it to a newb to get these :P
- tehpwnrate, on 10/17/2007, -0/+82You'd think that controlling the power and water would get you something more.
"That'll be $2000."
"But it's only 10x the dice roll, and I got snake eyes!"
"Yeah, but if you don't pay $2000, I'll shut off your utilities." - inactive, on 10/16/2007, -3/+81My house rules involve people landing on free parking getting kicked in the taint.
Won't tell y'all what we get up to when two people end up in jail at the same time... - minorthreat, on 10/17/2007, -27/+100I seriously hate it when people tell you that you have to put money in the middle for free parking...
- timusca, on 10/12/2007, -0/+70Boardwalk is no good without Park Place.
- v0lrath, on 10/12/2007, -1/+66That's one of the main reasons people think Monopoly takes 7 hours to play... if you don't get money on free parking people ACTUALLY run out of money after an hour or so.
- Crosshare, on 10/13/2007, -0/+64Dugg for monopoly hax. I'm going to PWN post-Thanksgiving dinner this year.
- card51short, on 10/13/2007, -8/+65NOOO THE CARDS AND SPACES MUST LOOK EXACTLY LIKE MONOPOLY OR I'M WRITING A LETTER TO THE MAKERS OF THIS ARTICLE AND BOYCOTTING WHATEVER THEY DO FROM NOW ON!!!!
NOOOOO MUST BE EXACT!!! - RxDaniel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+56Why would my top hat need water and electricity?
- Inferny, on 10/16/2007, -0/+56How the hell did you get a 20 on your first roll?
- RxDaniel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+50Monopoly is all about who can last the longest and make the other people give up out of boredom or frustration. Just like real life.
- Rileyper, on 10/13/2007, -0/+48Its the humor that counts
- TheYar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+44I think you're both right. Orange as a group are slightly more landed upon than reds, but Illinois is the single-space winner. This is mostly due to the process of going to jail, which disrupts the otherwise generally random movement of pieces around the board. The most common dice roll, 7, puts you on Community Chest when you get out of jail, but the next two most common rolls, 6 and 8, both put you on oranges. However, the most common roll twice (7 and then another 7), as well as a 6 and then an 8 or and 8 and then a 6, all put you right on Illinois.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+45I want one.
Park Place would say "***** if there's a hotel here" - arghargh, on 10/19/2007, -0/+44Math for free parking on the first roll? Someone didn't think before they typed...
- chibimmy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+43You play with d20's instead of d6's
- Hayaemsay, on 10/12/2007, -0/+403 dice and a coin.
- inactive, on 10/16/2007, -0/+38you should have paid the rent in fake paper money..oh wait
- terracottapai, on 10/12/2007, -0/+36Or "You have landed on Boardwalk: Bend over."
- GodJustice, on 10/16/2007, -2/+37You have landed on Boardwalk. "The police pull you over for no reason at all. The police say you were resisting arrest; they beat and taser you senseless. The police plant drugs on you." Go to jail for 1 year. Pay $5000 in fines. Pay $60000 in medical bills. If you own boardwalk, then it is confiscated by police.
- BigGrant, on 10/16/2007, -0/+34Did the math for Free parking ... What kind of rules do you use?
- pdevries, on 10/12/2007, -0/+34I think he's play the Monopoly RPG. He's just using a D20 instead..
- zeromancer, on 10/13/2007, -0/+33you guys wouldn't know what irony was if it kicked you in the nuts.
- dragon76, on 10/12/2007, -0/+32The Free Parking house rules is actually listed as an alternative rule in the official game.
- jordanau, on 10/16/2007, -0/+31Instructions to piss off friends:
While developing houses, get as many houses as you can put on your property but do not convert any to hotels. This results in a housing shortage (because there are only 32 houses) as long as nobody else can convert to hotels, you can curb the housing market and own the board.
BTW, if you play monopoly by its proper rules, It is a badass game - johnhummel, on 10/12/2007, -1/+32That's pretty much why - house rules and tradition. If nothing else, I like using it - it ads an extra level of random chance that can turn a player down on their luck into a major player again. We play it that anything you pay into Community Chest, Chance, and the board based "taxes" goes into the center. Now that my kids are old enough, I have someone to play with again.
- Jwoey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+30It's Orange. There are many ways to end up in Jail, and 6, 8, or 9 lands you on orange (7/18 chance). Or get a Advance to St Charles place, then a 5, 7, or 9 lands you on Orange (7/18).
- arghargh, on 10/12/2007, -0/+30More importantly, what board does he use where he gets to free parking on the first roll?
- cvindustries, on 10/12/2007, -0/+27Woosh!
- Klak, on 10/12/2007, -1/+28THANK YOU. people complain it takes too long to play then they want to put these stupid house rules in that make it take forever.
- breakspirit, on 10/17/2007, -2/+28kev: "It's kinda weird that only one company makes the game Monopoly"
dave: i liked that
kev: you didnt digg it
dave: it was too corny to warrant digging
dave: it was a humorous language joke but it doesn't really make sense
dave: it's like saying "it's kinda weird that only one company makes the game Halo"
kev: ....
kev: no its not
kev: because only one company doing something IS a monopoly
dave: RIGHT BUT NOBODY EXPECTS MULTIPLE COMPANIES TO MAKE THE SAME GAME WITH THE SAME NAME
kev: BUT HALO ISNT IRONIC
kev: OR COINCIDENCE OR WHATEVER
dave: IT WOULD ONLY BE A FUNNY JOKE IF FOR EXAMPLE MICROSOFT WAS SYNONYMOUS WITH MONOPOLY
kev: WHO WOULD EVER MAKE THAT ASSOCIATION, SINCE MICROSOFT DOESNT MAKE HALO, BUNGIE DOES AND BUNGIE HAS NO SUCH MONOPOLIES
dave: NO
dave: WHAT I MEAN IS LIKE
kev: MAYBE YOU SHOULD HAVE SAID THE XBOXGAY60
dave: LISTEN
kev: OK I AM
dave: ONLY ONE COMPANY MAKES HUNGRY HUNGRY HIPPOS
dave: THAT'S EXPECTED
dave: BECAUSE THEY OWN THE GAME AND THE RIGHTS TO IT
dave: ONLY ONE COMPANY MAKES MONOPOLY
dave: THAT'S ALSO EXPECTED FOR THE SAME REASON
kev: BUT HUNGRY HUNGRY HIPPOS DOESNT HAVE A NAME ASSOCIATED WITH OWNING SOMETHING AND BEING THE ONLY COMPANY TO DO SOMETHING
kev: HUNGRY HUNGRY HIPPOS IS JUST A ***** COOL GAME
dave: THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE A MONOPOLY ON GAMES CALLED MONOPOLY IS MERELY A CUTE LITTLE LANGUAGE OBSERVATION, BUT FAR FROM DEEP OR IRONIC OR UNEXPECTED
kev: DEFINITELY AT LEAST COINCIDENCE
dave: NOT AT ALL
kev: I DISAGREE WITH YOUR LOGIC
kev: AND ALL OF YOUR BALLS
dave: HOW IS IT A COINCIDENCE?
kev: BECAUSE IT HAPPENS TO BE NAMED SOMETHING THAT MAKES THAT STATEMENT HUMOROUS
dave: THE CONDITIONS AREN'T HUMOROUS THOUGH
kev: HHH WOULD NOT BE HUMOROUS
dave: LET ME TRY TO THINK OF A BETTER WAY TO EXPLAIN..
kev: I FOUND THEM TO BE HUMOROUS
dave: SAYING THAT IT'S FUNNY THAT ONLY ONE COMPANY MAKES A GAME CALLED MONOPOLY IS LIKE SAYING THAT IT'S FUNNY THAT A SLIP AND SLIDE MAKES YOU SLIP AND SLIDE
dave: THERE'S NOTHING UNEXPECTED GOING ON
dave: LET ME GIVE A GOOD EXAMPLE
dave: IMAGINE IF THE GAME WAS CALLED "REAL ESTATE" INSTEAD OF MONOPOLY, OKAY?
dave: AND IMAGINE IF IT WAS, LIKE CHECKERS, A GAME THAT ANYONE WAS ALLOWED TO PRODUCE THEIR OWN VERSION OF
dave: SO YOU'D HAVE THE HASBRO REAL ESTATE, THE MATTEL REAL ESTATE, AND SO ON
dave: BUT THEN ALONG COMES A COMPANY THAT IS CALLED MONOPOLY
dave: AND THEY JUST SO HAPPEN TO MAKE SUCH A GOOD VERSION OF REAL ESTATE THAT NOBODY ELSE BUYS THE OTHER BRAND ANYMORE
kev: I THINK THAT I WISH YOU WERE DEAD, SIR
dave: I WISH I KNEW A REALLY REALLY GOOD WAY TO GET MY POINT ACROSS
dave: THIS BLOWS
kev: ILL BLOW YOUR MOTHER - RxDaniel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+25How does the game know you are black though?
- drakenlot, on 10/12/2007, -0/+24I cast Magic Missile on the Darkness!
- MOJIRA, on 05/17/2008, -1/+25More like the other way around. At least in McDonald's Monopoly. 5 trillion Park Places and 2 Boardwalks.
- gibsonic, on 10/12/2007, -0/+23any other "working" mirror... my work doesn't find collegehumor very funny.
- aaronm67, on 10/16/2007, -0/+21Living is suicide, it just takes a long time to kick in.
- jizzlies, on 10/12/2007, -1/+21I'm kinda over collegehumor.com
- andres9888, on 10/16/2007, -0/+20Ya I used to do that to my friends but they started to make fake paper houses.
- SwingCorey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+20yeah - a natural 20 on the first roll? I think he cheated.
Unless he had the car, which is a D20 + 2 (because it's speedy)
likewise, the iron is a 2D6 - 1 (because it's heavy) - urbanight23, on 10/12/2007, -1/+21absolutely right, if I get the orange properies, I win 100% of the time. The best part is that everyone knows Im going for this strategy but I will trade everything for the oranges, and I still pull it off.
Its not the likelyhood of landing on them, its the fact that you can afford to put hotels up there before anyone can afford to pay for them. (highest return/cost ratio) -
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