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I have had soooooo many people tell me their tatics at monopoly is the best so i decided to ask everyone.

The person with the orange properties wins.





thread over.

The person with the orange properties wins.





thread over.
Not always true. I mean, what if you own the oranges but nothing else?
Yes, go for the oranges, but the reds and greens are good as well.

Good tactics include: playing against people who are crap; making outrageous deals with other players when they're on the verge of going out of the game; knowing the rules backwards; avoiding paying rent on other people's properties by quickly passing the dice when you've had your go...

Not always true. I mean, what if you own the oranges but nothing else?
Yes, go for the oranges, but the reds and greens are good as well.

Good tactics include: playing against people who are crap; making outrageous deals with other players when they're on the verge of going out of the game; knowing the rules backwards; avoiding paying rent on other people's properties by quickly passing the dice when you've had your go...
No you win when you have all the orange sqaures, as they are the most landed on set.

Buy green, yellow and red. Sufficiently cheap to be affordable, yet damaging to opponents. Oh, and screw the stations for the moment.

And there's always some chump who gets the old 'go back 3 spaces' straight into your $1000 square.

No you win when you have all the orange sqaures, as they are the most landed on set.
Yes, those 3 squares are the most landed on (actually the two cheaper ones are the most landed on, not sure what the next one is). But if you own several other sets, you'll do better than if you only own the orange set.

Yes, those 3 squares are the most landed on (actually the two cheaper ones are the most landed on, not sure what the next one is). But if you own several other sets, you'll do better than if you only own the orange set.


Well yeah, if you own everything but one set, ofc you're going to do well. You'd want other things besides the oranges, but that set's your money spinner.

My sister had an unbeatable tatic, it's called flipping the damn board when she was losing. It always worked and there never was a way for me to defeat that.

We also ended up losing half the tolkens and a majority of the hotels had to be replaced with red brick legos.

I have had soooooo many people tell me their tatics at monopoly is the best so i decided to ask everyone.
My technique is buy everything I can, even if I have to mortgage existing properties - every property you own (even if it's mortgaged) stops other people claiming rent from you for that property. This works better when there are fewer players (I usually play against two or three other people), as you can easily end up with well over half the properties - unless everyone else is using the same tactics. When people see me doing this they usually think I'm insane, but it does seem to work.

Also, some university study showed that The Strand is the most frequently visited square (in the English version, of course).

Cheat. Clearly that's the best tactics. Sneak a few hundy from the bank.. Say you went past go and never got your $200.

If that fails, throw the board away and call it a draw.

Use the Boot. It always wins...

Orange set nearly always wins.

But if you're looking to annoy everyone else who's playing, own all four stations. You won't win with just them but you will have a lot of fun and make a lot of money.

But if you're looking to annoy everyone else who's playing, own all three stations.
Did you mean four, or is there a version of monopoly with only three stations?

Orange set nearly always wins.

But if you're looking to annoy everyone else who's playing, own all three stations. You won't win with just them but you will have a lot of fun and make a lot of money.


four.


zomg pedantic.

Use the Boot. It always wins...
At first, I was thinking you were talking about "Das Boot" - man, I would so play the U-Boat if they had one!

According to this guy:
http://boardgames.about.com/cs/monopoly/ht/win_monopoly.htm
1. Know the odds. Most players make a complete lap around the board in five turns; you're likely to roll doubles once in those five turns (doubles happen about 17 percent of the time).

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.

3. Remember that Illinois Avenue is the square most often landed on (not including Jail). The B&O Railroad also is among those most landed on; Go rounds out the top three.

4. Railroads are better to own than utilities, but utilities should be purchased if the opportunity arises (especially if you can get both of them). Short Line is the least useful railroad to own, because it is visited least often.

5. Get out of jail quickly early in the game, even if you have to pay the $50. Later on, when moving around the board is more dangerous, stay in jail as long as you can.

6. When you build, get to three houses as quickly as possible. The rent raises significantly between two and three houses. For example, rent on Illinois Avenue jumps from $300 to $750.

7. If you're stuck with low-income properties, build to four houses quickly to create a building shortage, hurting other players' chances to build. 24 of 32 houses (or 6 of 12 hotels) could be tied up on just six properties.

8. Avoid mortgaging properties where you own two or more of the properties. If one property in a group is mortgaged, you cannot build on any of the properties in that group.

9. The second set of properties on all four sides of the board is a better investment. One reason: houses and hotels cost the same to build as for the first set of properties, but the rent is higher.

10. The trio of orange properties is an excellent monopoly to own because of their relationship to Jail. A roll of 6 or 8 (two of the most common rolls) from Jail lands you on an orange.

Punch the other players in the face and take all their money, then run to the Pay&Spray to lose your Wanted Level.

According to Neil Thomson, who has studied Monopoly mathematically, using probability matrices, the best properties are the orange ones - Vine Street, Marlborough Street, Bow Street in the English version. But the key is to buy every street you land on, and to put hotels on one set before you put houses on another. And the stations are rubbish, but the utilities are even worse.
http://hometown.aol.co.uk/monopolycheat/prob/conc.html#top
http://hometown.aol.co.uk/monopolycheat/strat/conc.html#top
Probability of landing on each set of properties:
http://hometown.aol.co.uk/monopolycheat/prob/fig3_group.gif
Rate of return for each set:
http://hometown.aol.co.uk/monopolycheat/strat/table4a_pay.gif
http://hometown.aol.co.uk/monopolycheat/strat/table4b_pay.gif
(This shows the payback rates in terms of the number of opponent turns until expenses are covered)

In my experience, the best Monopoly tactic is a pot of very strong coffee, because ice ages have been known to end more quickly than a game...

According to Neil Thomson, who has studied Monopoly mathematically, using probability matrices, the best properties are the orange ones - Vine Street, Marlborough Street, Bow Street in the English version. But the key is to buy every street you land on, and to put hotels on one set before you put houses on another. And the stations are rubbish, but the utilities are even worse.
http://hometown.aol.co.uk/monopolycheat/prob/conc.html#top
http://hometown.aol.co.uk/monopolycheat/strat/conc.html#top
Probability of landing on each set of properties:
(...)
Rate of return for each set:
(...)
(This shows the payback rates in terms of the number of opponent turns until expenses are covered)
Wow. Interestingly enough, ther colors are different in the old German version we have at home. They might not be with the newer ones.
(My dad and my best friend's girlfriend had a bet on that - and they both won!)

all this talk makes me wanna play, anybody up for it?

www.games.com

My idea...Gte the dark blues. Build them up. somebody lands on that nad WHAM, thats £2000 in your bank adn there out.

Did you mean four, or is there a version of monopoly with only three stations?

My mistake, wasn't really thinking.

The best Monopoly tactic is to use sexual favours to avoid insolvency.

Not always true. I mean, what if you own the oranges but nothing else?
Yes, go for the oranges, but the reds and greens are good as well.

Good tactics include: playing against people who are crap; making outrageous deals with other players when they're on the verge of going out of the game; knowing the rules backwards; avoiding paying rent on other people's properties by quickly passing the dice when you've had your go...

Or playing against a 10 year old who you can persuade to sell their orange lots for $100 each.

Or playing against a 10 year old who you can persuade to sell their orange lots for $100 each.
Yeah...though there's always the problem of playing against an economically precocious 10 year old and getting your ass kicked all the way from Old Kent Road to Mayfair. Without passing Go.

Hire a lawyer. Have him explain to the other players that not only can they not force you to pay them rent, they now owe you $5000. Each.

My technique is buy everything I can, even if I have to mortgage existing properties - every property you own (even if it's mortgaged) stops other people claiming rent from you for that property. This works better when there are fewer players (I usually play against two or three other people), as you can easily end up with well over half the properties - unless everyone else is using the same tactics. When people see me doing this they usually think I'm insane, but it does seem to work.

Also, some university study showed that The Strand is the most frequently visited square (in the English version, of course).
That's my tactic too. Also, make whatever trade is necessary to have the first monopoly on the board and immediately get houses or hotels on it. It's a gamble, but if you get a person to land on them quickly, you've got a tremendous advantage. If people miss them at first, you're usually out of the game quickly and off watching porn, so it's a win-win.

I prefer my method, honestly.

And it's more fun than pie-charts.

buy everything you can.

mortgage everything that is useless to you

build as fast as you can

analyse your position and make the best deals with the properties you managed to buy. do whatever it takes to get at least one buildable monopoly. whine if the other people won't make a deal that gives you at least one buildable monopoly since you are doomed to lose without one. (unless you are playing a short game with a time limit)

make deals with those who just got crippled by landing on boardwalk. they will be so pissed at the owner that they will do anything to screw him over even sell you 2 green properties for $100.

don't prolong your agony by continuing to play after you are crippled. make the deal that gives the other guys at the bottom a chance to win against the bastard who crippled you.

My sister had an unbeatable tatic, it's called flipping the damn board when she was losing. It always worked and there never was a way for me to defeat that.

We also ended up losing half the tolkens and a majority of the hotels had to be replaced with red brick legos.


My brother used to hide most of his money under the board. He's leave a few 1s and 5s out , then all of a sudden he have hotels everywhere. If I dared call him on it, he'd beat the crap out of me.