How to Play Monopoly

Imagine playing Monopoly for 1,680 hours - straight. That's the longest recorded game ever. Some people agree on a time limit for their games.

Difficulty:

Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need

• Monopoly 3-D Puzzle
• Monopoly Junior
• Monopoly Games
• Handheld Electronic Monopoly
• Monopoly CD-ROM

1. Keep in mind that the ultimate goal is to have the most money and assets at the end of the game.

2. Make sure that you have all the pieces. The box should contain a game board, two dice, play money, 32 houses, 12 hotels, 11 tokens, a stack each of Chance and Community Chest cards, and a Title Deed card for each property.

3. Lay the board out with the Chance and Community Chest cards facedown on their respective spaces.

4. Choose your favorite token. Put all of the players' tokens on Go.

5. Select a player to be the Banker. This person takes care of the money, buildings and Title Deed cards.

6. Distribute the money. Each player gets two $500 bills, two $100 bills, two $50 bills, six $20 bills, five $10 bills, five $5 bills and five $1 bills for a total of $1,500.

7. Have each player roll the dice to see who goes first. The highest roll wins, and play moves to the left.

8. Roll the dice and move that many spaces.

9. Buy a property from the Bank, if you wish, when you land on it. If you opt not to buy a property on your turn, the Banker may auction it to the highest bidding player. Bidding can start at any price and anyone may bid on the property.

10. Pay rent if you land on a property owned by another player. He or she must remember to ask for it before the player after you throws the dice.

11. Take a card if you land on Chance or Community Chest and follow the instructions.

12. Keep the dice if you roll doubles - once your turn is over, you may roll again.

13. Go to Jail if you roll doubles three times in a row.

14. Collect your salary of $200 from the Bank every time you pass or land on Go.

15. Get out of Jail by any of these methods: Use a Get Out of Jail Free card; pay a $50 fine before you roll the dice on either of your next two turns; or roll doubles on the dice during any of the three turns following your incarceration (you don't get to take another turn). However, if you don't roll doubles by the third turn, you have to pay a $50 fine.

16. Win the game by snapping up all of the property on the board, ruining the other players and acquiring more money and assets than anyone else.

Tips & Warnings

• Keep your Title Deed cards faceup unless the property is mortgaged, in which case the Title Deed card is kept facedown.

• Mortgaged properties do not collect rent.

• Try to buy properties of the same color. You will collect higher rents that way, and once you own an entire group, you can put buildings on them.

• Keep your Get Out of Jail Free card or sell it to another player whenever you want. You determine the price.

• Jailed players may still buy and sell property or buildings and collect rent on their properties.

• If you land on Income Tax, you must decide whether to estimate your tax ($200) or pay 10 percent of your assets. This decision must be made before you add up your worth. Assets include cash, all properties and the price of all buildings.

• All properties may be sold or traded between players or mortgaged to the bank except for ones with buildings on them. Buildings have to be sold back to the bank at half the original price before a property can go on the market.

• Declare bankruptcy when you owe more than you can pay.

• Players may not loan money; only the Bank can.