How to Win Every Time in Monopoly

As proof that Monopoly is truly an American game, Hasbro, Inc. added a new game token this year: a money sack. It beat out the piggy bank and biplane. The 11 tokens now used in the classic Monopoly game are a boot, iron, racecar, top hat, thimble, battleship, cannon, wheelbarrow, dog, and horse and rider. These last three were added in the early '50s.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

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

1. Keep an eye on other players. Don't let on if they take a property you really want.

2. Buy everything you can except Park Place and Boardwalk (blue properties); Atlantic, Marvin Gardens, and Ventnor (yellow properties); and Pennsylvania, Pacific, and North Carolina (green properties).

3. Buy one each of the blue, yellow and green properties to break any other player's chance at a monopoly.

4. Go for the Tennessee, St. James Place, and New York (orange properties) and Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky (red properties). They're more likely to be visited because of their locations on the board.

5. Try to get players to sell you property instead of mortgaging when they owe you money. Heavily mortgaged properties can be bought cheaply by other players who land on them.

6. Build up to three houses on each of your properties, but not more than that, for the best return.

7. Use the rules to your advantage. If you land on a property, don't automatically hand over the rent. If two people roll the dice after your turn and no one notices, you're off the hook.

Tips & Warnings

• Keep some money in reserve. Remember, you'll have to pay rents and other fees.

[dreamteller]

on 6/11/2009 Hee, hee I'm going to have fun beating everyone next time I play!

[lordkhomar]

on 6/5/2009 Good info, I'll try this the next time I play

[sluna75]

on 5/17/2009 Great advice how to win at Monopoly.

[tenthz]

on 3/19/2009 I'm surprised you didn't mention anything about railroads! It's always my strategy to collect all the railroads since if you have all four it's a nice $200 every time someone lands on one.

[adrian99e]

on 1/15/2009 Contrary to popular belief, Monopoly is not all about luck, but there's some skill involved as well. ANY monopoly on the board will help you out. That being said...

The Reds and Oranges are the best properties to have a monopoly. Illinois is the most landed on square on the board, while there is a THIRTY-EIGHT percent chance of landing on the oranges from the jail/just visiting square. And since there are so many ways to get into jail ( cards, 3 double rolls, landing on the go 2 jail space) it makes the oranges especially valuable.

ALWAYS buy a property you land on. At the very least, you can block someone from getting a monopoly on those squares. However, because of all the ways to go to jail..the greens and dark blues are not the best investments. Still, if you manage to get a monopoly on those colours...cool!!

In short,without going into the rolls of dice, chance, community c