The Instructions For Monopoly
Monopoly is a property-trading game created by Charles Darrow in 1934. Gaming company Parker Brothers acquired the rights to Monopoly in 1935. The object of Monopoly is to acquire as many assets through cash and property as possible. Players who land on another player's property must pay him a fee depending on the property's value. Play continues until all but one player is bankrupt by owing more money to a player than they can afford.
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Instructions
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Set Up
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Place the board on a playing surface and put the Chance and Community Chest cards face down onto their allotted spaced.
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Have each player (up to eight) choose a game piece to represent himself and place it onto the Go space.
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Use the play money to distribute $1,500 dollars to each player. Players receive two each of the $500, $100 and $50 bills, six $20 bills and five each of the $10, $5 and $1 bills.
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Select a player to act as the banker. The banker is responsible for handling all financial transactions as they occur.
Game Play
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Take turns, starting with the banker, by throwing two six-sided dice to indicate how far a player will move. Add the value of the dice and move that many spaces going clockwise. Players collects $200 from the bank each time they move past the Go space (after the first time).
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If you land on an unowned property, choose whether or not to buy it. If bought, pay the indicated amount to the banker and take the corresponding property card. If the property is owned, pay the property owner the amount of rent indicated on the property card.
If you land on a Community Chest or Chance card, read the card aloud and follow the card's directions.
If you land on Go To Jail, move your token to the "In Jail" space. Players can get out of jail on their next turn by throwing a double (the same value on both dice), using a "Get Out of Jail Free" card (received from Chance and Community Chest cards), or by paying $50 to the banker.
If you land on Income Tax, pay the banker $200 or 10 percent of your net worth, which includes all cash and assets.
If you land on Free Parking, nothing happens and your turn is over.
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Take another turn if you roll a double. However, rolling three doubles in a row results in going to jail for speeding.
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Continue playing until players own all the properties in a color group. An example of a color group would be Park Place and Boardwalk since they are blue. Players who own all the properties in a color group may buy houses for them during their turn. However, houses must be placed evenly. That is, all properties that players owns must have at least one house before any property can have two houses. House prices are listed on the property cards and increase the rent of the property they are placed on. A player can purchase a hotel for a property once all properties in a color group have four houses. Hotel prices are indicated by property cards and greatly increase the rent of a property.
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Play until all but one player remains because all others have gone bankrupt. A player is declared bankrupt and out of the game if he owes an amount he cannot afford. A player is not considered bankrupt unless he has no assets to draw money from. Players can sell and mortgage their property and houses for cash if necessary.
Selling and Mortgages
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Choose an asset such as a house or property and offer it to other players at a price of your choosing. Players can negotiate a price until an agreement is reached.
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Exchange your assets for the agreed upon cash with the player you sold your assets to.
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Mortgage your property to the banker to receive the amount indicated on the property card. Mortgages can be bought back from the bank for the mortgage price plus a 10 percent interest.
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Tips & Warnings
The banker never goes broke. If all the play money is used, record additional money as needed using a pencil and paper. Players in jail may still collect rent from other players.
A game of Monopoly can take a very long time to complete. Consider implementing a time limit. In a timed game, the player with the highest net worth (counting all assets) is declared the winner when time expires.
