r/MurderedByWords • u/Nirjhor5858 • Sep 11 '19

Murder This is absolutely true, isn't it?

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u/77pali Sep 11 '19

The bigger thing I can't get over is what do they think is stopping us from just playing the regular Monopoly and just use this "new rule". Why should someone buy the 151th version?

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u/Swantape Sep 11 '19

Who plays monopoly with the official rules anyway

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u/Snukkems Sep 11 '19

I played it once by the book, did you know monopoly by the rules only lasts about an hour even with full players?

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u/tennismenace3 Sep 11 '19

When people say it drags on forever, you know it's because they don't follow the rules.

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u/BaronUnterbheit Sep 11 '19

True, but the rules don’t account for the amount of intra-family conflict and arguing involved. Stuff you thought was long forgotten and in the past can get pulled out during a fight over an obviously corrupt trade of Park Place for Baltic Ave.

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '19

I always try to argue other players out of trades and it eats up tons of time. My brother is good at convincing people a trade that's bad for them is actually good for them, when in reality it's good for him... so my main goal in games I play with him in just trying to stymie any efforts he makes at trading. Eats up hours.

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u/madmatt42 Sep 11 '19

I've never seen a trade that wasn't one-sided. Someone always takes advantage of someone else. Which ends up making the game even longer.

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u/MoralityAuction Sep 11 '19

True, but the rules don’t account for the amount of intra-family conflict and arguing involved. Stuff you thought was long forgotten and in the past can get pulled out during a fight over an obviously corrupt trade of Park Place for Baltic Ave.

See also: capitalism.