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

Murder This is absolutely true, isn't it?

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u/Swantape Sep 11 '19

Really? Our games take atleast 2 hours

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u/Snukkems Sep 11 '19

Yep, they've even got express rules that cut the game time even shorter, my wife plays that with her friends.

Personally I can't stand monopoly and will only play it if landing on free parking gets me a shot or a hit off a bowl.

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u/LaBandaRoja Sep 11 '19 edited Sep 12 '19

Personally I can't stand monopoly.

Ironically, that was the point of the game when it was created

Ps, with regards to the rules, the two main things are that:

  1. Money does not go to whomever lands on Free Parking. The dynamics should be that players lose money round after round until only one survives (often taking over a lot of the others’ properties and amassing great wealth). Redistributing money that was removed from the game defeats this purpose.

  2. When a player lands on a property but refuses to purchase it, it’s auctioned to the highest bidder. This speeds up the game drastically.

Edit: Pro-tip: don’t play monopoly in the first place. It’s a terrible game. Go to r/boardgames or Board Game Geek’s Top 100 for recommendations

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u/InspiringCalmness Sep 11 '19

these get quoted quite often, but theres a caveat:
the official rules got changed quite a lot over the time, so all arguments are kind of true.
also, both the rules you stated were not in the original ruleset.
most importantly regarding your 2. rule, at one point the rule was without auctioning, but you couldn't start building houses unless every thingle property was sold, which made games exceptionally long.

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u/ZatherDaFox Sep 11 '19

Do you have a source on this? Because from what limited information I can find, these rules were always part if the game.

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u/InspiringCalmness Sep 11 '19

i have a version from the 50s (102/2) where the rules are like i described.

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u/ZatherDaFox Sep 11 '19

That's weird. Because I'm pretty sure the version I have is from that time and it does have those rules.

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u/InspiringCalmness Sep 11 '19

my version is german, maybe there are regional differences?
maybe there are even just 'official' mistranslations, wouldnt surprise me.