House Rules

During this time of quarantine, my roommates and I have been playing board games every single night. We only have a couple of board games, so things can get very dull quickly. Because of this our games of monopoly have so many house rules now that they have become nothing like the real games, for this assignment we establish set “house rules” 1. If you declare bankruptcy, you do not give your tiles to the player who made you bankrupt but rather back into the deck. 2. All fines go into the middle for free parking. 3. You can trade with anyone at time. 4. Free rent is possible (make this trade with me, never pay on that spot again. This made the game much more chaotic. When players died, which one did fairly one in monopoly standards, it completley changed the game. New Monopolies were up for grabs. Shifting who was in the lead. The free parking space is a classic monopoly house rule, but it completley changed our game. Almost no one landed on the free parking space and, towards the end of the game, the space had a little over 1,000 dollars on it. Whoever got that space could make a game ending monopoly. The person who was losing the game got the space and it kept them in a little longer. Overall, our rules made the game longer, but much more chaotic in length. The game was not over too quickly like in many usual games of monopoly where one player has won after only a few times around the board and there is no coming back to best them. I think this made the game less strategic, and in that way for me, it was less fun than just playing regular monopoly. I think for players who enjoy games where there is no possible strategy, just complete luck, like the game of life or candyland, they would enjoy monopoly a lot more. Because it makes the game less stressful in that way. It also makes for a fun change of pace. Monopoly can become the same game over and over, especially with the same number of players, but when players have free ride passes and anyone could win 1,000 dollars completley changes how the game is played and what you are looking for. I reccomend this strategy to those who hate monopoly, but have played it far too many times, and those who love monopoly, but have played it far too many times. It is not an easy game to learn if you’ve never played, and to place chaotic rules would only make it harder.