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Monopoly is mostly luck

once you get the fundamentals there's not much value-add to ...
self-absorbed church hissy fit
  10/25/25
this is why you need a rule change: whenever you land on a p...
jet-lagged yapping space
  10/25/25
how is this different from the existing rules except that th...
self-absorbed church hissy fit
  10/25/25
In the normal rules as I’ve always played it if you la...
jet-lagged yapping space
  10/25/25
then what do you mean by "right of first refusal" ...
self-absorbed church hissy fit
  10/25/25
person A lands on the a property that has a face cost of $10...
jet-lagged yapping space
  10/25/25
only furking jews wld enjoy playing like that
underhanded library cumskin
  10/25/25
enjoy your luck of the dice rolls then
jet-lagged yapping space
  10/25/25
????? That doesn't seem meaningfully different from Perso...
sexy appetizing school
  10/25/25
The way I've always played the normal rules is that the play...
jet-lagged yapping space
  10/25/25
it sounds like you're just playing by the correct original r...
sexy appetizing school
  10/25/25
yes, and those original rules involve, per OP, too much luck
jet-lagged yapping space
  10/25/25
If you read the optimal strategy online it's pretty easy to ...
sexy appetizing school
  10/25/25
Do you actually play this game irl? Most people hate it. I'v...
coral whorehouse regret
  10/25/25
if you roll a four at the beginning of the game and youre pl...
dashing talking stain
  10/25/25
yeah it's Not Fun IRL. I found an online site (richup.io) an...
sexy appetizing school
  10/25/25
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high-end round eye party of the first part
  10/25/25
you nailed it itt, totally agreed
brindle stirring jew people who are hurt
  10/25/25
it’s a stylized expression of the financial anxieties ...
Fragrant Fluffy Location
  10/25/25
Slam dunk poast
Burgundy cruise ship mad cow disease
  10/25/25
it took you to adulthood to figure this out? you just buy ev...
dashing talking stain
  10/25/25
There are various mistakes that poor players can be induced ...
high-end round eye party of the first part
  10/25/25
TITCR
sexy appetizing school
  10/25/25
Why would they? No one can do the math unless they have a sp...
coral whorehouse regret
  10/25/25
the entire metastrategy is based on Clique Exploitation. Scu...
sexy appetizing school
  10/25/25
I don’t think you need to do the math to see how usele...
high-end round eye party of the first part
  10/25/25
How many games have you played total? I’ve probably pl...
coral whorehouse regret
  10/25/25
That was literally the point of the game.
Vengeful trailer park son of senegal
  10/25/25
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Cobalt curious chapel
  10/25/25
This Monopoly WORLD FUCKING CHAMPION is a lawyer. https:/...
bateful volcanic crater
  10/25/25
You need good negotiation skills to win
bat shit crazy hairy legs skinny woman
  10/25/25


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Date: October 25th, 2025 1:50 PM
Author: self-absorbed church hissy fit

once you get the fundamentals there's not much value-add to "skill." just make sure you get lucky to get enough color monopolies from the start and don't get fucked going to jail on the way to "Go" too many times to have money to buy houses before other players. that's it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5789722&forum_id=2챦�#49374091)



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Date: October 25th, 2025 1:53 PM
Author: jet-lagged yapping space

this is why you need a rule change: whenever you land on a property it goes up for auction among all the players except for the person who lands on it, who has a right of first refusal. this increases the skill level required of the game by a lot.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5789722&forum_id=2챦�#49374100)



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Date: October 25th, 2025 1:55 PM
Author: self-absorbed church hissy fit

how is this different from the existing rules except that the person who lands on it can participate in the auction if he doesn't buy outright

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5789722&forum_id=2챦�#49374110)



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Date: October 25th, 2025 1:59 PM
Author: jet-lagged yapping space

In the normal rules as I’ve always played it if you land on a property you can buy it for a set amount, it only goes to auction if you reject purchasing it. Lots of luck, the lander usually buy it

If it goes to auction right away it becomes much more about money management

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5789722&forum_id=2챦�#49374117)



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Date: October 25th, 2025 2:02 PM
Author: self-absorbed church hissy fit

then what do you mean by "right of first refusal" if not the right to buy

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5789722&forum_id=2챦�#49374123)



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Date: October 25th, 2025 2:02 PM
Author: jet-lagged yapping space

person A lands on the a property that has a face cost of $100. persons B, C and D bid on the property and bid it up to $300. person A then has the ability to take the property for $300 or let it go to the highest bidder.

under normal rules person A could just buy the property for $100, which involves too much luck.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5789722&forum_id=2챦�#49374125)



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Date: October 25th, 2025 2:04 PM
Author: underhanded library cumskin

only furking jews wld enjoy playing like that

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5789722&forum_id=2챦�#49374126)



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Date: October 25th, 2025 2:04 PM
Author: jet-lagged yapping space

enjoy your luck of the dice rolls then

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5789722&forum_id=2챦�#49374129)



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Date: October 25th, 2025 2:08 PM
Author: sexy appetizing school

?????

That doesn't seem meaningfully different from Person A being able to participate in the auction (which is what the rules allow)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5789722&forum_id=2챦�#49374134)



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Date: October 25th, 2025 2:10 PM
Author: jet-lagged yapping space

The way I've always played the normal rules is that the player who lands on the property can buy it outright without an auction; it only goes up for auction if he doesn't buy it.

If it goes right up for auction among all players right off the bat then what's the benefit of landing on anything?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5789722&forum_id=2챦�#49374135)



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Date: October 25th, 2025 2:23 PM
Author: sexy appetizing school

it sounds like you're just playing by the correct original rules

The person who lands on it can choose to buy it. If they choose not to buy it, a public auction is immediately started where all players bid on the property

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5789722&forum_id=2챦�#49374164)



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Date: October 25th, 2025 2:24 PM
Author: jet-lagged yapping space

yes, and those original rules involve, per OP, too much luck

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5789722&forum_id=2챦�#49374170)



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Date: October 25th, 2025 2:13 PM
Author: sexy appetizing school

If you read the optimal strategy online it's pretty easy to win

- Buy Railroads, Orange, Light Blue

- Avoid Green/Yellow/DarkBlue/Utilities

Pretty easy to win by giving someone a set in exchange for their Orange, giving another player a set in exchange for their Orange, and then mortgaging your remaining shit so you can immediately put three houses on Orange

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5789722&forum_id=2챦�#49374141)



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Date: October 25th, 2025 2:15 PM
Author: coral whorehouse regret

Do you actually play this game irl? Most people hate it. I've had several people have tantrums and flip the board over. That's basically what the game is "about."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5789722&forum_id=2챦�#49374145)



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Date: October 25th, 2025 2:18 PM
Author: dashing talking stain

if you roll a four at the beginning of the game and youre playing against three players youre basically done. then you have to sit there for three hours.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5789722&forum_id=2챦�#49374153)



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Date: October 25th, 2025 2:19 PM
Author: sexy appetizing school

yeah it's Not Fun IRL. I found an online site (richup.io) and wasted a bunch of time earlier this year, and it was also Not Fun

you get that dopamine rush for about 30 seconds when someone lands on your upgraded set and at that point you've already won and there's 15+ minutes of pointless drawdown

so many better board games out there

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5789722&forum_id=2챦�#49374155)



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Date: October 25th, 2025 2:28 PM
Author: high-end round eye party of the first part



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5789722&forum_id=2챦�#49374180)



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Date: October 25th, 2025 7:03 PM
Author: brindle stirring jew people who are hurt

you nailed it itt, totally agreed

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5789722&forum_id=2챦�#49374718)



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Date: October 25th, 2025 2:23 PM
Author: Fragrant Fluffy Location

it’s a stylized expression of the financial anxieties of losers and indigents and of their hatred of their own inabilities and shortcomings, which they disguise in hatred towards the supposed capriciousness and oppression of the free world

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5789722&forum_id=2챦�#49374165)



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Date: October 25th, 2025 7:03 PM
Author: Burgundy cruise ship mad cow disease

Slam dunk poast

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5789722&forum_id=2챦�#49374719)



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Date: October 25th, 2025 2:16 PM
Author: dashing talking stain

it took you to adulthood to figure this out? you just buy everything you land on.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5789722&forum_id=2챦�#49374148)



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Date: October 25th, 2025 2:17 PM
Author: high-end round eye party of the first part

There are various mistakes that poor players can be induced into making. Color monopolies on the more expensive part of the board are vastly overrated by most players. It's difficult to fund them without houses in other parts of the board. You can often trade boardwalk or the green properties away to bad players for monopolies in the less expensive regions that are much easier to build up. Depending on the player, you can also put them up for auction when you land on them and then bid them up so they overpay for properties they won't be able to build up. There are other things you can do that many people won't - mortgage properties you can't practically build on or trade to another player to drain their cash and immediately fund building. Certain things like utilities are overrated as well as should be traded away or put up for auction. Most people do not manage trades and auctions well at all

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5789722&forum_id=2챦�#49374149)



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Date: October 25th, 2025 2:20 PM
Author: sexy appetizing school

TITCR

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5789722&forum_id=2챦�#49374158)



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Date: October 25th, 2025 2:20 PM
Author: coral whorehouse regret

Why would they? No one can do the math unless they have a spreadsheet that they make when they're not even playing the game, or cheat by reading about it online. That or actually being autistic. Or an Engineer.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5789722&forum_id=2챦�#49374162)



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Date: October 25th, 2025 2:28 PM
Author: sexy appetizing school

the entire metastrategy is based on Clique Exploitation. Scumbags will tend towards a slumlord strategy with Mediterranean/Baltic, while Preps will overindex on Boardwalk

it takes a True Engineer to corner the railroads to fund their expansion on Orange

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5789722&forum_id=2챦�#49374182)



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Date: October 25th, 2025 2:31 PM
Author: high-end round eye party of the first part

I don’t think you need to do the math to see how useless the green and dark blue properties are for most people in the beginning of the game. I have seen so many games where someone spends a lot of resources getting a house or two on those properties only to get crushed by a full built up monopoly on the light blues. It should be an obvious thing after a few games.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5789722&forum_id=2챦�#49374192)



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Date: October 25th, 2025 8:13 PM
Author: coral whorehouse regret

How many games have you played total? I’ve probably played like 6 in my whole life.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5789722&forum_id=2챦�#49374822)



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Date: October 25th, 2025 2:19 PM
Author: Vengeful trailer park son of senegal

That was literally the point of the game.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5789722&forum_id=2챦�#49374157)



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Date: October 25th, 2025 8:13 PM
Author: Cobalt curious chapel



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5789722&forum_id=2챦�#49374823)



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Date: October 25th, 2025 2:20 PM
Author: bateful volcanic crater

This Monopoly WORLD FUCKING CHAMPION is a lawyer.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/sep/02/experience-i-am-the-monopoly-world-champion

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5789722&forum_id=2챦�#49374160)



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Date: October 25th, 2025 2:28 PM
Author: bat shit crazy hairy legs skinny woman

You need good negotiation skills to win

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5789722&forum_id=2챦�#49374183)