The Hidden Genius of Monopoly's Rules | Game/Show | PBS Digital Studios

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1. YOUR EYE CHART IS THE KONAMI CODE!!
2. Monopoly has been around since 1935, not an entire century.
3. "Chace - the opposite of skill"
   Welcome to capitalism.
4. Only people who hate it are the ones who suck at it haha
5. In our circle we play by the printed rules with one exception: A player landing on an unowned property cannot simply buy it at the printed price; it immediately goes up for auction. The first thing this does is eliminate the advantage for players rolling the dice and initially moving before others. More importantly, through auctions a true open marketplace price is paid for properties, as was intended before the Quakers took over the game. Players can abstain from bidding on properties in which they have no interest, and bid aggressively on properties that suit their strategic plans.
   
   One might think that many auctions lengthen the time of the game. Actually, they shorten the playing time, since players more quickly assemble monopolies. Those who argue that improving the skill factor ignores the fact that luck is a part of life, should realize that the Dice, Chance and Community Chest remain considerable luck factors. If a game of pure chance rather than skill is preferred, then play Bingo. Meanwhile, we greatly enjoy the above described version in which the factor of skill is enhanced.
6. Monopoly nerds
7. I played against myself, first with the house rules set to default, then width them all changed. The first time I ended up with 2500 and the second time I had 10700. The second game lasted 3 times longer.
8. Geez that's a really slow Papers, Please players.
9. Monopoly is a very proletariat creation. All players start as equals and following the rules (meaning no house rules) is more fun. The only house rule I like is an improvement on the ridiculous "Taxes in a pile to be received by whomever lands on Free Parking" rule. This variation raises the salary to $205 and outs $5 in the FP Sweepstakes. This only happens when landing/passing Go. Yes, extra money enters into play, but, at $5 per salary, it's not too much. Sometimes we add an additional $5, courtesy of the Bank, in recompense for the lack of banking options.
10. Why did I not see political references coming from PBS really!!!
11. I'm a Monopoly champion... It's one of the best games ever.
    
    Yea, most people don't play it right, not to mention the greedy players are the first to lose.
12. I LOVE Monopoly! It was such a fun game game growing up. But these days I can never find anyone to play with. :'(
13. Monopoly. Ames enemies not friends when ur winning 1 wrong move and ur pissed at ur partner for weeks happened to me
14. Marven gardens won me the game so many times
15. I love Monopoly. We never use House Rules anymore and the game lasts maybe 90 minutes
16. How about, if you land on a railroad you can go to another railroad instead of shaking the dice....that would be cool.
17. Or someone can start selling the Original game for public use. I wonder if it will be banned...
18. So I'm not supposed to bribe the bank with property
19. Sargon why I'm watching this dude? :/
20. Talk about changing rules and mechanics of the game, I got the handheld version of the game some years ago, and one of the fundamental rules (that's makes for a shorter game) is that when you land on an un-owned property, if you don't buy it, it goes up for auction and then all players can bid on the property until it is sold. Usually, with enough players, one pass around the board will have all properties owned, and then it really does boil down to luck with dice and going broke quickly because you can't afford a rent.