Q&A for How to Win at Monopoly

Playing Monopoly faster is largely dependent on the individuals you play with. If your fellow players are eager to move quickly, the game will naturally progress at a faster pace. Conversely, if participants tend to take more time and engage in extensive analysis paralysis when deciding their moves, the game may proceed at a slower rate. Playing by yourself could potentially expedite the game, but when playing with others, the speed is contingent on their playing style and preferences.

Use your old strategy if your new strategy never works.

Learn from him. What makes him better? Are there patterns to his play? How does he play differently than you are playing?

It's not always about how many more properties you have. The properties in which players more frequently stumble upon will make more money. Watch how often each property gets landed on and try to buy these up.

When you sell a property back to the bank. You get half of your money back.

Try and put up houses where you think he's gonna go. If your grandma doesn't want to team up, try to act like a team player to her, and she might make an alliance.

I think that is a good strategy because you will get all of that money back if someone lands on your site with a hotel.

You need to spot them cheating, and make sure you are not the only one that noticed.

Don't cheat. It's not a real win if you cheated. If you get caught cheating, just admit it and don't do it again.

You can either pay $50 immediately, or you have three turns to roll doubles. If you don't roll doubles, you are required to pay the $50.

Railroads and utilities are considered good early game properties, but only if you have them all. Most players do not buy utilities as they quickly become pointless, while railroads can be good bargaining chips later on in the game. It depends on the situation -- don't buy them if someone else already has one unless you want to trade with them later though.

Pay attention to the properties that others tend to land on and invest in those whenever you can.

It takes two people to trade. If your opponent offers you a bad trade, do not accept it. If you want an opponent to accept a trade that benefits you more than them, you will have to trick and persuade them into doing the trade. If they still don't, they are too smart and you may have to settle with a fair trade or work with an opponent to get them to trade with you.

You can't really but spending money on property that is orange red yellow and green are really quite profitable later in the game.

The most landed on property is Illinois, but the most landed on square is jail.

First, Go -- this is the simplest and most effective way. Second, chance and community chest cards -- they don't give much, so don't worry so much about them. Third, mortgages -- they are the best way to get large sums instantly. And last, trades -- give your opponent something in exchange for cash.

If you don't have a color set yet, there is not much hope. However, if you own a color set, you should aim to catch up with them, and ultimately beat them, by building faster than they do. For example, you may want to go all in and mortgage all your other properties to raise cash and build houses. You can also trade for cash with a non-threatening competitor and use this cash to build houses.

Be humble when trading and don't trade your expensive properties.

There isn't a money limit. It really depends on your opponent; if he or she is not playing very astutely, you wouldn't need that much cash to win. If he or she is a savvy player, you will need every ounce and every cent that you have to win.

It is always best to mortgage your properties to buy expensive ones, as you can always trade it back for more money in the long term. The only time you don't want to buy something expensive is when you have no way of making money (like monopolies with houses) and other players do, since you could go bankrupt.

Well, you can't, but you may propose a trade for that space later on in the game.

No, the rule is if the buying person doesn't buy it, then it goes up for auction and all players can bid, including the original buyer. Each player can say what they're willing to buy the property for, and whoever bids highest buys the property.

Different strategies will work for different people. They also depend on who you are playing with, and how many people you are playing with. You should test each strategy out, and find the one that works best for you.

No. After one use, you have to put the card under the Chance/Community Chest deck.

You are statistically more likely to roll a seven. For these reasons, buy properties that coincide with a seven dice roll.

The property landed on most frequently is Illinois Avenue. The orange-colored properties are very common too.

No matter what , after your third turn in jail, you have to pay the fine of $50 and continue.

Yes, because rolling a double is not connected to paying the rent on an opponent's property.

You have a 1 percent chance of that happening, so don't worry about it. You also don't have to win, just enjoy the game.

Yes, you do.