Q&A for How to Play Monopoly

Playing Monopoly at a faster pace hinges on the preferences and speed of your fellow players. If they are inclined to move quickly, the game will naturally progress faster. Conversely, if participants take their time and engage in thorough analysis and paralysis when making decisions, the game may proceed more slowly. Playing by yourself could potentially expedite the game, but when playing with others, the speed is determined by their playing style and preferences.

The official rule is one hotel per property.

Many professional competitions play until there is a winner, but you can quit at any time. The winner would be the person with the most cash and property, as determined by the "Property Worth" on the back of each property card.

You mortgage a property when you don't have enough money to pay a debt.

Yes, "go" is a space in the game, it is always counted.

You have to pay the bank either10% of your current cash on hand or $200 if you prefer. So if you had $1,500 on hand, you would pay $150 (10% of $1,500). If you had $2,500, you would owe $250. However, you could choose to pay $200 instead.

Nothing. Or if you want, make up a rule like 'get $250 upon landing on Free Parking' but this must be agreed upon before commencing the game.

You have the mortgage value written on the back of the card. When you mortgage a property, put face down the title deed card of the property you're mortgaging, and then get the mortgaged value shown on the back. It also lists rent value. When people land on your property, they must pay you rent. The rent amount is shown on the TDC. If you have more than one property on a square, the card indicates how much rent you can charge for those properties. The cost of buying property is shown at the bottom of the Title Deed card.

There is no limit to the number of properties you can buy or own.

Nothing. It's just a spot where you don't have to do anything at all. While some players put all money collected by the "income tax" spot here on Free Parking, giving it to whomever lands there, this is not an official rule.

That's a "house rule" that some people play by. This rule should be agreed upon before starting the game.

Yes, you need to own all of the properties of that color before you can build houses and hotels. This is called having a "monopoly."

No, you're only meant to get the $200 after passing Go. If you want to get your money early after landing on Go, that's fine, but you do NOT get it twice.

You need to own all the properties of a given color before you can place houses or hotels on any of them.

No. The first square in the direction you are moving is the first one you count.

It usually helps to get cards of the same color, but if you pick up cards of different colors you can make it hard for other players to get monopolies. You can always make trades with other players to get properties you need (offering money if need be), and this can even make the game more fun and interesting.

Generally, it is for 2 to 6 players.

There are a total of 16 Chance and Community Chest cards in a complete deck.

You need to roll both dice and pay the owner 4 times the amount of the dice. If the owner of Water Works also owns the Electric Company, you pay 10 times the amount of the dice rather than 4.

Yes. However, if you roll three doubles in a row you must go straight to jail.

If you mean you've run out of the physical game pieces, that is a problem. This is also an issue with money. However, you can make paper houses, draw a house or hotel, or simply use objects lying around your house.

Yes.

Yes, but if you only have 4 characters some will have to go in teams and take turns rolling the dice.

Yes, even if you are in jail you can still be paid rent, and you must also pay taxes, etc. ordered by Chance and Community Chest cards. You are not permitted to trade, sell, buy, mortgage, or bid on properties for the turns you are in jail.

You don't get to hide what it says from the other player. You have to read it out loud, and if they want to read it for themselves, they can do so.

If you are referring to the cards with the question mark on the back, they are the chance cards. The question mark refers to the fact that nobody knows what could happen when one is drawn.

No, you must own the full set.

The rules state that as many as eight people can play.

It means there are no houses or hotels on the property.

It has always been a rule, but most people don't play with it and so it isn't often known. However, it is a good way to prevent the game from taking too long, which is one of the biggest complaints about the game. If you play with the auctioning rule, the properties all get bought a lot faster and then the game ends more quickly. That said, if you don't mind the game pacing and you're not used to playing with that rule, you don't have to incorporate it.