Your favorite monopoly in Monopoly?

[Streets]

Re: Your favorite monopoly in Monopoly?

Monopoly Streets is the best videogame version I've seen to date. Love how you can set every rule to whatever you want it to be. A great version of the game that has been played a lot in my house since Xmas.

I love it. The only rule I can't figure out how to customize is turning auctions off.

[ImTellinTim]

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My favorite monopoly is the first one I can get.

Good point. You can't be picky.

[TheMatrix31]

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I like the yellows the most, no idea why. No strategy involved in that either, lol.

[JayBee74]

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The Greens, second highest rent with 3 properties versus exclusive Park Place-BoardWalk's two.

That being said Monopoly is a pretty limited game.

[Pete1210]

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Good book on the history and development of the game, with some strategy and Monopoly tournament stories. (The author was a tournament judge)

[ImTellinTim]

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Good book on the history and development of the game, with some strategy and Monopoly tournament stories. (The author was a tournament judge)

Hm. That's the same author as the one I have. They must have re-printed it with a new title.

[BunnyHardaway]

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I really want to play after reading this thread. I haven't in years.

[Streets]

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Hm. That's the same author as the one I have. They must have re-printed it with a new title.

Damn. I ended up buying three books used on Amazon (like a quarter a piece but 5 bucks each after shipping), and that's the ONE I didn't get, lol.

Edit: I did get a book by the same author. "The MONOPOLY Companion: The Players' Guide". I remember I didn't get the former because it looked to be more about the history of the game and less about the strategy.

[Streets]

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Also, I see in the poll, the Greens still have the lead. They may appear to have the best "bang for your buck", when you crunch the numbers on the surface. But, you have to take into account how often a property is landed on, and how much it costs to build on.

I just found this online, and it's interesting. Below is a chart of how many opponent rolls it will take on average to break even given different developmental stages of all the monopolies. As you can see, the Oranges trump the Greens every time at every stage and are far and away give the best ROI (especially long term in later developmental stages). It's interesting information to look at. And I can officially never play with any of you now

[RoyalBoyle78]

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1- Orange (St. James, Tennessee, NY). Easy to build up at $100/house. Extra chances of hitting them after landing in jail from the "Go To Jail" space and cards.

second that.

[BunnyHardaway]

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Just played a game of the World Edition on Pogo...pretty fun, but I did terrible. The only two I had monopolies on were the browns and then the two blues. I had hotels on each brown and 2 houses on each blue, but I kept landing on other big money spots and had to get rid of them.

[ImTellinTim]

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Damn. I ended up buying three books used on Amazon (like a quarter a piece but 5 bucks each after shipping), and that's the ONE I didn't get, lol.

Edit: I did get a book by the same author. "The MONOPOLY Companion: The Players' Guide". I remember I didn't get the former because it looked to be more about the history of the game and less about the strategy.

That's the one that I have.

But much better statistical info is available online than is any book.

[AUChase]

Re: Your favorite monopoly in Monopoly?

I like the Greens, but they can put you in a tricky spot sometimes.

I prefer having the entire left side of the board, but I voted Orange. They are in expensive to build on and they do some pretty moderate damage.

[daflyboys]

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Fear the Greens! Damn your statistics! BW & PP can easily be jumped across. But there is nothing like seeing the look on your opponents face as he gets into prime position to roll a common number and possibly land on one of your Greens which you have painstakingly saved up to buy and build upon. A look that comes even you have that 3 houses per property upscale flashy sub-division appeal. Basically, it's the land here on my swanky, clean and efficient accomodations and enjoy your stay..... for slightly under the price of your soul and/or first born!! But, please, come back later..... and stay in one of our soon-to-be-developed Biltmore Hotels! And cash only please!

[Streets]

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Fear the Greens! Damn your statistics! BW & PP can easily be jumped across. But there is nothing like seeing the look on your opponents face as he gets into prime position to roll a common number and possibly land on one of your Greens which you have painstakingly saved up to buy and build upon. A look that comes even you have that 3 houses per property upscale flashy sub-division appeal. Basically, it's the land here on my swanky, clean and efficient accomodations and enjoy your stay..... for slightly under the price of your soul and/or first born!! But, please, come back later..... and stay in one of our soon-to-be-developed Biltmore Hotels! And cash only please!

LOL! I just played a game against three CPU opponents. One had the Greens and I killed him (and the others) with the Light Blues believe it or not. He had 2 houses on the expensive one and 1 on the others. I hit him a couple times, but he had to sell his improvements when he hit my hotels. 300 to him, 900 to me. He bankrupted himself trying to make the Greens viable. When I got them, I unmortgaged them for double rent, but never built on them (too damn expensive). Instead I built on my now completed Red Monopoly, and eventually the Oranges (of course) when I got them from the third player.