Archive for October, 2006

Commonly Missed Monopoly Rules

Everyone who has ever bought a Monopoly® game should have the rules, but because everyone seems to know about or have a game, very few actually sit down to read the rules. The rules are actually pretty clear, but a few get overlooked. Here are the ones that most folks don’t know about.
Buildings
There are 32 [...]

Sunday, October 8th, 2006

Some Obscure Monopoly Rules Explained

The official Monopoly® rules sometimes get a bit mis-interpreted. Here are some of the more common rules that get overlooked and other items that aren’t specifically addressed in the rules.
Jail and doubles
If a player goes to jail his turn immediately ends even if doubles are rolled. You do not roll again under any circumstances.
If a [...]

Sunday, October 8th, 2006

Albert C. Veldhuis’ Monopoly Lexicon

Albert is a world-class all-around nice guy and totally into Monopoly. His collection of games and related items is humongous.
This site is in Dutch and English, and aims to catalog every variation of Monopoly® ever made world-wide, including the “unauthorized” editions. The breadth of Albert’s site is truly amazing.
Look around – there are a pictures [...]

Sunday, October 8th, 2006

David’s Monopoly page

http://www.monopolycollector.com/
David’s site has a huge amount of information, including lots of hard-to-find items for sale at very reasonable prices. In fact, he has a few things I have never seen before.

Saturday, October 7th, 2006

Probabilities in the Game of Monopoly

My old site has a link to this great article, but it apparently moved a while back. Fortunately, I was able to find it again. I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not much into math, but if you have even a mildly mathematical mind, this is required reading. It’s also very interesting.
The best [...]

Saturday, October 7th, 2006

Monopoly Here & Now

Sure, “Classic” Monpoly is fun, but $400 for Boardwalk? It seems like the prices haven’t quite kep up with the times. Well now they have. Monopoly has been brought into the “Here & Now”. Check out this new twist on the classic property trading game!

Go around the board, collect money, and punish your siblings financially [...]

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Monday, October 2nd, 2006

Monopoly Standard Edition

The original. The classic. This is Monopoly as it’s been known since 1935.

Monopoly! You loved it as a kid, now share it with a whole new generation! Fun for the whole family!
Everybody remembers the Monopoly game – that’s why it’s still the most popular, most widely played, and best-selling board game in the world! Across [...]

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