House Rules for Monopoly
A List of Famous House Rules for Monopoly
Here is a list of all the House Rules for Monopoly that I could find. Is your favorite House Rule not on the list? Add it! Vote your favorites up and we'll determine once and for all what the 'best' variations on Monopoly's classic rules are!
A player must roll two dice on his turn, but may select any two dice from a set of four sided, six sided, eight sided, and ten sided dice.
Gives players some control over movement. Players may wish to role two four sided dice at the beginning, since they have a better chance of getting doubles and going again, and then later roll two ten sided dice to move around the board quickly. Larger dice decrease the chance for doubles and thus tend to balance the game. (From www.playagaingames.com )0 points
Whenever a player lands on a railroad, the player may choose to move his or her token to any other railroad owned by the same player.
The player must pay rent even if he or she does not travel. A player may travel on his or her own railroads, for free of course. A player may not travel on unowned railroads. Travel is across the board, so a player does not get $200 for passing Go when he or she travels from Short Line to Reading Railroad. The owner of the railroads may not prevent the player from traveling. A player may travel to or from a mortgaged railroad. (From www.playagaingames.com )0 points
Players may build up to two hotels on a property. Rent must be paid on all buildings on a property.
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A player may purchase hotels for one of his or her monopolies at the cost of five houses, less any houses already owned, even if there are not enough houses for each property on the group to own four.
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There is no limit to the number of houses and hotels in the game.
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Taxes and Fees go to Free Parking
Get out of Jail, Chance and CC cards that require fines, luxury tax, etc. all to go the Free Parking square as a 'reward' for the next person that lands on it.0 points
Snake Eyes
When someone rolls two ones (or move two spaces) they get one of each bill from the bank (one $500, one $100, one $50, etc.), that is, $686. An alternative version gives a player $100 for rolling two ones.0 points
No Auctions
When a property is landed on in Monopoly and not bought it remains un-owned instead of being auctioned off to the highest bidder.0 points
Only Build when present
You Can only build houses or hotels for a property when you land on that specific property and own the monopoly.0 points
Time Limit
Monopoly is played with a set time limit and then all assets are added up.0 points
Board Travel Limit
Monopoly only lasts X number of trips around the board before all assets are tallied up0 points
Borrow Money from the Bank
'Interest' is paid when Go is passed until the loan is paid off (Usually $500 loan and $100 in interest)0 points
Multiple Boards
Played with different sets to keep property ownership straight. 'Go' or 'Free Parking' act as a place to 'Jump' to the next board if desired.0 points
One Die
You can roll one die instead of two but if you roll a 1 you go to jail.0 points
Rent Immunity (Negotiated Rent)
As part of the trading process players may trade 'immunity' or rent reductions on certain properties.0 points
Welfare
If at any time a player has less than $100 they receive $100 from the bank.0 points
Grab a Monopoly Board and Try some of these Rules out!
Collector's Edition Monopoly Boards
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Rare Monopoly Playing Pieces
If your friends won't let you play with the Monopoly House Rules you want, at least you can show off a Rare playing piece they've never seen before!
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Remember, Monopoly is a GAME and it's designed to be FUN! Agree to House Rules before the game starts and you will have fewer pieces of broken furniture.. I promise!
Crazy Monopoly Sets
Get Crazy With your Monopoly House Rules
If some of those House Rules are just too much for you, perhaps an oddball version of Monopoly will cure your desire to play a 'different' Monopoly Game.
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What's your Favorite House Rule? (Make sure and add any new ones to the list above!) Personally, I'm a purist and the nerd in me loves playing by the classic rules. But Try and tell that to my sisters ;).
TheReflex wrote...
House rules are cool like money on free parking (as already been said) but we didnt' tend to get too crazy. Had more house rules with Risk I think.
btw, some of the PC versions of Monopoly you can actually activate many of the popular house rules, pretty cool. This version has that feature I think: Monopoly - http://www.download-free-games.com/board_game_download/monopoly.htm
Posted August 03, 2009
Teddi14 wrote...
I love this game. Nice lens. Congrats on being one of the finalists.
Posted June 23, 2008
Lady_Gotrocks wrote...
Congrats on making the finals in the 10 lenses in 10 days contest!
Way cool lens!
Posted June 18, 2008
ZachG wrote...
I grew up playing with some house rules like getting the tax/fee money from landing on free parking and being able to have 3 or 4 hotels on each property. Good stuff.
Posted June 12, 2008
by Loyalis
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