Monopoly: Casual player or megalomaniac?

[MontyVeda]

My mates played one game of risk where someone got attacked by each player on turn and was knocked out before he'd even had a chance to make his first move.

Playing a game of Risk using the mission cards, I managed to win on the very first go. The other players were very pissed off.

 

[Fastpedaller]

Monopoly is a perfectly decent game if you play to the rules: specifically properties must be auctioned if the lander chooses not to buy. It also only works if people get on with it and don't faff about.

It is also annoying if people refuse to deal - that is when offered a swap so you both get a set, not silly deals where someone simply wants to buy a missing property for face value which should obviously get short shrift

Home - made rules don't sit well with me, we stick to the official. The only 'rule change' (if you could call it that) we have introduced : If a property is auctioned, we each sort out our bid money and then it's 3,2,1, reveal! It seems to be a better way of doing it rather than a shouting match

 

[Fastpedaller]

Has anyone here also played the Monopoly Sore Loser version? We rate it as the best (and indeed the best of all our games, not just monopoly) - the game can change greatly at any time, unlike the 'we'll all be bankrupt except one in an hour time.'

 

[Profpointy]

Nothing beats a good game of Risk to bring a family reunion to an abrupt close.

I do recall particular triumph playing Risk. We'd got down to three players, me and a
rival with nearly half the board and soldiers each, plus an almost-dead player who had two tiny enclaves holding on at opposite ends of the board, but most importantly, holding a stash of Risk cards, which would go to any conqueror giving a huge load of reinforcements. (the value of the cards escalates greatly as the game goes on) Thus it was stalemate as neither I nor my rival could take the nearby enclave without the enemy taking the other and swooping all the risk cards. Hilariously my rival had forgotten or not-noticed the strategic position, conquered the near enclave and was about to reach for the cards when I reminder him of the other hold-out deep within my own territory. On my turn I easily over-ran it and picked up enough cards giving me the massive reinforcements so I could sweep through most of my rival's empire, hoovered up the now helpless rump a couple of goes later.