The best way to win the game is actually to aggressively build houses and never upgrade to hotels. I’m pretty sure that the rules as written don’t allow anyone to buy houses if there’s not any house pieces left so if you can get a bunch of the cheaper properties and max out houses you can stop any of the rest of the players from being able to jack up the rent on their properties.
Correct. I have recited this in a million contexts over the last 20 years… the first sentence in Business 101 textbook: “there is scarcity” and therefore all the shit that has followed
I’ve never seen anyone play Monopoly by the rules as written because anyone who cares enough about board games to follow all of the rules isn’t interested in playing games like Monopoly.
ok but this one assumes people follow a very specific rule that most people who play don’t even know
every time you want to use this strategy people will assume they can simply add houses and you will have to point out the rule and probably prove that it’s an actual rule and then you are the jerk who insists to play by the rules
also there’s a difference between raw and rai and I’m pretty sure that the makers intended you to want to upgrade to hotels
The best way to win the game is actually to aggressively build houses and never upgrade to hotels. I’m pretty sure that the rules as written don’t allow anyone to buy houses if there’s not any house pieces left so if you can get a bunch of the cheaper properties and max out houses you can stop any of the rest of the players from being able to jack up the rent on their properties.
Correct. I have recited this in a million contexts over the last 20 years… the first sentence in Business 101 textbook: “there is scarcity” and therefore all the shit that has followed
this strategy assumes people follow the raw, which usually isn’t the case
I’ve never seen anyone play Monopoly by the rules as written because anyone who cares enough about board games to follow all of the rules isn’t interested in playing games like Monopoly.
Every strategy based on the rules assumes people follow the rules.
ok but this one assumes people follow a very specific rule that most people who play don’t even know
every time you want to use this strategy people will assume they can simply add houses and you will have to point out the rule and probably prove that it’s an actual rule and then you are the jerk who insists to play by the rules
also there’s a difference between raw and rai and I’m pretty sure that the makers intended you to want to upgrade to hotels