You’ve been playing Monopoly wrong! Fans outraged over ‘hidden’ rule that changes how game is played
PEOPLE are just realising the correct way to play monopoly and it’s blowing their minds.
It is already an incredibly tense game, so tense that it is rumoured to be banned by the royals but it turns out we’ve been playing it wrong.
One Reddit user shared a picture of the hidden rule online.
The reddit user said: “Next time you are playing monopoly, cause chaos by invoking this completely standard rule.”
The rule actually concerns buying properties.
In the official monopoly rule book it says if someone lands on a property and decides to buy a property it immediately goes to auction.
This means the banker will put the property up for sale from any price.
Even the person who originally declined the property can join in the bidding.
The purpose of this rule is to add skill to the game, it makes players think more strategically about the properties they buy instead of relying on the luck of the dice.
If your family are prone to particularly lengthy monopoly games, not implementing this game could be the reason why.
Including this rule means properties are bought up a lot quicker which makes the game move faster.
The post racked up over 15,000 upvotes in less than 24 hours.
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One user said: “This is why a lot of Monopoly games go on unnecessarily long. If you follow the rules properly and auction properties, then they get bought up faster. Then there’s more chance of players having to pay rent, and therefore go bankrupt faster.”
Another said: “I swear Monopoly is the only game where every family has its own house rules owing largely to the fact that no-one has read the rules for three generations.”
“I don’t think I’ve ever actually played a game of Monopoly against a person that actually used the proper rules,” a third said.
A fourth claimed: “…I thought everyone knew that rule?”
Some users pointed out that there is another hidden rule in Monopoly that many people are also unaware of and it can completely change the dynamics of the game.
One user said: “Same with the “rule” where fines are put on the Free Parking space and anyone who lands on it collects it.”
“It’s not a proper rule and only serves to drag out the game by allowing someone low on funds to get lucky and find a lot of money.”