![]() The tokens remain on the spaces occupied and proceed from that point on the player's next turn. Place your token on the corner marked "GO", then throw the dice and move your token (in the direction of the arrow) the number of spaces indicated by the dice.Īfter you have completed your play, the turn passes to the left. The player with the highest total starts the play. Starting with the Banker, each player in turn throws the dice. The Bank "never goes broke." If the Bank runs out of money, the Banker may issue as much as needed by writing on any ordinary paper. The Bank collects a ll taxes, fines, loans and interest, and the price of all properties which it sells and auctions. It sells and auctions properties and hands out the proper Title Deed cards when purchased by a player, it also sells houses and hotels to the players and loans money when required on mortgages. When more than five persons play, the Banker may elect to act only as Banker and Auctioneer.īesides the Bank's money, the Bank holds the Title Deeds, and the houses and hotels prior to purchase by the players. A Banker who plays in the game must keep their personal funds separate from those of the Bank. Select as Banker a player who will also make a good Auctioneer. Each player is given $15 00 divided as follows:Ģ $500's, 2 $100's, 2 $50's, 6 $20's, 5 $10's, 5 $5's, and 5 $1's.Īll remaining money and other equipment go to the Bank. ![]() Each player chooses one token to represent them while traveling around the board. Place the board on a table and put the Chance and Community Chest cards face down on their allotted spaces on the board. There are 16 Chance and 16 Community Chest cards, 28 Title Deed cards (one for each property), and play money. The equipment consists of a board, 2 dice, tokens, 32 houses and 12 Hotels. It was valued at $2 million.The object of the g ame is to become the wealthiest player through buying, renting and selling of property. In 1988, San Francisco jeweler Sidney Mobell created the most expensive Monopoly set in the world, consisting of 18 and 23-karat gold, and 42 diamonds. In 2008, nearly 3,000 Monopoly fans around the world set the world record for the most people playing the game at the same time.ġ0. This year's championship will be held in September in Macau, China.ĩ. The most recent winner was Bjorn Halvard Knappskog from Norway in 2009, winning the game in 41 minutes, 30 seconds. The first winner was Lee Bayrd from the United States in 1973 in Liberty, New York. Every few years, national champions from around the globe meet for the Monopoly World Championship tournament. The total amount of money in a standard Monopoly game is $20,580.Ĩ. The three most landed-on properties in the standard game are Illinois Avenue, "GO" and B&O Railroad.ħ. To keep games shorter, a Speed Die was introduced into the standard game in 2008.Ħ. ![]() There are 40 spaces on the Monopoly board and 28 properties (22 color-coded streets, four railroads, and two utility spaces). ![]() Within a year of Monopoly's release in the U.S., 35,000 copies of the game were being made each week, selling for $2 apiece.Ĥ. The current standard version of the game includes eight tokens: battleship, top hat, Scottie dog, race car, thimble, boot, cat, and wheelbarrow.ģ. The first 10 tokens were an iron, purse, lantern, race car, thimble, shoe, top hat, battleship, cannon and a rocking horse. The houses and hotels were made from wooden molding scraps, and the die-cast tokens were inspired by Darrow's nieces, who recommended metal charms from charm bracelets be used. The original game Darrow sold to Parker Brothers contained items from his own home: A piece of oilcloth covered the board and the cards were handwritten. A stenographer and actress, Elizabeth Magie, filed a legal claim for her similar "Landlord's Game" in 1903, but Monopoly's current owner, Hasbro, says: "The Monopoly game as we know it today was designed by Charles Darrow."Ģ. Charles Darrow of Philadelphia developed the game in 1933 and sold it to Parker Brothers on March 19, 1935. ![]()
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