do you have to go around the whole monopoly board to start buying places?

Answer 1

no

Answer 2

Monopoly is a classic game, everyone must of played this at some point in their lives!

The idea, as with all games, is to win. You do this by completely cleaning out your opponents of all money, property, houses etc.

At the start of the game everyone has the same amount of money and no property, you are supposed to go around the board once before you start buying property, whether everyone sticks to these rules or not is another thing. Every time you reach go you get £200, this classes as wages! If I got two hundred quid every time I ran around the block I would be very happy.

To buy a property you have to land on it first. When you own a property everyone who lands on it gets charged rent. The more expensive the property, the more the rent is. For example if you land on Old Kent Road, which is a bargain property you only have to pay thrupnehapney whereas if you land on Mayfair you have to sell your left leg.

When you have collected a whole set of properties (all the ones of the same colour) you can start putting houses and hotels on the land which puts rent up even more. This would mean to stay in Petersons shed (Old Kent Road), you may have to cough up a quid and yell at the top of your voice, “this season, I are mostly been having, Geoff”. Or if you stayed in the Hilton (Mayfair) you would have to breed small badgers for their coats.

Monopoly definitely peaks in the middle of the game. At the beginning it’s all a bit slow while people are buying property and building up their land, (get off my land!!!!). Then all of the arguments start about paying, borrowing, lending money and selling back houses. When you start to run out of money it all gets a bit boring when you realise you haven’t a chance of winning and you are just there until the one person gets all of the money, and they’ll never let you forget that either!

To put a bit of variety in the game you get Chance and Community Chest cards which make you either spend money or win money. There’s also the jail space where you have to wait until you roll a double to get out. Then you have free parking. We always play so that all of the Chance and Community Chest payments go in the middle of the board. If you land on free parking you get all of the money. I don’t know if this is in the rules or not!!

Monopoly is not a game you can play in your dinner hour, it lasts agggggggesssssssss. If you have a few of you playing it will last hours. A good game to play over Christmas when the repeat of the Sound of Music is on for the five thousandth time.

Apart from your standard boring Monopoly board you can get several ‘fun’ versions. I have just bought the Simpsons Monopoly and instead of arguing over who is going to be the Car you get to choose Krusty, Bart, Homer or even Jebediah Springfield. The places are also different, instead of places in London you have the Kwik E Mart and Mo’s Tavern. Nice to have a different variety. I’ve also seen Star Trek, Star Wars, Scooby Doo, Disney Coca Cola and loads of other Monopoly’s although I’m not sure it’s really necessary to own them all!!

Answer 3

Absolutely not. You may buy them as soon as you wish.
From the official rules:
If the player lands on an unowned property, he may buy it for the price listed on that property's space. If he agrees to buy it, he pays the Bank the amount shown on the property space and receives the title deed for that property. However, two or more players making a deal, or "alliance" against any other player is strictly prohibited. There can only be one player per color. If he decides not to buy it, the property is auctioned, and the bidding may start at any price. The highest bidder wins the property and pays the Bank the amount bid and receives the property's title deed. Railroads and utilities are also properties. There are NO "immunities" in the game of Monopoly."

The rules say nothing about having to go around the board, although I have heard of that rule as a popular modification (though I've never played that way myself)

Answer 4

According to Wikipedia, the once around the board rule is a "house rule", meaning a rule that has been made up but is commonly used in games of monopoly.

HOWEVER, some official rule books DO have this rule printed in them. I read mine from Deluxe Monopoly and it has it, while Star Wars and Lord of the Rings Monopoly do not. Very strange indeed.

Answer 5

Most people would say yes for some strange reason, but I don't agree. I've read the rules and nowhere does it say that but oh well. The whole auction thing sucks too.

Answer 6

No, but you can make your own rules, it even says that in the rule book. We used to put all fines and fees paid to the bank into Free Parking instead, and whoever lands on it, gets it.

Answer 7

Yes you do my comarade...
In order to invest in some dough, you'll need to start banking at least once around the board...

Answer 8

Although not an official rule, this is a house rule that many people play with.

Answer 9

well yes and no you can save some money then you can buy some properties for the board

Answer 10

One trip around, after you collect your money on GO, you can start buying.

Answer 11

You have to go all the way around once before you can buy anything