![]() Mortgaging Unimproved Properties: This may be done at any time, including before having to pay rent/tax to the Bank ().You will need to decide what Hasbro meant when they said "any time". Since the rules aren't very clear about the timing of "Selling Properties", and because they probably don't mean at any time is before resolving a players movement after they roll the dice, you will have to make some house rules. ![]() ![]() Should you owe the Bank, instead of another player, more than you can pay (because of taxes or penalties) even by selling off buildings and mortgaging property, you must turn over all assets to the Bank. The rules do make it fairly clear that you can mortgage properties and sell houses/hotels if you are unable to pay a tax to the Bank (this would be after rolling dice, but before resolving the Tax/Penalty). This makes me believe that this is probably an oversight. If they did, this game would be changed for the worst, with people usually not having to invest on houses, until immediately after someone will land on them. The most troubling transaction that can be done "at any time", in the above list is "Buying Houses." They probably didn't mean that you can buy houses at any time, after another player rolls the dice, but before they were forced to pay rent on the property they landed on. Unimproved properties, railroads and utilities (but not buildings) may be sold to any player as a private transaction for any amount the owner can getĪll other types of transactions state that you can do them at any time: The official rules don't state if you are able to sell properties at any time (in fact, it is one of the few rules that don't have the timing explictly stated), but I wouldn't put too much faith that this wasn't an oversight. I can't just buy it from you for $1000 as I don't have that much cash on hand. Otherwise you might sell it to the player that owns Park Place for $1000 to pay your rent. I offer to let you off for a $1 if you sell me Boardwalk for $1. A common use: You land on my hotel on New York and owe me $1000. Most people consider that silly, and allow trades to raise enough cash to avoid the bankruptcy.Īnother common house rule related to bankruptcy - a player may accept LESS than the amount they are owed if they wish. ![]() If you can't avoid it, the bankrupting player gets everything you owned (cash and property) at the instant you landed on them, after selling houses/hotels to the bank.Ī strict reading of the rules would indicate that if you land on a property and don't have enough cash to pay the rent, you're bankrupt immediately and have no opportunity to sell/trade (or even mortgage) stuff to raise money. The usual ruling is that if you are threatened with bankruptcy (you've landed on a property and don't have enough cash), you can only make trades with other players if they will allow you to avoid bankruptcy. Is it OK for a third player to purchase/trade property or cash to/from a player who is about to lose? Player 2 had no chance of winning the game (all properties mortgaged, no cash to speak of and many of the other properties with 3+ houses/hotels on them). ![]() In this case they did it so that player 1 would not get the properties. (Please correct me if I'm wrong.) In this case, though, player 3 "traded" the amount of money owing for a piece of property (way overpaid). So when player 1 has some property and player 2 lands on it and cannot pay the rent their assets (houses/hotels get liquidated), their property gets transferred to the other player. we landed on their property a bunch, or they refused to make a deal, etc.). There are times where we decide that we don't like one of our friends for some reason and don't want them to win (i.e. We played last week and enjoyed it, but there was a piece of contention. I play with some serious board gamers, but we have neglected Monopoly for a number of years, so our knowledge is mostly based on high school & house rules. ![]()
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