Many People Play Monopoly as a Hobby

Background of the Monopoly Board Game

The Monopoly board game was developed by American game designers Charles Darrow and Louis Thunen. The two men created the game based on the Landlord’s Game, a finance game created by Elizabeth Magie in 1903. Magie’s Landlord’s Game was designed to be an educational tool that would teach people about the negative effects of monopolies. The game consisted of players acting as real-estate investors buying and selling land, to bankrupt their opponents by collecting a certain amount of money. Darrow and Thunen’s version of the game was published in 1935, with Parker Brothers purchasing the rights to the game in the 1940s. The game has been revised and republished many times since then, with the most recent version being the Deluxe Edition of the game. The Deluxe Edition of the game includes updated graphics, color-coded properties, and additional tokens, such as the Scottie dog and wheelbarrow tokens. The game has been a staple of board game cafés and has been enjoyed by millions since its creation. Although it was initially marketed toward adults, the game has since become a family pastime.

Rules of the game

The game is played by two to eight players and can be played in 45 minutes to two hours, depending on how many players are involved. The game is played with a classic set of game pieces, a standard board, and a set of rules.

• Players must begin by picking a player to go first. Once they have completed the first round of play, the player who went first will go last in the next round of play.
• Players roll the dice to determine which properties they may buy during the game, with a total of 12 properties on the board.
• Once a player has acquired a property, they have the option of placing houses on that property, with one house per every $100 of the property’s value.
• When a player has all the houses on a property, they have the option of building a hotel.
• When a hotel is placed on a property, additional rules may be triggered, and gameplay may change.
• When a player has all the properties in a set, they have the option of building a set.
• When a set is built, additional rules may be triggered, and gameplay may change.
• When a player completes all the sets available, they must go to jail.
• When a player goes to jail, they must wait until everyone else has gone.
• When a player has left jail and been released, they may attempt to escape.
• When a player escapes jail, they must wait until everyone else has gone.

Components of the board game

The game pieces - The game pieces include the game board, dice, money, property cards, houses, hotels, the jail, Go, and Luxury tax tokens. The dice are used for determining which properties a player may choose to buy. The money is used for paying the rent on properties, with $200 being the starting amount of money. The property cards are used for tracking the players’ progress in building a set of properties. The houses and hotels are used for placing on properties once a player has acquired all of the properties in a set. The jail, Go, and Luxury tax tokens are used for triggering certain rules of the game. The game board is the main component of the game, being used for keeping track of the player's progress and for storing game pieces such as houses and hotels.

Strategies of the game

• Make a plan. Before you begin playing the game, make a plan of exactly how you want to play the game and what you want to accomplish.
• Look for profitable properties. When choosing properties to buy during the game, look for properties that offer the best value for the money you have.
• Watch out for the Luxury tax. The Luxury tax is triggered when a player has all of the properties of a single set, and it can be very costly.
• Take advantage of the Go To Jail option. When you have completed all of the sets available and have no more moves to make, you can trigger the Go To Jail option.
• Build sets before completing them. Before you complete a set of properties, attempt to build a set first.

Monopoly tournaments

There are many tournaments held across the country each year for various versions of the Monopoly board game. Here are a few of the most popular tournaments for the Monopoly board game:

- The Hasbro My First Big Game Tournament: The Hasbro My First Big Game Tournament is a tournament designed for players who are under the age of 14 and new to tournament-style gameplay.

- The World Championship Tournament: The World Championship Tournament is one of the most famous tournaments in the board game community.

- The North American Open Tournament: The North American Open Tournament is a tournament designed for players of all skill levels.

- The National Tournament: The National Tournament is a tournament designed for players of all skill levels.