Do you play by the official rules? We don't. First and foremost, Free Parking gets you all the money in the middle of the board (any taxes, fees from Chance/Community Chest, get-out-of-jail money, etc) plus the $500 that we throw in there to start off the pot. I thought that was part of the game, but according to the rules, Free Parking gets you nothing. It's just a free spot. Who actually plays like that? Do you?
Second, when we run out of hotels and/or houses, we don't stop building. We improvise.
And let's be honest, if there were actually a Starburst Hotel, wouldn't you want to stay there?
And third, to speed up the bankruptcy of the other players, we don't stop at one hotel. For example, Isa finally lost a few weeks ago because she landed on North Carolina with two hotels and three houses, which costs $3450 a night (hotels = $1275 each, plus 3 houses = $900).
And as karma would have it, Isa beat me last night when I landed on her North Carolina, where she had built one hotel and four houses (for $2375).
What's your favorite board game? Do you have any other house rules for Monopoly?
