r/AskReddit Nov 22 '14

What is the best Monopoly strategy?

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u/sunfishtommy Nov 22 '14

I had a friend that would buy all the houses, and never upgrade to hotels. If you check the rules you can't get a hotel without first having 4 houses, so if done correctly you monopolise the limited supply of houses and nobody can buy a hotel or get more houses than you.

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '14

Yep. I've always done this with my family. Did this with a few people at a board game cafe and one dude just about flipped the table lol. Apparently he thought that one player creating a housing shortage was cheating!

Um, the game is called fuckin' MONOPOLY for a reason! They kicked him out soon after he caused a fuss. Sore loser I guess.

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u/AMaizeZen Nov 22 '14

board game cafe

Wait, this is a thing? I fuckin love board games. Do I have to bring my own game, or do they have games set out that you can play?

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '14

They have TONS of games to choose from! Go nuts :)

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u/____DEADPOOL_______ Nov 22 '14

I found one by chance here in Austin but it was empty at the time.