Sweet! I had the pleasure of taking a course on Analog Gaming during my Masters in Library & Info Science. We got credit for playing boardgames in class! It's so interesting to see how people can taking an existing system, rule set, etc and create their own variants. Boardgames are also a great tool for teaching yourself how to teach others.
My family play a pretty cool house rule in which if you own two stations (North & South of board or East & West of board), if you land on one of them you may use the crease in the board as a train line and travel to the opposite side of the board. You may even charge a toll for other players to use it if they land on it. I’ve introduced it when playing with friends and now they always use it. It really adds to the game in my opinion, try it next time you play 😅
Thank you for the reminder, nicky, much appreciate it. Now that my gaming group is back together for sure we''re going to play Diplomacy as well, the three main games we play are Monopoly, Axis & Allies, and Diplomacy. So once our Dip games start I'll begin the note taking process an put a video together. Again, I'm not sure when it will come out but this reminder will get me started, so than you :)
I thought for sure that point 17 was going to be that any player who rolls the dice off the board two consecutive turns loses a finger to the free parking and the next person to land on free parking decides if that person can have it back or if they get to keep it as a souvenir lol. Great video Chycho. I like playing with custom rules for Monopoly because playing by their rules turns into a marathon two day event.
lol.... love it! Maybe we'll add that as an additional optional rule, you know, just for when the stakes get a little higher and your not just loosing your shirt ;)
In the early 80s there was an electronic monopoly game called monopoly playmaster. Speeds up game, has bank property buybacks to keep that the one person ho.ding on to that one deed that you need. I have 2 of them purchased on eBay for $15. Try it out, you will most definitely enjoy it
Our way of playing is more brutal. It a the art of the deal you can deal anything and everything. We even made backdoor deals when someone goes to the bathroom lol
Great video. We also have casino games (poker, craps, blackjack) and board games (Catan, Concordia, etc.) nights but almost never play Monopoly because it takes a long time and mostly comes down to luck. It could often go indefinitely with some of the deals made. Your version speeds it up and also adds some more skill in the trades. Have you ever thought of combining bluffing elements into the game? For example, maybe players keep their property cards hidden and have the ability to bluff about owning a property. Not sure how that can work but an interesting thought.
I would love to be able to incorporate bluffing into the game - that's the one aspect of poker which makes it one of the greatest games ever created - not sure how we would go about it though. We thought about adding blind auctions to the game for the cards that have not been claimed yet but haven't implemented it yet - guess we're still enjoying this version too much. If you guys do end up trying this out and figure out a way to add some bluffing, please let us know and we'll try it from our end as well.
If two players are in jail at the same time, then they have to fight. Each player rolls a die, with the higher roller winning the fight. The winner takes one property from the loser, and the loser is "crippled", meaning he can roll only one die for one turn around the board, after he is out of jail (but allowing for the normal three attempts to roll doubles to get out of jail).
If you play the simpsons monopoly you get bank cards each and a swipe machine and it’s a few million you get on your card try it it’s different but still fun all your money on a bank card easier to maintain
Hey Chycho! Awesome video as usual. Love seeing the channel grow! :) I posted a comment a couple of months ago pointing out how much I think you'd enjoy Yuval Noah Harari's book 'Homo Deus'. I just started reading 'Sapiens', and I cannot recommend it enough as well. These two works present a whole new perspective on who we, as a species got here and what our future can possibly hold. I do think they will sooner or later redefine everything we know about science, history, philosophy, etc. If you got the time, I definitely recommend you giving them a try. Have the best day! :)
Hi Gellert, thank you for the well wishes, brother, I hope you have an awesome day as well :) As for the book, "A Brief History of Tomorrow", I remember looking it up and it looks amazing. I book marked it and it is definitely on my to read list, just got to find the time. Thanks again for the reminder as well, to do and to read lists do slip away from me at times so it's good to be reminded. I'm almost at the end of the third book on the Riftwar Saga, one more to go after this is done. We'll see what I pick up after that, but I am leaning towards Robert Anton Wilson's The Illuminatus! Trilogy, but we'll see.
Interesting variant. Doubt ill ever convince my gaming group to try it because 1. There is so much choice out there for board games and 2. They all dont think highly of monopoly, mainly because they are used to playing the standard version. But ill keep it in mind. Thanks for the ideas.
My pleasure, and I hope you guys give it a go. One way to spice it up would be for each person to put a little money in the pot and the winner takes it all. You know, play monopoly with real money at stake. That's what we do and it definitely brings out the best and the worst out of everyone ;)
@chycho imagine you let the players draft their properties in a "snake draft" (like fantasy football is drafted) that would add a whole other level to the game of blocking people. totally gonna make a varient like that
haha... this is the other variant that we play, if I understood you correctly that is. We play an auction game which is just ruthless. I'll share the rules for that valiant as well in the next few months. Very intense game.
@@chycho I would love to see that, I am familiar with auction drafts in fantasy which is what i believe you are refering to but basically what i mean, you would roll to set up the order, lets call it 1 - 4 First Person Picks - Boardwalk (or maybe the smaller sets are worth more in your version making that a first pick) 2nd person takes Park place to block OR maybe starts working on their own monopoly expecting 3rd to block or 4th to block 3rd person makes there pick 4th person picks (now the snake starts) 4th person picks again 3rd person picks 2nd person 1st picks 1st again 2nd 3rd 4th 4th again 3rd 2nd 1st until you are out of places to pick. just a SNAKE style It might too much for you but I wonder if you could ever get a twitch game going, using discord for audio and have 4 or so viewers play with you while you make the moves, either way, i LOVE your content for ASMR and more thank you also love that you get called Serj all the time, are you perhaps armenian? grew up on SOAD
Indeed I am, I think Serj and I are almost the same age as well. For the record, SOAD is one of the greatest bands in history, they definitely changed the game. You got great taste is music by the way ;) For this game, I'll talk to my gaming group and we may give it a shot. Would be fun to try. Thanks for the suggestion.
Maybe you touch on this (I must ask before I forget) but what about a situation where the property owner forgets to collect, or doesn't notice someone landed on their property, and they don't collect the rent... what happens if that property owner remembers they didn't collect the rent and yells out, during another players turn, about the money they are "owed". I hope I made myself clear enough.. 😄
Hey Niki, great question, and the answer, once the next person rolls the dice it's over, they can't collect rent - and the next person has to give a long enough delay before rolling the dice, an opportunity for the landlord to notice. So if you don't collect rent when rent is due, too bad, you can't collect rent later.... and one other rule we've added, if another player points out to the landlord that someone has landed in their property and they should collect rent, then that person has to pay half the rental fee - ratting someone out has a penalty ;)
@@chycho Great, thank you for your take on it! We are using different rules almost every game but it's gonna be fun to try out your intense ones! 😄✌ Happy holidays, by the way, and take care!
as the banker I put a tax on trade and sales. Each party must pay half the properties value to the bank. and pay 40% of any sale to the bank. also every time you pass go you must pay 10$ in taxes for any house you have and 20$ for hotels. It cuts down on team ups and adds some realism. also if you go the jail the bank takes a random property back as it was used in a crime, it will be either auctioned off or put back on the market for double its price.
My daughter.is 5 and this is her favorite game. She makes the rules as she goes and it's never the same twice. Her name is Hannah and we call it Hannopoly.
I have a beautiful poker table I got as a gift a few years ago and I still have not used it. It’s just sitting in the closet I only have one friend that plays hold em. So I have to down to he card room 5 min away to get a game.
I remember trying it many years ago but I've never played a real game. If I ever learn it, at least as well as I know chess, which isn't very much, for sure I'll make an intro video to it. Would be fun.
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