09 Oct 05
After many years I am just getting back into monoply with my family.(my son brought the game).
As usual we got into a debate about the rules.
what happens when a player is unable to pay a fine to another player.
One of us says they can not give property in lieu of cash.i.e They MUST pay cash no matter how much they mortgage, untill they can mortgage no more and then even if $5 short hand over their remaining property.
the other says if the player owed money chooses they can take a property instead.
Who KNOWS the answer to this.
Your help will be apprietiated.
09 Oct 05
Originally posted by jimmacYou can do either. It's part obeying the rules of banking (Mortgaging) and part running a property portfolio based Business (Negotiating deals with other property owners etc).
After many years I am just getting back into monoply with my family.(my son brought the game).
As usual we got into a debate about the rules.
what happens when a player is unable to pay a fine to another player.
One of us says they can not give property in lieu of cash.i.e They MUST pay cash no matter how much they mortgage, untill they can mortgage no mor ...[text shortened]... ty instead.
Who KNOWS the answer to this.
Your help will be apprietiated.
09 Oct 05
actually he has to pay cash. His property has to be auctioned off if h is unable to pay cash, after all the houses are resold to the bank.
It is expressively forbiddento deal in property which has buildings on.
However at our family we played that oen could give property instead of cash, since my father would only have it that way 🙁
09 Oct 05
Originally posted by jimmacI know it's a pain in the but, and no fun... but you should read the rules that are in the box.
After many years I am just getting back into monoply with my family.(my son brought the game).
As usual we got into a debate about the rules.
what happens when a player is unable to pay a fine to another player.
One of us says they can not give property in lieu of cash.i.e They MUST pay cash no matter how much they mortgage, untill they can mortgage no mor ...[text shortened]... ty instead.
Who KNOWS the answer to this.
Your help will be apprietiated.
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09 Oct 05
Originally posted by jimmacAsk Coconut. He should know.
After many years I am just getting back into monoply with my family.(my son brought the game).
As usual we got into a debate about the rules.
what happens when a player is unable to pay a fine to another player.
One of us says they can not give property in lieu of cash.i.e They MUST pay cash no matter how much they mortgage, untill they can mortgage no mor ...[text shortened]... ty instead.
Who KNOWS the answer to this.
Your help will be apprietiated.
09 Oct 05
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Originally posted by jimmacGood game choice, and sorry about the slow response.
After many years I am just getting back into monoply with my family.(my son brought the game).
As usual we got into a debate about the rules.
what happens when a player is unable to pay a fine to another player.
One of us says they can not give property in lieu of cash.i.e They MUST pay cash no matter how much they mortgage, untill they can mortgage no mor ...[text shortened]... ty instead.
Who KNOWS the answer to this.
Your help will be apprietiated.
If unable to pay a debt if you were to sell all houses and morgage all property, you are allowed to make deals to settle your debt. You may ONLY make trades though if the result of the trade makes it possible to pay your debt. (edit: you also may not start morgaging stuff unless it will pay your debt. This is to keep people going bankrupt to hit the guy collecting with taxes on morgaged property.)
If your son has the three light blues, un-morgaged (or morgaged actually, doesn't matter), but owes you $1000, he may not be able to pay that, depending on whatever else he has. You could BUY the three light blues for $1000, then he has to give you the $1000, so essentially he is giving you 3 light-blues for his debt. Of course this doesn't make much sense since choosing to bankrupt him will give you the light-blues anyway. It's more common for the debter to minimize damage by this process or deal with a third party to stay in the game.
I made a mistake of not doing that in a game this summer, with my grandpa going broke to my sister, I should have paid his debt in exchange for some property. Instead I let him go bankrupt to her, and she took the property and destroyed me.
Let me know if you have other questions.
10 Oct 05
Originally posted by CoconutThank you one and all.
Good game choice, and sorry about the slow response.
If unable to pay a debt if you were to sell all houses and morgage all property, you are allowed to make deals to settle your debt. You may ONLY make trades though if the result of the trade makes it possible to pay your debt. (edit: you also may not start morgaging stuff unless it will pay your debt. T ...[text shortened]... cess or deal with a third party to stay in the game.
Let me know if you have other questions.
this is what I believed was the case.the reason my son gave that it cauld not happen was that the person trying to get the cash together cauld not trade, as they had thrown the dice, and it was not there turn.I tried to explain that this only applied to buying houses.
I wanted a key property to strenthen my position against the others but he insisted I cauld not do that as it was not my turn, and as my other son agreed with him he had to sell all houses and mortage all but one property to pay his debt to me.One of his property's was worth more to me and he would have stayed in with a chance.Small but a chance.
thanks again.
p.s I won anyway Ha Ha Jim Mc
10 Oct 05
Originally posted by CoconutI had not realised this.
one may buy houses at ANY time. The purchase is obviously valid on the next roll.
edit: except in the case of a building shortage
This must have been a house rule when I played some years ago.
You are right,of course,I have checked the rules.
thanks again.
p.s have the rules altered over the last 30 yrs or so.I would have bet I was right on this point,and lost os it happens.