13 Nov 20
@trev33 saidit was the advance to boardwalk card that gave it extra value
Im guessing boardwalk is our Mayfair. Same game different names of places. No one ever won with just those two, too expensive and so many other places to land on and pay out before you can built your hotels.
13 Nov 20
@trev33 saidYou would have to build houses first rare anyone had enough money left to stay in the game so didn't often get to build a hotel on Boardwalk.
Im guessing boardwalk is our Mayfair. Same game different names of places. No one ever won with just those two, too expensive and so many other places to land on and pay out before you can built your hotels.
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14 Nov 20
@lemondrop saidStill not worth it, how many cards in the game? What if it comes out early, long time for it to come around. We should find a site to play online 😉
it was the advance to boardwalk card that gave it extra value
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14 Nov 20
@lemondrop saidThe borrow thing I’ve never done, probably not in the rules but buying property or trading seems logical and probably in the rules but I don’t know, I mean if I have 2 greens and you have the other it might benefit both to trade something or just pay for it.
funny thing about the game
everybody had their own rules
their own special touch
one rule we had was that a player could borrow from another player or sell his property for more than the mortgage value
I don't think that that is in the official rules
14 Nov 20
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@trev33 saidEither a fair trade or we try to keep other players from having enough streets to build on, I thought.
The borrow thing I’ve never done, probably not in the rules but buying property or trading seems logical and probably in the rules but I don’t know, I mean if I have 2 greens and you have the other it might benefit both to trade something or just pay for it.
14 Nov 20
@lemondrop saidNo it is not in the rules, as you said people made up some of their own and if it was ok with everyone then it was fair for everyone. As an example we would put so much in if we landed on free parking, I forget the amount now and after a complete round of everyone landing on it the the person to land on it again after everyone had landed there would collect what ever was on the free parking spot.
funny thing about the game
everybody had their own rules
their own special touch
one rule we had was that a player could borrow from another player or sell his property for more than the mortgage value
I don't think that that is in the official rules
-VR
14 Nov 20
@trev33 saidFrom what I remember that was ok, of course sometimes you'd have to pay or trade more than it was worth as you'd be building houses on it when you had the 3rd one.
The borrow thing I’ve never done, probably not in the rules but buying property or trading seems logical and probably in the rules but I don’t know, I mean if I have 2 greens and you have the other it might benefit both to trade something or just pay for it.
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14 Nov 20
@very-rusty saidone thing that was allowed by the rules was bidding
From what I remember that was ok, of course sometimes you'd have to pay or trade more than it was worth as you'd be building houses on it when you had the 3rd one.
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if a player did not want to buy the property then it could be up for bids
we never used that rule
most learn to play at a young age and tend to make it simple
14 Nov 20
@lemondrop saidYes, we didn't bother with the bidding either unless two people wanted the same property which was rare. Lots of trading going on though.
one thing that was allowed by the rules was bidding
if a player did not want to buy the property then it could be up for bids
we never used that rule
most learn to play at a young age and tend to make it simple
-VR
14 Nov 20
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@very-rusty saidThat's not how I remember it. We played that all the bank fees would go to the 'kitty' and if you landed on Free Parking, you got the 'kitty'.
No it is not in the rules, as you said people made up some of their own and if it was ok with everyone then it was fair for everyone. As an example we would put so much in if we landed on free parking, I forget the amount now and after a complete round of everyone landing on it the the person to land on it again after everyone had landed there would collect what ever was on the free parking spot.
-VR
I always landed on it the turn after someone else.
My favorite thing was to build only to four houses and not get the hotel. Eventually this would cause a housing shortage and others could not build at all. And since the rules say you must go to four houses before buying the hotel, people can't just throw up hotels instead.
14 Nov 20
@trev33 saidYeah, borrowing from other players just hyper-extends the game time.
The borrow thing I’ve never done, probably not in the rules but buying property or trading seems logical and probably in the rules but I don’t know, I mean if I have 2 greens and you have the other it might benefit both to trade something or just pay for it.
And for a game that could take 3 hours already, this was unacceptable.
Trading, though, is a part of the game.