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* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]]: Late-game, the best place in the game is in jail.
* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]]: Late-game, the best place in the game is in jail.
* [[Serious Business]]: At least one game of Monopoly you play in your life will devolve into an argument about the rules, and then into an argument about who lost the rule sheet. And let's not get started on [[Tournament Play]]...
* [[Serious Business]]: At least one game of Monopoly you play in your life will devolve into an argument about the rules, and then into an argument about who lost the rule sheet. And let's not get started on [[Tournament Play]]...
** Well explained [http://baldw1n.net/2009/07/20/how-to-play-monopoly/ here]:
** Well explained [https://web.archive.org/web/20130215182307/http://baldw1n.net/2009/07/20/how-to-play-monopoly/ here]:
{{quote|It is now the turn of each player to explain their theory as to how the person who goes first should be decided. While the game rules stipulate a simple dice roll contest, anyone citing this will be told that they are wrong, and that a different rule is correct. You may see some of the following expounded, typically by the person who would benefit the most from them: Youngest goes first; oldest goes first; people born during a seasonal equinox go first; a fight; all the money is thrown in the air and whoever grabs the most goes first, like in [[The Crystal Maze]] ; the last person to kill themselves while Phil Collins’ “Sussudio” is on an infinite loop goes first.}}
{{quote|It is now the turn of each player to explain their theory as to how the person who goes first should be decided. While the game rules stipulate a simple dice roll contest, anyone citing this will be told that they are wrong, and that a different rule is correct. You may see some of the following expounded, typically by the person who would benefit the most from them: Youngest goes first; oldest goes first; people born during a seasonal equinox go first; a fight; all the money is thrown in the air and whoever grabs the most goes first, like in [[The Crystal Maze]] ; the last person to kill themselves while Phil Collins’ “Sussudio” is on an infinite loop goes first.}}
* [[Spin-Off]]: At first, there was only ''[[Star Wars]]'' Monopoly, but thanks to the USAopoly company, there are: [[Nintendo]] Monopoly, ''Simpsons'' Monopoly, ''[[Family Guy]]'' Monopoly, ''[[Pokémon|Poké]][[A Worldwide Punomenon|mon]]opoly'', ''John Deere Monopoly'', Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl Champions Monopoly, ''[[Scooby Doo]]'' Monopoly...
* [[Spin-Off]]: At first, there was only ''[[Star Wars]]'' Monopoly, but thanks to the USAopoly company, there are: [[Nintendo]] Monopoly, ''Simpsons'' Monopoly, ''[[Family Guy]]'' Monopoly, ''[[Pokémon|Poké]][[A Worldwide Punomenon|mon]]opoly'', ''John Deere Monopoly'', Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl Champions Monopoly, ''[[Scooby Doo]]'' Monopoly...