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| Sun, 01-02-2005 - 4:13pm |
DS (9) received traditional Monopoly for Christmas. We finally got it out yesterday. When I was a kid we didn't play according to all the rules. When we landed on a place, we could choose to buy it or not. We didn't do the mortgage part, auctioning, etc. It seems a little complicated for him to understand what "interest, loaning, mortgage" and all those terms mean. I just want him to be able to make change, count money, etc. Does anybody play this this way?

Sarah
It is quite boring doing it the way they say you should play.
We bought what we wanted, didn't buy houses much, unless we wanted to play for days.
I think you should play the way that makes it fun.
we always bought what we wanted (when we landed on it) and if you got one of those colored cards that made you pay taxes or some fee, it always went in the middle for the person who landed on the free parking space. I love that game (not played as it was supposed to be!!!) As an adult, I finally read the rules, and thought screw this!! That's no fun!!!
Do what you think is amussing, as kids, most of us have good memories playing it, even te rules were altered!
"As an adult, I finally read the rules, and thought screw this!! That's no fun!!!"