Questions about monopoly?

Question

Quick question ab out monopoly. Last night we were playing the board the old school one. Well it was down to the last two players. I owned all 4-railroads and 4 houses on the yellow spots along with the utilities and several other properties but no other monopolies. The other player had a hotels on the Oranges and Purples. Since we ran out of money after I had just paid the $1000 rent for the orange spot. So normally they play to bankrupt, but they decided to count assets instead she won by $900. I wanted to play to bankrupt because I felt that I had the better chance of winning with the railroad monopoly and the yellow monopoly than the orange monopoly and purple. Isn't it in the rules that you have to bankrupt the other player to win, unless previously stated before the game?

Answer 1

Initially Yes... If You Have No Money Whatsoever You May Be Forced To Deal With Your Player Into Giving Them Properties And Utilities Etc. But Last Person Standing... Or Has Most Properties While Others Have None Nore Any Money Wins!

Answer 2

how do you win monoply?

Answer 3

actualy yes

Answer 4

How did the bank run out of money? That's sort of baffling, especially considering there was only two players. Usually money goes into the bank throughout the game, and the bank doesn't give out much money except small sums from Chance cards. Money circulates around the board throughout the game, it doesn't stay anywhere permanently, except in the bank. Are you sure you're playing the game right?

One problem you might be having is that you've been putting money that should go to the bank in the free parking space. The free parking space is just a free space, you shouldn't put the bank's money in there! Where do you put money when you get a bad Chance card, or land on the Taxes square? This money should be going into the bank. When you buy a property, that money also goes to the bank.

In any case, in a situation like this, you should have kept playing. I agree that you had a chance of winning; it's all up to the luck of the dice. A fair way to get more money back into the bank would be to split your current money and properties by a third. So if you had $500 dollars cash and properties worth $500, you could eaither give $333 cash, or one of your properties and say $100 cash. It would be up to you how you want to reduce your money, the point would be that you're still on the same standings you were before the bank went bankrupt, just with more money in the bank.

Another way would be to create a 10% tax. If someone lands on your property and has to pay $100, you get $90 of it, and the other $10 goes to the bank.