Monopoly: What is the best monopoly [property] to get?

[DrQ]

I always liked:

• Pacific Avenue
• North Carolina Avenue
• Pennsylvania Avenue

ETA: Green

 

[amycurl]

Oranges and purples, all the way.

 

[RX8]

I am partial to Baltic group and Connecticut group. Players usually have money in their pocket after passing go, just in time for a nice relaxing stay at my hotel.

 

[TolmiePeak]

I am partial to Baltic group and Connecticut group. Players usually have money in their pocket after passing go, just in time for a nice relaxing stay at my hotel.

Obtaining the Connecticut group early in the game is a sure fire way to win. You can get hotels fast there and bankrupt other players before they have a chance to build up their properties.

 

[TolmiePeak]

I always liked:

• Pacific Avenue
• North Carolina Avenue
• Pennsylvania Avenue

ETA: Green

Greens are only properties to trade to players who don't understand the game. They are very expensive to buy and put houses on.

 

[Ralph Sir Edward]

Monopoly is a fluid game. The best properties are the Orange and Red, as they have the highest probability of being landed on. (Jail is a common destination, Purples can only be hit with a 3 or 4 coming out of Jail.)

The minimum sure winning holding is a stopper in all the colors, all 4 railroads, and the light blues with hotels

 

[Dori]

I always avoid buying Park Place and Boardwalk. I do love the railroads and utilities. The reds and yellows are also my favourites. A few years ago, our son brought a Saigon monopoly game for our granddaughter from Vietnam. It is the same as the regular version, just different names for the properties. We have had such fun playing it!

Dori

 

[easyrider]

I buy them all meaning I like them all.

Bill

 

[PigsDad]

Orange and Yellows for me. Good location and good bang for your buck when building houses. And I agree that collecting the light blue (Connecticut group) early is a big win since you can quickly build houses there for cheap.

Kurt

 

[Panina]

As many as you can get. Build your portfolio and keep others from getting all of one color so they can't build.

 

[Superchief]

I always liked:

• Pacific Avenue
• North Carolina Avenue
• Pennsylvania Avenue

ETA: Green

I don't want to play against you because those are also my top targets. I also like orange and yellow because people always seem to land on them.

 

[DrQ]

Greens are only properties to trade to players who don't understand the game. They are very expensive to buy and put houses on.

You may have a point, try another hairstyle, maybe no one will notice.

 

[TolmiePeak]

You may have a point, try another hairstyle, maybe no one will notice.

Plus the maintenance fees on the Greens is way too high.

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Early in the game I like to get the light blues, so that I can fill them with houses. That way later in the game, when I have more expensive properties, I won't be frozen out of buying houses because all of the houses have been bought. Also owning those properties filled with houses makes it harder for owners of more expensive properties to build out their groups.

An ideal combination to own is the light blues and the dark blues. You can often hit people twice in succession as they approach and go past Go. Holding the light blues and the greens is also good, because with the greens you've got better odds of having some hit one of your properties as they come down the back side.

 

[easyrider]

As many as you can get. Build your portfolio and keep others from getting all of one color so they can't build.

That's the best way to win, imo.

Bill

 

[Talent312]

I always liked Reading Railroad simply becuz of how it was pronounced.

 

[artringwald]

My favorite:

 

[LannyPC]

A few years ago, our son brought a Saigon monopoly game for our granddaughter from Vietnam. It is the same as the regular version, just different names for the properties. We have had such fun playing it!

Many years ago, I bought the Canadian version.

 

[TolmiePeak]

My favorite:

Perfect. I'll take the light blue Worldmark properties....

 

[TravelJoy]

I am partial to Baltic group and Connecticut group. Players usually have money in their pocket after passing go, just in time for a nice relaxing stay at my hotel.

With 10 hotels on each

 

[easyrider]

I always liked Reading Railroad simply becuz of how it was pronounced.

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I'm not getting this. Do you pronounce it different or with an accent ?

Bill

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

The problem with the properties on the bottom row (the purples and light blues) is that if those one of those groups is the only set that you own, you need to knock out the other players early in the game. If you don't do that, and other players can develop higher rent groups, especially the reds, yellows, and greens, then even though they only have one or two houses on a property they can match your rents. But then as they move up to three or four houses, they start beating your rents.

So the bottom row properties are most useful if you can also obtain another, higher-rent set somewhere else. Then you can use the bottom row properties to lock down a supply of houses and generate cash flow to build up the higher rent properties.

 

[TolmiePeak]

The problem with the properties on the bottom row (the purples and light blues) is that if those one of those groups is the only set that you own, you need to knock out the other players early in the game. If you don't do that, and other players can develop higher rent groups, especially the reds, yellows, and greens, then even though they only have one or two houses on a property they can match your rents. But then as they move up to three or four houses, they start beating your rents.

So the bottom row properties are most useful if you can also obtain another, higher-rent set somewhere else. Then you can use the bottom row properties to lock down a supply of houses and generate cash flow to build up the higher rent properties.

You can get hotels far faster on light blue than any other higher priced property. The cost for houses is double in the next category.

 

[artringwald]

I'm not getting this. Do you pronounce it different or with an accent ?

Bill

It's pronounced like "Redding", as in the city of Reading, PA.

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

You can get hotels far faster on light blue than any other higher priced property. The cost for houses is double in the next category.

But the problem there is that when you put hotels on those properties, you have to turn in the houses, which increases the number of houses available to other players.

I plan for the situation where the stock of houses is limited, and that limits the ability to develop property sets. There are players who want to add houses, but there are no houses to add. If I start putting hotels on the light blues, I turn in four houses for each hotel, and those will quickly get scooped up by other players. The increase in I rent get for putting in a hotel is more than offset by then rent increases that other players can get by putting those houses on their properties.

So, my strategy with the light blues is to fill them up with four houses as fast as I can and never turn in one of those houses when there might be a shortage of houses. I like the light blues to generate cash flow to develop other properties and to lock down an inventory of houses that I can use on another property set. If I want to add houses to another property, and there aren't houses available at the bank, I can mortgage a house on the light blues, and then immediately put that house on the property I want to develop. Or, if I have enough money, I put a hotel on the light blues, and then immediately place all four houses on the other property set I'm developing.

It's not just a question of maximizing my rent - I need to do what I can to hinder other players from developing their properties and gaining an edge on me. My overall holding may be inferior to that of another player, but if they are blocked from developing their properties, my inferior set of properties might actually be more strategic.