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The game is played by 2 or more players who move tokens around the edge of a board, in a circular path. There are 40 squares, composed of 28 properties, 3 "Chance" squares, 3 "Community Chest" squares, a "Luxury Tax" square, an "Income Tax" square, "GO", "Jail", "Free Parking" and "Go to Jail". A player's turn consists of rolling 2 dice, and advancing on the board the corresponding number of squares. If the player lands on an unowned property, he may buy it. If he lands on his own property, he does nothing. If he lands on an unmortgaged property owned by an opponent, he pays the opponent rent, as specified on the property's deed. Players take turns in order (as determined by chance prior to the game). A player is eliminated from the game when he has no more assets (money plus properties plus buildings). Players may purchase either 1 to 4 houses, or 1 hotel for their properties, which raise the rents that must be paid to them when opponents land on the property. Players may also freely make trades amongst themselves, involving cash and / or properties. This is often done to obtain all the properties in a particular color group. Special squares : Chance -- the player receives a card which has instructions on it which must be followed. Most of these involve amounts of money, e.g. "Bank error in your favor. Collect $200" : Community Chest -- same as Chance, except a different set of cards. : Luxury Tax -- the player must pay the Bank $75. : Income Tax -- the player must pay the Bank $200 or 5% of his assets : GO -- the player receives $200 for passing this square. : Jail -- the square is divided into two parts "Just Visiting" and the Jail proper. If the player lands on this square through a regular dice roll, he goes to the "Just Visiting" square and no penalty applies. A player can be sent to Jail from the "Go to Jail" square, a combination of die rolls, or a Chance / Community Chest card. A player can leave Jail by paying a fine or by making a successfull dice roll. : Go to Jail -- the player must move his token to Jail : Free Parking -- nothing takes place here. Properties : 22 streets, divided into 8 color groups. A player must own all of a colour group in order to build houses or hotels. : 4 railways. Players collect higher rent if they own more than one railway. Hotels and houses cannot be built on railways. : 2 utilities. Players collect higher rent if they own both utilities. Hotels and houses cannot be built on railways. |
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