Really, Really Shortest Game of Monopoly: 13 Seconds

After our recent post of what we thought was the shortest possible game of Monopoly, we were challenged on that claim and thus had to come up with an even shorter one, which we now believe is actually the shortest possible game. Only 7 rolls of the dice, players only make it halfway around the board. More detail here: http://monster-blue.blogspot.com/2010/06/monopoly-nerds-unite.html

Game Sequence:

Player 1:
(1) 6-4, just visiting, has $1500
Player 2:
(2) 6-4, Just visiting, has $1500
Player 1:
(3) 3-3, buy St. James $1320
(4) 1-1, buy Tennessee $1140
(5) 3-1, Chance, "go back three spaces", buy New York $940
Buy 3 houses for each property, $40
Player 2:
(6) 3-3 St. James Rent $550, Player 2 has $950, Player 1 has $590
Player 1 buys 1 house on St. James and Tennessee, hotel on New York, $190
(7) Player 2 rolls 2-1: New York rent is now $1000, Bankrupt.

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• Monopoly
• Board
• Game

[TheRipjaw]

guys he never took a chance card

[profdjm]

@TheRipjaw He flips it over at 0:09

[heisanevilgenius]

You can't place 1 house on two properties and a hotel on the third. All houses must be distributed evenly among the properties. You can do 11 houses (4, 4, and 3) but not 5 (hotel), 1, and 1.

[profdjm]

@heisanevilgenius You missed step 5, which purchases 3 houses on each orange property. In step six, the player is buying 1 more house each on St. James and Tennessee, and the equivalent of 2 more on New York--promoting it to a hotel, Which is allowed.

[secretbonus]

shortest game possible is when there is a trade made from the start. "I give you all my money I have now for immunity from rent on all properties you ever own." Deal is made. Next turn, land on income tax or a community chest or chance that makes you go bankrupt. one roll

[profdjm]

@seaking020492 The rules state that you can buy houses At ANY TIME, not just on your turn. That's a common misconception about the rules.

[wariolandgoldpiramid]

Awesome

[threelittleniggers]

@AntmILoveYou How are they nerds? Because they have the brain capacity to play a board game?

[AntmILoveYou]

nerds

[MrMammophile]

@secretbonus Although not printed in the official rule sheets, for tournament play it is widely accepted that rent immunity and other "possible future occurrences" are not valid trading items. The main reason is that there is no provision for what to do if one of the "possible future occurrences" happens, then one of the players reneges on the deal. Thus, the only valid deals you can make are for what each of you have in hand at that moment.

[irishtrash15]

"Bankrupt! Woo!"

Never heard that before.

[Zalodo]

This is the best game of Monopoly ever.  Good use of taping those 3 sets of houses together, I thought you were a sly house placer until I knew about the tape.

[7XxshadowxX7]

O.o uhhhh...what just happend?