Shortest Possible Game of Monopoly

Ever wonder what the shortest possible game of Monopoly would look like? Well, it'll only take 21 seconds to find out. After our recent attempt to play the shortest actual game of Monopoly on record, we started to wonder about what the shortest THEORETICALLY POSSIBLE game of Monopoly would be. That is, if everything went just the right way, with just the right sequence of rolls, Chance and Community Chest cards, and so on, what is the quickest way one player could go bankrupt? After working on the problem for a while, we boiled it down to a 4-turn (2 per player), 9 roll (including doubles) game. Detail on each move given below. If executed quickly enough, this theoretical game can be played in 21 seconds.

Player 1, Turn 1:

Roll: 6-6, Lands on: Electric Company
Action: None, Doubles therefore roll again

Roll: 6-6, Lands on: Illinois Avenue
Action: None, Doubles therefore roll again

Roll: 4-5, Lands on: Community Chest "Bank error in your favor, Collect $200"
Action: Collects $200 (now has $1700)

Player 2, Turn 1:

Roll: 2-2, Lands on: Income Tax
Action: Pay $200 (now has $1300), Doubles therefore rolls again

Roll: 5-6, Lands on: Pennsylvania Rail Road
Action: None

Player 1, Turn 2:

Roll: 2-2, Lands on: Park Place
Action: Purchase ($350, now has $1350), Doubles therefore rolls again

Roll: 1-1, Lands on: Boardwalk
Action: Purchase ($400, now has $950), Doubles therefore rolls again

Roll: 3-1, Lands on Baltic Avenue
Action: Collect $200 for passing GO (now has $1150), Purchase 3 houses for Boardwalk, 2 for Park Place ($1000, now has $150)

Player 2, Turn 2:

Roll: 3-4, Lands on: Chance, "Advance to Boardwalk"
Action: Advance to Boardwalk, Rent is $1400, only has $1300 = Bankrupt

GAME OVER


So many people have commented that this is "fake," let me just say: Yes, it is a scripted demonstration of a theoretically possible game. I would think that is so obvious it goes without saying, but I guess not. So, now it's been said, several times!

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[basslinet]

That wasn't bankrupt -_-

he could have mortgaged

foooools

[profdjm]

@basslinet Never bought anything. Therefore nothing to mortgage!

[jhunt123456]

@profdjm what the hell do you mean you didn't buy anything? Yes you did... how else would you have put houses down....

[profdjm]

@jhunt123456 What "the Hell" I mean is that one person buys stuff, other one doesn't. Therefore, the one who doesn't has nothing to mortgage.

[profdjm]

@brightaz34 3 on Boardwalk, 2 on Park Place

[tommygun649]

They have a shorter game up and they tell the moves in the description

[sabresfan29pom]

i cant tell if this is real or not omg!

[pittsburghmuggle]

I don't think they were really reading the dice.

[Cabalooie]

Solved more elegantly and way earlier by a speed-runner in NES Monopoly. This guy needs more credit than he's getting.

/watch?v=5B5ZvyIUGXg

[tryplot]

no. the shortest possible game of monopoly would be if at the beginning the person gave all his money to the other person, then rolled, landed on community chest making him pay hospital fees, thus making him go bankrupt.

[mro33o]

All he did was pass go not beat game

[Tanador680]

Wait,..... WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED

[muninen]

@boomerlesterok You can't claim that they broke the rules if you don't specify what rule.

[MajinWamu]

For something that is obviously a joke, a lot of people are saying some really stupid things as if they have something to prove. What happened to just watching the video and enjoying? The people in this did this for fun

[AdrianDX]

Whoever talks the most sounds kinda like Tommy Tallarico.