If you’ve ever played Monopoly, then you either love it or love to hate it.
And if you love playing the role of the banker, you probably love showing off how you know the rules of the game like the boss that you are.
But in a Twitter exchange where people were talking about “the most trivial hill on which you are willing to die”, people lost their minds when someone mentioned a little-known, game-changing Monopoly rule that will totally transform how we all play it.
Are you ready for your mind to be totally blown?
When someone lands on a property?in #Monopoly ?? & they don't buy it, IT GOES TO AUCTION for any player to buy.
IT. IS. IN. THE. RULES.
— Ruben (@RubenFanDuelTV) November 20, 2017
Say whattt…? How did we play this game all this time and not know this rule exists?!
According to the Monopoly rule book, when a player lands on a property and decides not to buy it, the property goes up for auction where all the other players can bid on it.
And another thing, the banker is also the auctioneer!
If you’re thinking the internet might have made this one up, then sit tight because we’ve got proof, hun. An excerpt from the official Monopoly Game Rules states:
Buying Property Whenever a player lands on an unowned property, the player may buy that property from the Bank at its printed price. The player receives the Title Deed card showing ownership and places it face up in front of him/her. If he/she does not wish to buy the property, it is immediately sold at auction by the Banker to the highest bidder. The buyer pays to the Bank the amount of the bid in cash and receives the Title Deed card for that property. Any player, including the one who declined the option of buying it at the printed price, may bid. Bidding may start at any price.
This only means two things: (1) Anyone in the game can bid on and acquire the property lower than its market value, or (2) The player who chooses not to purchase it is still allowed to bid and get the property lower than what they would have paid otherwise.
This little known rule totally changes the dynamic of the game.
We’re flipping our tables over this. Are you?
