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                                 MONOPOLY®

                             MARCA REGISTRADA

                         PARKER BROTHERS TRADE-MARK
                 FOR ITS REAL ESTATE TRADING GAME EQUIPMENT

                  ©1935,1936,1947,1951,1952,1954,1961,1973
            PARKER BROTHERS DIV. OF GENERAL MILLS FUN GROUP INC.

PARKER BROTHERS Real Estate Trading Game MONOPOLY® was invented during the
Great Depression by Charles B. Darrow of Germantown, Pennsylvania.  Mr. Darrow,
like many other Americans, was unemployed at the time and he worked out the
details of the game primarily to amuse himself during this period.  Prior to
the depression, Darrow and his wife vacationed in the resort town of Atlantic
City, New Jersey.  When it came to naming the streets on the game board, Darrow
naturally adopted those of his favorite vacation spot.

The first games were handmade.  Darrow gave them to friends and sold a few
through a Philadelphia department store.  As the demand for the game grew,
Darrow could not keep up with the orders and arranged for Parker Brothers to
take over the game.

Since 1935 when Parker Brothers acquired the rights to the game, it has become
the leading proprietary game not only in the United States but throughout the
Western world.  The game is published under license in twenty-five countries
and in fifteen languages.


OBJECT ... The object of the game is to become the wealthiest player through
buying, renting and selling property.


EQUIPMENT ... The equipment consists of a board, 2 dice, tokens, 32 houses and
12 hotels. There are Chance and Community Chest cards, a Title Deed card for
each property and play money.


PREPARATION ... Place the board on a table and put the Chance and Community
Chest cards face-down on their allotted spaces on the board.  Each player
chooses one token to represent him on his travels around the board.

Each player is given $1500 divided as follows:  2 each of $500's, $100's and
$50's; 6-$20's; 5 each of $10's, $5's and $1's.

All remaining money and other equipment go to the Bank.


BANKER ... Select as Banker a player who will also make a good Auctioneer.  If
the Banker plays in the game, he must keep his personal funds separate from
those of the Bank.  When more than five persons play, the Banker may elect to
act only as Banker and Auctioneer.


THE BANK ... Besides the Bank's money, the Bank holds the Title Deed cards and
houses and hotels prior to purchase and use by the players.  The Bank pays
salaries and bonuses.  It sells and auctions properties and hands out their
proper Title Deed cards; it sells houses and hotels to the players and loans
money when required on mortgages.

The Bank collects all taxes, fines, loans and interest, and the price of all
properties which it sells and auctions.

The Bank never "goes broke".  If the Bank runs out of money it may issue as
much more as may be needed by merely writing on any ordinary paper.


THE PLAY ... Starting with the Banker, each player in turn throws the dice.
The player with the highest total starts the play.  He places his token on the
corner marked "GO", throws the 2 dice and moves his token in the direction of
the arrow the number of spaces indicated by the dice. After he has completed
his play, the turn to play passes to the left.  The tokens remain on the spaces
occupied and proceed from that point on the player's next turn.  Two or more
tokens may rest on the same space at the same time.

According to the space which his token reaches, a player may be entitled to buy
real estate or other properties,-or be obliged to pay rent, pay taxes, draw a
Chance or Community Chest card, "Go to Jail", etc.

If a player throws doubles he moves his token as usual the sum of the two dice
and is subject to any privileges or penalties pertaining to the space on which
he lands.  Retaining the dice, he throws again and moves his token as before.
If a player throws doubles three times in succession, he moves his token
immediately to the space marked "In Jail" (see JAIL).


"GO" ... Each time a player's token lands on or passes over "GO", whether by
throw of the dice or by drawing a card, the Banker pays him $200 salary.

However, $200 is paid only once each time around the board.  If a player,
passing "GO" on the throw of the dice, lands 2 spaces beyond it on "Community
Chest", or 7 spaces beyond it on "Chance", and draws the card "Advance to GO",
he collects $200 for passing "GO" the first time and another $200 for reaching
it the second time by the instructions on the card.


BUYING PROPERTY ... Whenever a player lands on an unowned property he may buy
that property from the Bank at its printed price.  He receives the Title Deed
card showing ownership and places it face-up in front of him.

If he does not wish to buy the property it is 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.


PAYING RENT ... When a player lands on a property owned by another player the
owner collects rent from him in accordance with the list printed on the Title
Deed card applying to it.

If the property is mortgaged, no rent can be collected.  When a property is
mortgaged its Title Deed card is placed face-down in front of the owner.

It is an advantage to hold all the Title Deed in a color-group (i.e.: Boardwalk
and Park Place,- or Connecticut, Vermont and Oriental Avenues) because the
owner may then charge double rent for unimproved properties in that
color-group.  This rule applies to unmortgaged properties even if another
property in that color-group is mortgaged.

It is even more of an advantage to have houses or hotels on properties because
the rents are much higher than for unimproved properties.

The owner may not collect his rent if he fails to ask for it before the second
player following throws the dice.


"CHANCE" and "COMMUNITY CHEST" ... When a player lands on either of these
spaces he takes the top card from the deck indicated, follows the instructions
and returns the card face-down to the bottom of the deck.

The "Get Out of Jail Free" card is held until used and then returned to the
bottom of the deck.  If the player who draws it does not wish to use it he may
sell it, at any time, to another player at a price agreeable to both


"INCOME TAX" ... When a player lands on "Income Tax" he has two options: he may
estimate his tax at $200 and pay the Bank, or he may pay 10% of his total worth
to the Bank.  His total worth is all cash on hand, printed price of mortgaged
and unmortgaged properties and cost price of all buildings he owns.

The player must decide which option he will take before he adds up his total
worth.


JAIL ... A player lands in Jail when ... (1.) his token lands on the space
marked "Go to Jail"; (2.) he draws a card marked "Go to Jail"; (3.) he throws
doubles three times in succession.

When a player is sent to Jail he cannot collect $200 salary in that move since,
regardless of where his token is on the board, he must move it directly into
Jail.  A player's turn ends when he is sent to Jail.

If a player is not "sent to Jail" but in the ordinary course of play lands on
that space, he is "Just Visiting", incurs no penalty, and moves ahead in the
usual manner on his next turn.

A player gets out of Jail by ... (1.) throwing doubles on any of his next three
turns.  (If he succeeds in doing this he immediately moves forward the number
of spaces shown by his doubles throw.  Even though he has thrown doubles he
does not take another turn.); (2.) using the "Get Out of Jail Free" card if he
has it; (3.) purchasing the "Get Out of Jail Free" card from another player and
playing it; (4.) paying a fine of $50 before he rolls the dice on either of his
next two turns.  If the player does not throw doubles by his third turn he must
pay the $50 fine.  He then gets out of Jail and immediately moves forward the
number of spaces shown by his throw.

Even though he is in Jail, a player may buy or sell property, buy or sell
houses and hotels and collect rents.


FREE PARKING ... A player landing on this space does not receive any money,
property or reward of any kind.  This is just a "free' resting place.


HOUSES ... When a player owns all the properties in a color-group he may buy
houses from the Bank and erect them on those properties.

If he buys one house, he may put it on any of those properties.  The next house
he buys must be erected on one of the unimproved properties of this or any
other complete color-group he may own.

The price he must pay the Bank for each house is shown on his Title Deed card
for the property on which he erects the house.

The owner can still collect double rent from an opponent who lands on the
unimproved properties of his complete color-group.

Following the above rules, a player may buy and erect at any time as many
houses as his judgment and financial standing will allow.  But he must build
evenly (i.e.: he cannot erect more than one house on any one property of any
color-group until he has built one house on every property of that group.  He
may then begin on the second row of houses, and so on, up to a limit of  four
houses to a property.  For example, he cannot build three houses on one
property if he has only one house on another property of that group.).

As a player builds evenly, he must also break down evenly if he sells houses
back to the Bank (see SELLING PROPERTY).


HOTELS ... When a player has four houses on each property of a complete
color-group, he may buy a hotel from the Bank and erect it on any property of
that color-group.  He returns the four houses from that property to the Bank
and pays the price for the hotel as shown on the Title Deed card.  Only one
hotel may be erected on any one property.


BUILDING SHORTAGE ... When the Bank has no houses to sell, players wishing to
build must wait for some player to turn back or to sell his houses to the Bank
before building.  If there are a limited number of houses and hotels available,
and two or more players wish to buy more than the Bank has, the houses or
hotels must be sold at auction to the highest bidder.


SELLING PROPERTY ... Unimproved properties, railroads and utilities (but not
buildings) may be sold to any player as a private transaction for any amount
the owner can get.  However, no property can be sold to another player if
buildings are standing on any property of that color-group.  Any building so
located must be sold back to the Bank before the owner can sell any property of
that color group.

Houses and hotels may be sold back to the Bank at any time for one-half the
price paid for them.

All houses on one color-group must be sold one by one, evenly, in the reverse
manner in which they were erected.

All hotels on one color-group may be sold at once.  Or they may be sold one
house at a time (one hotel equals five houses), evenly, in reverse of the
manner in which they were erected.


MORTGAGES ... Unimproved properties can be mortgaged through the Bank at any
time. Before an improved property can be mortgaged all the buildings on all the
properties of that color-group must be sold back to the Bank at half price.
The mortgage value is printed on each Title Deed card.

No rent can be collected on mortgaged properties or utilities, but rent can be
collected on unmortgaged properties of the same group.

In order to lift the mortgage, the owner must pay the Bank the amount of the
mortgage plus 10% interest.  When all the properties of a color-group are no
longer mortgaged the owner may begin to buy back houses at full price.

The player who mortgages property retains possession of it and no other player
may secure it by lifting the mortgage from the Bank.  However, the owner may
sell this mortgaged property to another player at any agreed price.  The new
owner may lift the mortgage at once, if he wishes, by paying off the mortgage
plus 10% interest to the Bank.  If he does not lift the mortgage at once he
must pay the Bank 10% interest when he buys the property and if he lifts the
mortgage later he must pay an additional 10% interest as well as the amount of
the mortgage to the Bank.


BANKRUPTCY ... A player is bankrupt when he owes more than he can pay either to
another player or the Bank.  If his debt is to another player, he must turn
over to that player all that he has of value and retire from the game.  In
making this settlement, if he owns houses or hotels, he must return these to
the Bank in exchange for money to the extent of one-half the amount paid for
them and this cash is given to the creditor.  If he has mortgaged property he
also turns this property over to his creditor but the new owner must at once
pay the Bank the amount of interest on the loan, which is 10% of the value of
the property.  After the new owner does this, he may, at his option, pay the
principal or hold the property until some later turn at which time he may lift
the mortgage.  If he holds the property this way until a later turn, he must
pay the interest again when he lifts the mortgage.
Should a player owe the Bank, instead of another player, more than he can pay
(because of taxes or penalties) even by selling his buildings and mortgaging
his property, he must turn over all his assets to the Bank.  In this case, the
Bank immediately sells by auction all property so taken, except buildings.  A
bankrupt player must immediately retire from the game.  The last player left in
the game wins.


MISCELLANEOUS ... Money can only be loaned to a player by the Bank and then
only by mortgaging property.  No player may borrow from or lend money to
another player.