They might stay at their current tile, but could also be sent to Go, Jail, tile 5, 11, 24, or 39.

Players arriving at Chance (tile 7, 22, and 36) draw cards from the Chance deck and move accordingly.

They are likely to stay at their current tile, but could be sent to Go or Jail.

Players arriving at Community Chest (CC) (tile 2, 17, and 33) draw cards from the CC deck and move accordingly.

Players arriving at Go to Jail (tile 30) are sent to Jail (tile 10) obviously.

When players land on an ‘interim’ tile that is not a property, they follow the rules of that tile and might end up in another tile eventually. But we do not know their landing probabilities. We know the cost and the rent of properties. If somehow your opponent is 2 times likely to land on property A than B, it could be more worth investing even if the rent of B is higher. The performance of a set of properties depends on a) the revenue, b) the cost, and c) the likelihood of an opponent landing on them. The Blue ones might turn out not worth investing in a short game. However, a game ends when everyone else runs out of money.

Expected profit: what is the expected profit of each set of properties in a game? If there are infinitely many rounds in a game, we are pretty confident that the Blue set brings you the most profit.

Break-even point: how many opponent turns it is going to take for you to get back the money you invested? The Brown set is very cheap, but will it take ages to get your money back? The Blue ones are costly, but maybe I will get the money back pretty quickly?.

Many people believe the most expensive property just before the ‘Go’ tile ( Mayfair/Boardwalk or Blue 2) can bring them a fortune, while others prefer collecting a whole set of railroads or utilities.įor investing in some set of properties, how long would it take to break-even? How much could I earn in the game? We need to establish some metrics to measure your performance.

Just like in the real world, properties in the game are not equal. Our analyses involve Python, statistics, and visualization. Today, I am going to analyze how we can maximize our chance of winning a Monopoly game. But I really want to know if I could have played better to increase my chance of winning. I used to play it during the holidays with my relatives’ kids, and I usually lost. This is a board game that gives people (good?) childhood memories. Hasbro has just released a longer version of Monopoly with triple properties that takes forever to play.

It has many different licensed and localized versions. Monopoly is one of the most popular board games in the world.