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Instructions for the Game of Monopoly Express

In Monopoly Express, designed for two to four people ages 8 and older, players take turns rolling dice whose faces represent spaces from the traditional board game. Some of the dice represent properties, and players who are able to complete a color set earn a monopoly, allowing them to roll a special die that builds houses and hotels. Other dice include bonuses and hazards from the board game, such as "Go to Jail" and "Chance." Players in Monopoly Express can continue their turns for as long as they like--this gamble can have a big payoff, or end in bankruptcy.

Things You'll Need

Paper and pencil
Calculator (optional)

Instructions

- 1
  Set the house die aside. Roll the remaining 10 dice.
- 2
  Place any police dice in the appropriate spaces on the center of the game board. End your turn and lose all of the points that you've accumulated during the turn if you roll all three police dice.
- 3
  Add $200 to your score for each green arrow "Go" die you roll.
- 4
  Place any property dice of your choosing on the game board, matching them by color. Complete a color set to obtain a monopoly and earn bonus points. Use the question-mark "Chance" dice in place of any property die, but use no more than one "Chance" die in any color group.
- 5
  Re-roll any dice not placed on the board to earn additional points, if you so choose. Add the house die to your roll if you completed a monopoly on your prior roll.
- 6
  Take a house piece each time you roll a green house, and give back a house, if you have any, if you roll a broken green house. Add $5,000 to your score if you roll a red hotel on the die after you've already collected four houses. Remove one police die from the board if you roll the "Get out of Jail Free" side of the house die.
- 7
  End your turn after any roll--you can roll as long as you wish, but if you roll all three "Go to Jail" dice, you lose your turn and all your money. Add the total amount for any completed monopolies to any "Go" die rolls, plus $1,000 for each house and $5,000 for each hotel, to your score. Add the value of the dice from one incomplete color set to your score; for example, if your board features two of the green dice worth $400 apiece, add $800 to your score. Add up your money total.
- 8
  Remove all of the dice from the board and pass them to the player to your left. Proceed to take turns in this manner until one player earns $15,000 and wins the game.

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