I was always a fan of allowing direct trading of properties between players, houses/hotels included, but I also hardly ever played with groups that got hung up on the resulting problems.
At one point, my sisters, cousins, and I were in favor of any rule that allowed the game to be over quicker, or could screw-over the person in the lead, or allow the rest of the table to cooperate to take the lead player down a notch or help the player closest to bankruptcy.
Okay, okay, we were fickle and naive. We either wanted the game over quickly or to put hotels on every property without anyone going bankrupt. Monopoly is the game to bring out if you want to explain what House Rules are for, or to teach players about collusion and market manipulation/regulation.
I was always a fan of allowing direct trading of properties between players, houses/hotels included, but I also hardly ever played with groups that got hung up on the resulting problems.
At one point, my sisters, cousins, and I were in favor of any rule that allowed the game to be over quicker, or could screw-over the person in the lead, or allow the rest of the table to cooperate to take the lead player down a notch or help the player closest to bankruptcy.
Okay, okay, we were fickle and naive. We either wanted the game over quickly or to put hotels on every property without anyone going bankrupt. Monopoly is the game to bring out if you want to explain what House Rules are for, or to teach players about collusion and market manipulation/regulation.