Monopoly Auto-Play Mode: Difference between revisions

An idea by Jeff Lawlor
Created on 2025-03-16
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Added emphasis to the fact that the game's outcome is usually known.
 
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{{Infobox About User And Idea|aboutme=I'm the founder of Idea Supreme and have a lot of great ideas. Explore more of them right here on this web site.|aboutidea=Monopoly can play really fast using cleverness and the power of computers. Auto Play could be the innovation Monopoly speed runs need!}}
{{Infobox What Do I Want|wish1=Creative input into game|wish2=A free, enterprise-style license to the finished game}}
{{Infobox What Do I Want|wish1=Creative input into game|wish2=A free, enterprise-style license to the finished game}}
Monopoly can become tedious once players fully build out the board. They repeatedly circle the board until all but one player is bankrupt. What if you could skip the boring part and jump straight to the end of the game? Monopoly Auto-Play mode does just that!
Monopoly can become tedious once players fully build out the board. There are no more decisions to make and the eventual winner is usually known. Players mindlessly circle the board until all but one is bankrupt. What if you could skip the boring part and jump straight to the end of the game? Monopoly Auto-Play mode does just that!


==The End of Monopoly Gets Boring==
==The End of Monopoly Gets Boring==
In the later stage of a Monopoly game, once all the properties have been purchased and built out, most turns no longer require players to make a decision. On any given turn, you may pay money or you may owe money but neither are a choice you're making- you simple do as instructed when you land on the space.  
In the later stage of a Monopoly game, once all the properties have been purchased and built out, most turns no longer require players to make a decision. On any given turn, you may pay money or you may owe money. You make no choice- you simple do as instructed when you land on the space.  


This is where the game becomes monotonous. Players go around and around the board, sometimes hundreds of times, waiting for the rest of the players to go bankrupt.
Meanwhile, you generally know who is going to win the game. The trend is clear- one player gets richer while the rest get poorer. Waiting for the inevitable can be painful, especially for the losing players.
 
This is where the game becomes monotonous. Players go around and around the board, sometimes hundreds of times, waiting for the conclusion that surprises no one.


==The Fastest Game of Monopoly You Ever Played==
==The Fastest Game of Monopoly You Ever Played==