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Instructions
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 An Excel game by charlie jan

OFFICIAL RULES AS LAID DOWN BY PARKER BROTHERS

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 
PREPARATION...Place the board on a table and put the Chance and Community Chest cards face­down on their allotted spaces on th
cards, a Title Deed card for each property and play money.
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.
board. Each player chooses one token to represent him on his travels around the board.
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 
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 
personal funds separate from those of the Bank. When more than five persons play, the Banker may elect to act only as Banker and 
The Bank collects all taxes, fines, loans and interest, and the price of all properties which it sells and auctions.
players. The Bank pays salaries and bonuses. It sells and auctions properties and hands out their proper Title Deed cards; it sells houses
Auctioneer.
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 
and hotels to the players and loans money when required on mortgages.
THE PLAY... Starting with the Banker, each player in turn throws the dice. The player with the highest total starts the play. He places 
ordinary paper.
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 
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 
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
rent, pay taxes, draw a Chance or Community Chest card, "Go to Jail", etc.
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
"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 
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 
proceed from that point on the player's next turn. Two or more tokens may rest on the same space at the same time.
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
in succession, he moves his token immediately to the space marked "In Jail" (see JAIL).
Banker pays him £200 salary.
BUYING PROPERTY...Whenever a player lands on an unowned property he may buy that property from the Bank at its printed price
it on "Community Chest", or 7 spaces beyond it on "Chance", and draws the card "Advance to GO", he collects £200 for passing "GO" 
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 
the first time and another £200 for reaching it the second time by instructions on the card.
He receives the Title Deed card showing ownership and places it face­up in front of him.
PAYING RENT...When a player lands on property owned by another player the owner collects rent from him in accordance with the 
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
If the property is mortgaged, no rent can be collected. When a property is mortgaged its Title Deed card is placed face­down in front of
at the printed price, may bid. Bidding may start at any price.
list printed on the Title Deed card applying to it.
It is an advantage to hold all the Title Deeds in a color­group (i.e.: Park Lane and Mayfair, ­ or Bow St, Marlborough St and Vine St) 
the owner.
It is even more of an advantage to have houses or hotels on properties because rents are much higher than for unimproved properties.
because the owner may then charge double rent for unimproved properties in that color­group. This rule applies to unmortgaged 
The owner may not collect his rent if he fails to ask for it before the second player following throws the dice. 
properties even if another property in that color­group is mortgaged.
"CHANCE" and "COMMUNITY CHEST"...When a player lands on either of these spaces he takes the top card from 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 
indicated, follows the instructions and returns the card face­down to the bottom of the deck.
"INCOME TAX"...When a player lands on "Income Tax" he has two options: he may estimate his tax at £200 and pay the 
to use it he may sell it, at any time, to another player at a price agreeable to both.
The player must decide which option he will take before he adds up his total worth.
Bank, or he may pay 10% of his total worth to the Bank. His total worth is all his cash on hand, printed prices of mortgaged 
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"; 
and unmortgaged properties and cost price of all buildings he owns.
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 
(3.) he throws doubles three times in succession.
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 
move it directly into Jail. A player's turn ends when he is sent to Jail.
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 
ahead in the usual manner on his next turn.
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
forward the number of spaces shown by his doubles throw. Even though he has thrown doubles he does not take another turn; (2.) using
Even though he is in Jail, a player may buy or sell property, buy or sell houses and hotels and collect rents. 
the number of spaces shown by his throw.
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
FREE PARKING...A player landing on this space does not receive any money, property or reward of any kind. This is just a "free" 
a fine of £50 before he rolls the dice on either of his next two turns
HOUSES...When a player owns all the properties in a color group he may buy houses from the Bank and erect them on those 
resting place.
If he buys one house, he may put it on any one of those properties. The next house he buys must be erected on one of the unimproved 
properties.
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.
properties of this or any other complete color­group he may own.
The owner can still collect double rent from an opponent who lands on the unimproved properties of his complete color­group.
Following the above rules, a player may buy and erect at any time as many houses as his judgment and financial standing will allow. 
As a player builds evenly, he must also break down evenly if he sells houses back to the Bank  (SEE SELLING PROPERTY).
But he must build evenly (i.e.: he cannot erect more than one house on any one property of any color­group until he has built one house 
HOTELS...When a player has four houses on each property of a complete color­group, he may buy a hotel from the Bank and erect it 
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. 
BUILDING SHORTAGE...When the Bank has no houses to sell, players wishing to build must wait for some player to turn back or to
on any property of that color­group. He returns the four houses from that property to the Bank and pays the price for the hotel as shown
For example, he cannot build three houses on one property if he has only one house on another property of that group.).
SELLING PROPERTY... Unimproved properties, Railways and utilities (but not buildings) may be sold to any player as a 
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 t
on the Title Deed card. Only one hotel may be erected on any one property. 
Houses and hotels may be sold back to the Bank at any time for one­half the price paid for them.
private transaction for any amount that the owner can get. However, no property can be sold to another player if buildings are 
buy more than the Bank has, the houses or hotels must be sold at auction to the highest bidder.
All houses on one color­group must be sold one by one, evenly, in reverse of the manner in which they were erected.
standing on any properties of that color­group. Any buildings so located must be sold back to the Bank before the owner can 
All hotels on one color­group may be sold at once. Or they may be sold one house at a time (one hotel equals five houses), evenly, in 
sell any property of that color­group.
MORTGAGES...Unimproved properties can be mortgaged through the Bank at any time. Before an improved property can be 
reverse of the manner in which they were erected.
No rent can be collected on mortgaged properties or utilities, but rent can be collected on unmortgaged properties in the same group.
mortgaged all the buildings on all the properties of its color­group must be sold back to the Bank at half price. The mortgage value is 
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 
printed on each Title Deed card.
The player who mortgages property retains possession of it and no other player may secure it by lifting the mortgage from the Bank. 
color­group are no longer mortgaged the owner may begin to buy back houses at full price.
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 to the Bank. If his debt is to 
Should a player owe the Bank, instead of another player, more than he can pay (because of taxes or penalties) even by selling his 
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 
MISCELLANEOUS...Money can only be loaned to a player by the Bank and then only by mortgaging property. No player may 
buildings and mortgaging property, he must turn over all his assets to the Bank. In this case, the Bank immediately sells by auction all 
houses or hotels, he must return these to the Bank in exchange for money to the extent of one­half the amount paid for them and this 
property so taken, except buildings. A bankrupt player must immediately retire from the game. The last player left in the game wins.
borrow from or lend money to another player.
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 onc
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 hi
option, pay the principal or hold the property until some later turn at which time he may lift the mortgage. If he holds property in this 
way until a later turn, he must pay the interest again when he lifts the mortgage.
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Instructions for the Excel version of the game
Board
Official Rules General Play
Instructions 1) Click New Game to begin a new game; otherwise state of play from the previous game will rem
Create New Board immediately resumed
FAQ 2) Click Roll Dice to roll the dice for player 1 (you). The dice will be rolled and the counter (the blu
will move automatically.

3) Depending on the property landed upon, you may be asked if you want to buy the Property, or
player 2, take a card, pay a fine or go to Jail. If you have the cash available, Fines and Rent will b
automatically from your cash total in the bottom LH corner.

4) When ready, click the Roll Dice button again to roll the dice for player 2. Player 2's counter (lim
automatically. Upon landing on his destination, Player 2 will also make purchasing decisions or pa
Player 2 will also consider house buying and mortgaging decisions.
5) Upon completion of Player 2's turn, control will return to you. You can again make any house,
decisions. When ready, click the play button to roll the dice for your move.

Mortgaging Property
When Player 1 is active, you have the opportunity to mortgage any undeveloped property you ow
toolbar to display the mortgaging form

Select you property you wish to Mortgage from the drop-down box. The Mortgage value of that pr
Click OK to complete the mortgage.
If you have any properties that have been mortgaged, you can choose to Unmortgage them. Click
tab, and select the property from the dropdown box. The cost of mortgaging is calculated at 110%
of the property.

Buying Houses
Once you own a complete colour group, you can begin to develop properties in the group. Click B
to display the Buy/Sell House form

Select the property you want to build on from the dropdown list. The cost of building the house is
build a house if the number of houses on that property is greater than the minimum number of ho
on that group. You cannot buy a house if the cost exceeds your cash level; you will need to raise
or selling first.
Click Buy to complete the house purchase. (If only it were that simple in real life!)
Occasionally, after a house purchase, some properties that were unimprovable when the form wa
improveable. Click done and then Buy House again to re-load the form.

Deals
When Player 1 and Player 2 both own property, you can offer to swap a property you own for one
can also either ask for or offer cash to even up the value of the deal. Click Offer Deal to show the

Select the Player 2 property you want (St Charles Place in the example) from the top dropdown, a
are offering to swap for it in the bottom dropdown.

If the property you are bidding for is more valuable than the property you are offering, then you ar
succeed if you offer cash in addition. Enter the cash amount that you are offering to pay into the B
if you are offering to swap a property of higher value, then you can ask for cash from player 2 to e

Note that if a value is entered in one of the cash boxes, it must be cleared before you can enter a
Create New Board
It's now possible to create new boards based around any place names or otherwise that you like.
board' on the menu and get to this sheet:

5
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Follow these steps to create a new board.

1) Enter a name and Currency for the board
2) Enter the full name of each property.
3) Click the 'Copy Names across' button. This will copy the full names to the display names cells.
4) Adjust the display names so that the name fits the Property header box. Activate the cell and th
the tester, allowing you to check that the name is short enough
5) Click the 'Add sheet' button to create the new board. If you have not filled all the fields, and err
to do so.

6) Return to the Board via the hyperlink and play the game

Note. This feature has not been exhaustively test and it is likely that supplying names with specia
( will cause an error. Note for bored hackers: You've tried SQL injection - now try formula injection
formulae as names will give some strange results.

Notes
The card packs are shuffled randomly at the beginning of the game. Get out of jail free cards, if tu
in the pack. However, once used, they return to their original pack position and not to the bottom.
coding than I felt the difference was worth
Income tax, as stated in the rules, can be either £200 or 10% of total assets. To simplify this, the
sums will automatically be deducted. Furthermore, total assets are calculated as the sale or mortg
money,purchasing
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for the property than their current ca
pay more for the property, then the Debt decision screen appears, and the player sells assets (no
being purchased) to pay their debt. The computer opponent also has the ability to do this.
The computer opponent has no more information than the player. It does not anticipate the dice to
community chest card values.

Note for the US edition:

The version I coded originally used London place names and Sterling (£) signs throughout the ga
of tribute to the game's origins, I thought that I could make the whole game convertible to the Atla
Superficially, I achieved this by a little research into the US property names. Since the face value
identical to the UK version, I assumed all other prices were equal and applied no scaling factor - p
inaccurate for certain aspects.
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rom the previous game will remain intact and can be

e rolled and the counter (the blue highlighted property)

ou want to buy the Property, or have to pay Rent to

available, Fines and Rent will be deducted

player 2. Player 2's counter (lime green) will also move

make purchasing decisions or pay rent etc. At this time,
s.
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ur move.

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. The Mortgage value of that property is displayed.

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ortgaging is calculated at 110% of the mortgage value
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he cost of building the house is displayed. You cannot

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ash level; you will need to raise funds from mortgaging

ple in real life!)

unimprovable when the form was loaded become
form.

wap a property you own for one Player 2 owns. You

al. Click Offer Deal to show the Deal form:

ample) from the top dropdown, and the property you

rty you are offering, then you are more likely to

ou are offering to pay into the BOTTOM box. Similarly,
n ask for cash from player 2 to even up then deal.

cleared before you can enter a value into the other.

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mes to the display names cells.

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e not filled all the fields, and error message will ask you

at supplying names with special characters like " or

ection - now try formula injection! Entering Excel

e. Get out of jail free cards, if turned up, do not remain

position and not to the bottom. This saved more
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e calculated as the sale or mortgage value of all
he property than their current cash total. If the does
, and the player sells assets (not including the property
has the ability to do this.
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ling (£) signs throughout the game. However, as a kind

ole game convertible to the Atlantic city names.
ty names. Since the face values of property were
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xlMonopoly FAQ
Board
Official Rules Q: How long did the game take to build?
Instructions
A: The first version took about 4 weeks of coding. I didn't have a job at the time, so I was able to s
Create New Board After that, I then got a job and the second version was put on significant hold. In all, I'd guess I've
FAQ hours designing, testing and playing the game

Q: I've spotted a mistake / The game's given me an error message. What can I do?

A: Let me know about it. If you can email a description of the problem, and the error message if th
I can fix it of rthe next version. If you're a VBA programmer and want to fix it yourself, drop me a l
password. My email address is charles_jans@yahoo.co.uk

Q: Why do the colors of the property banner cells sometimes disappear?

A: No idea at all. The code never changes those cells, and there's no conditional formatting on an
of a mystery why they sometimes lose their color.

Q: What will be in the next version?

A: If it happens, the ability to play other people over a LAN, multiple opponents, difficulty levels, a
of. Realistically, this may be a while coming, if ever.

Q: Why did you decide to do this?

A: I was sitting in a backpackers hostel in Seattle, wondering what to do. I remembered how I love
when I was younger, thinking that I'd like a game right now. This led me on to thinking that the ga
excel, and I began to think how it might be done. The first version was sketched out in my notepa
has stayed roughly the same.

Q: How does the game work?

A: Roughly, there's a flow of events leading from the click of the roll dice button that is roughly su
flowchart below. Decisions such as Player 2 buying houses have their own separate and fairly de
majority of the difficult calculation (such as working out rent) is done by worksheet formula. VBA t
and user input.

Roll Dice

Auto
Auto? HB Roll dice Is double? 3rd time?
Dec

Check
In Jail Show Form
Card
Change
Pay fine
Money
Play
card

Go to
Roll Double? 3 in a row?
Jail
 Auto
Auto? HB Roll dice Is double? 3rd time?
Dec

Check
In Jail Show Form
Card
Change
Pay fine
Money
Play
card

Go to
Roll Double? 3 in a row?
Jail

Move
Available? Op owns? Tax?
Counter

Buy?

Calc D
Auction Calc tax
Rent

Get P1
Price

Get P2
Price Sell Chang
Mort
Hous e
Prop
e Money

Buy
P1>P2?
Property
House/ Show
In debt?
Prop Form

Opp
Buys

Q: Who are you?

A: I'm an economics consultant currently living in Oxford, UK.
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ob at the time, so I was able to spend a lot of time on it.

ificant hold. In all, I'd guess I've spend north of 200

sage. What can I do?

em, and the error message if there is one, then maybe

ant to fix it yourself, drop me a line and I'll send you the

disappear?

no conditional formatting on any of them, so it's a bit

e opponents, difficulty levels, and anything else I think

to do. I remembered how I loved playing monopoly

ed me on to thinking that the game could be done in
was sketched out in my notepad. The board design

ll dice button that is roughly summarised in the

heir own separate and fairly detailed processes. The
ne by worksheet formula. VBA takes care of the flow

3rd time?

Pay fine
3rd time?

Pay fine

Op owns? Tax? Card? Jail?

Calc Display
Calc tax
Rent Card

Move?

Chang
e Cash? Jail
Money

Show Allocate
In debt? Card
Form

Finish
xlMonopoly
Create Your Own Board
Board
Official Rules Field Insert New Value
Instructions
Create New Board Board name Football teams
FAQ Currency Symbol £

Board Spaces Full Name

eg North Carolina Avenue

GO Go
Torquay United Torquay United
Community Chest Community Chest
Forest Green Forest Green
Income Tax Income Tax
King's Cross Station King's Cross Station
Hereford United Hereford United
Chance Chance
Hull City Hull City
Newcastle United Newcastle United
Just Visiting Vistors center
Sunderland AFC Sunderland AFC
Electric Company 7-Eleven
Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic
West Brom West Brom
Marylebone Station Gare du Nord
West Ham West Ham
Community Chest Community Chest
Stoke City Stoke City
Aston Villa Aston Villa
Free Parking Free Parking
Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe United
Chance Chance
Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers
Burnley Fc Burnley Fc
Liverpool Street Station Liverpool Street Station
Everton Fc Everton Fc
Liverpool FC Liverpool FC
Water Works Water Works
Arsenal Arsenal
Go To Jail Go To Jail
Leeds United Leeds United
Man Utd Manchester United
Community Chest Community Chest
Chelsea Fc Chelsea
Fenchurch Street Station Fenchurch Street Station
Chance Chance
Hartlepool United Hartlepool United
Fa Head Quarters Fa Head Quarters
Man City Manchester City

Remaining fields: 0
2
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Add Board (2 left)

Abreviated name for display Tester (check name fits neatly in box)
eg N Carl'na Avenue

Go Go
Torquay United
Community Chest
Forest Green Copy Names
Income Tax Across

King's Cross Station

Hereford United
Chance
Hull City
Newcastle United
Vistors center
Sunderland AFC
7-Eleven
Oldham Athletic
West Brom
Gare du Nord
West Ham
Community Chest
Stoke City
Aston Villa
Free Parking
Scunthorpe United
Chance
Tranmere Rovers
Burnley Fc
Liverpool Street Station
Everton Fc
Liverpool FC
Water Works
Arsenal
Go To Jail
Leeds United
Manchester United
Community Chest
Chelsea
Fenchurch Street Station
Chance
Hartlepool United
Fa Head Quarters
Manchester City