Recently, I've been playing a lot of chess and monopoly. I've enjoyed them, and given the variations a few gos (backgammonopoly in particular I can reccomend). Having scoured the internet for a cross between chess and monopoly, I did not find anyting I liked to look of. I have therefore devised my own verison, and I would like feedback/suggestions before I start playing.
the required materials:
chess board
chess pieces
monopoly properties
monoply chance/community chest cards
monopoly money
monopoly houses/hotels
two dice
a set of markers
Setting up:
As a chess game, except starting money is doled out to the players
Playing:
Each turn, the player rolls the dice. They get to move two of their pieces (if possible), depending on what numbers are rolled. They correspond as such:
1 - Pawn
2 - Bishop
3 - Knight
4 - Rook
5 - Queen
6 - King
The standard rules concerning movement, check and checkmate apply. In the event that one king is placed in check, then the king gets a move and the player only rolls one die. If checkmate is achieved, the game is over. When a piece is captured, it is instead put in jail.
The dice rolls are as such:
doubles - free all units in jail
differ by one - get £200
total of seven - pick a chance/community chest card
differ by two - buy a property
When a unit gets out of jail, it is placed back on the board in any starting position available to it (so one could have both bishops on black).
When buy a property is achieved, the player rolls 1 dice to see which set of properties are selected, as follows:
1 - train stations/utilities
2 - browns/blues
3 - pinks/oranges
4 - reds/yellows
5 - greens/purples
6 - set of player's choice
Upon selecting a set, the player then rolls to see which property within the set is selected. If the roll reults in a property that has already been bought, the player rerolls. If the entire set has been bought, then the player may upgrade one property of the same type as the set by one house.
Placing properties:
Once bought, a property does nothing until placed. If the king is on a space without a property, the property may be placed. It costs nothing to place it. properties of the same colour must be placed next to each other. By paying the mortgage cost, the property may be taken off the board.
Housing:
If only a single property of any colour is owned, up to two houses may be placed on it. If two are owned, up to four may be placed (hotel for the browns/purples). If all are owned, hotels may be placed. Money for developing is as normal. Properties can only be developed if the king or queen is on that square.
Paying rent:
Upon passing through a square with a property owned by the opponent, a player must pay half the rent. Landing on in pays full rent - rent may be paid on multiple properties. Staying on a square for multiple turns does not incur additional rent. If one does not have anough money, one cannot pass through a square, even to get out of check.
Does anyone have any suggestions/see some problems/have any comments?
Also, does anyone have ideas for paying money to bail units out of jail?
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