But many people find it too slow, too boring and too confusing.

So here are our 5 tips to help you enjoy Monopoly more

Here are 4 questions:

If you actually land on Go! do you get $400 instead of 200?

Do you have to go round the board once before you can buy properties?

In jail, are you forbidden from collecting rent?

If you land on free parking do you get any money?

The answer to all 4 questions is no!

These house rules may seem like fun but they actually make the game take a lot longer.

The free parking rule is the worst.

This player is on the verge of bankruptcy.

They have no way out of trouble and then this happens.

Not enough money to get them back in the game, just enough to add another 15 minutes to its

length!

Strangely, some people are afraid of auctioning.

They prefer just to leave the property unsold if they don't want to buy it.

Auctioning is fun and it moves the game along.

So, if someone lands on a property and they don't want to auction it, next time just say,

"I'll pay $10!"

I guarantee you, that will get the bidding started.

Mortgaging is an essential part of the game.

If you need more money, just flip your property over and take half of its value from the bank.

And then when you want to unmortgage it, pay the money back to the bank, plus 10 percent.

What an ideal opportunity to introduce your children to the joy of percentages!

Especially when there are a lot of players, it can sometimes be difficult to acquire a

complete property set without trading.

So, do some deals.

Pick another player, exchange some properties, throw in some cash if necessary to incentivize

them and soon you'll both be building houses and the game will be speeding up.

All debts must be paid in full, immediately -- no exceptions, not even for temper tantrums.

Take this situation.

The only way for me to pay what I owe is to sell some houses -- the last thing I want

to do.

But this is the game working -- I am being driven one step closer to bankruptcy.

And if someone does lose their cool, what a great chance for you to talk to your kids

about the value of sportsmanship and of never losing your dignity.

And finally -- that age old Monopoly question: how does the game end?

It's simple.

If I can't afford to pay what I owe, and I've tried everything -- sold back all my houses,

mortgaged all my properties -- I'm bankrupt, and I'm out of the game.

One by one every player becomes bankrupt, until the last person left standing is the

winner!