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About me - Jason Root

aboutme

I enjoy writing and exercise and other things.

brieflyme

My passion is ...

Writing

I know too much about ...

Monopoly

My parents always told me ...

nothing in particular

My childhood ambition ...

none

My favorite memory ...

praying for snow in early October and waking up to 8 inches of snow the next day.

Why I write ...

process and self gratification

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Siddhartha

My first job ...

dishwasher for a restaurant

My best moment ...

haven't had it yet

My inspiration ...

snow squalls

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Hobbies & Games > Board Games How to win at Monopoly
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The beginning of the game:

Buy every property you land on. This is especially true with three or more players as the competition for the limited number of properties of color groups (22) is very tight. If you need to mortgage in order to grab a property, then by all means do so! Generally a good rule of thumb is to not mortgage more than half of your properties in the beginning when trying to purchase a property, unless it will block the opponent from getting a monopoly. Why is this so important? Because properties is everything in monopoly. The more properties you have blocking ot...

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