If you think Monopoly Deal is fun, wait till you try this rockin' cooperative version!
Caspia, Jeremy Lee, Joanne and I invented this kewl 2 vs 2 variety of the card game:
collaborate with a partner to eradicate your enemies from the property market! Muahahaha!
It's kinda like Bridge. Thus the title.
This cooperative play opened up a great deal (no pun intended) of
jian strategies and tactics, of which you may apply to
own your opponents together. Now 2 players get to savour victory. Woot.
I think the other 2 would probably feel good losing anyways.
Alright, now that you're interested (I hope), here's how to play it:
This game requires:
- 4 players (who know how to play standard Deal).
- 1 Monopoly Deal deck of cards.
- Starbucks Coffee.
Objective 1: Form 6 full property sets with your partner.
E.g. You have 2 full sets while your partner has 4.
Objective 2: Accumulate a combined wealth of 30M with your partner.
E.g. You have 25M while your partner has 5M.
Rule #1: Your partner is the dude/dudette seating opposite you. (Just like Sequence)
Rationale: Each team has a equal chance of winning/stopping the other team from winning.
Rule #2: Rules are the same as normal/standard Monopoly Deal.
What do I mean?
a) Rent (all players), It's Your Birthday cards applies to your partner.
Yep. Your partner has to celebrate your birthday too.
b) You CAN use Force Deal, Sly Deal, Deal Breaker, Rent (Wild) on your partner.
Can be very useful to transfer cards, form full sets, transfer cash, etc.
Once, I used Deal Breaker on my partner to win.
c) You CANNOT use Just Say "No!" to save your partner.
In the standard game, you can't use
Just Say "No!" for another player, so the same applies here.
You CAN, however, use
Just Say "No!" if your partner attacks you...
d) Pay the right Rent.
Renting can be used to transfer property to your partner for safekeeping, or to help him out of a barren bank account. But don't overpay.
E.g. If your partner rents you partner 2M, you
can give him a 2M, 3M, 4M, 5M or even 10M card. You
can also give him two 1M cards, or the equivalent amount in property.
But you
can't throw him two 3M cards to bolster his bank account.
You
can't give him a full property set with each property having a value of 2M.
You can only give one of those property.
e) You can only shift your property cards on your turn.
Same as standard MD.
E.g. It's your turn and your partner can form 4 complete property sets, but he split up the sets to avoid being "Deal Broken". You can complete 2 sets right now. But you have to wait until your partner's turn before he can rearrange his property to complete those 4 sets to win.
f) 2 complete sets of the same color counts as 1
You can have 2 complete set of the same color, but they count as 1.
Unless, of course, you pass it to your partner....
Rule #3: You can communicate with your partner openly, but not in secret.
a) You can hint or tell what cards you have to your partner, but in the presence of everyone.
E.g. "Do you have
ahem? Maybe you rent me and I pass you this...then you can... (raise eyebrows)"
You could be very open: "I have Deal Breaker and Just Say No. Just pass me all your property when I rent everyone 8M."
Or you could use hand signals.
But no whispering, texting, etc.
b) You cannot ask your partner to come over to see your cards, or show him your cards when no one else is looking.
In standard Monopoly Deal, it's not fair if you communicate secretly, so the same rules apply :P
Rule #4: Have a rockin' good time!
To summarise:
It's
exactly the same as standard Deal, except you must get a total of
6 full property sets and
30M with your partner.
Well that's all, have loads of fun and ask me if you have any questions! :)
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