The Monopoly Companion

by Philip E. Orbanes

The Monopoly "RM" Companion is a fun-packed guide to the history, rules, and winning strategies behind the world's most popular board game
-- Who really invented the game?
-- How did a 10-year-old from Staten Island hold his own against players three times his age in the 1980 U.S. Monopoly "RM" championship?
-- Why do the best Monopoly "RM" players avoid buying hotels for their properties?
-- Which property name on your Monopoly "RM" board is misspelled?
-- What's the world record for the longest Monopoly "RM" game played upside down?There's only one man who could answer questions like these -- and hundreds more that are just as fascinating. It's Mr. Monopoly "TM"

In this book, he reveals to Philip Orbanes everything he knows about the world's most popular board game. "And that, quite frankly, " boasts Mr. Monopoly "TM", "is everything."

Genres: Nonfiction

207 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1999

Reviews

[Franklyn Kornn]

This book contains a bunch of rules and exceptions to the rules of the game Monopoly. After reading this book there is no possible way that you can lose a game of monopoly. You can reference the book to prove the rule or exception. This is a great book to allow the students that read it to play the game in class (Math class or any class) one day and try out some of the things they learned in the book using the book as reference if needed.

[Beth]

So far a pretty good history and introduction to basic strategies. However, it is housed in a cheesy "conversation" type style with Mr. Monopoly. Kinda dorky, but jam-packed with info about the game.

[Rick Segers · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a fun book that I got very cheap. I now know just how wrong I have been playing Monopoly all these years.
If you enjoy playing America's game you should pick up a copy. This covers the complete history as well as the proper rules and strategies.