The Best Monopoly Strategy, Tested on 300M Games [video]

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8 points | by zdw 3 days ago

3 comments

  • nomilk 8 minutes ago
    AlphaZero (Google's chess bot) famously started with no 'book knowledge' (e.g. ideas on how to play chess), instead, it learned by playing against itself many, many times over.

    Has anyone done something similar to that with Monopoly? (by contrast, the technique used in this video is much more basic; it comes up with some specific rules a player will use, then has those bots play eachother)

  • nielsbot 23 minutes ago
    They don't say what the strategy is in the comments (duh) but I seem to remember a similar study from years ago saying the optimal strategy was to always buy if you can.

    Meta, but one rule I was surprised to learn: if someone doesn't buy a property when they land on it, it is immediately auctioned off by the bank.

    • adzm 5 minutes ago
      Another interesting strategy was to not upgrade to hotels in order to create a housing crisis by using up all the houses
  • tobadzistsini 47 minutes ago
    I thought the best Monopoly strategy was not to play.