Hulleye Comes By!

every now and again i come across a rocking solid flash game that can be played over a few minutes with a mouse and web browser. there was bloxors, geeky games, desktop tower defence, geography quizzes, wordy, squares and dots, more geography, damn birds, chaos, troyis, classic dos games and many many more. anyway i now present my latest addiction of the day.

the helicopter game.

unfortunately this has a very high addictive level as well so be warned. good luck beating my score of 2634.

i wrote about the nitty gritty of playing the board game monopoly a while back. now there is a surefire strategy of winning the game of monopoly which has been documented by extremely heavy statistics and strategic positions on the board.

How to win at Monopoly - a simple strategy:

• Always buy Railroads; never buy Utilities (at full price)^*
  • For every other property type, only buy them to complete a monopoly or to prevent opponents from completing one. Often this may mean buying as many properties as you can early in the game, but watch your cash reserves.
• At the beginning of the game, focus on acquiring a complete C-G (Color Group) in Sides 1+2, even if it means trading away properties on Sides 2+3. After acquiring one of these C-Gs, build 3 houses as quickly as possible: no more houses, no less!
• Once your first C-G starts to generate some cash, focus on completing a C-G and building 3 houses in Sides 3+4.
  • Note: 3 houses is the “sweet spot” in the game as shown in Table 1 below. That’s where you’re making the best use of your money.
• Single properties are the least good investment if you don’t build on them.
• The only exception to the above rules are when you need to acquire stray properties to prevent your opponents from completing their C-Gs to accomplish the above strategy.
• Jail can be good. Stay in Jail as long as you can if an opponent owns a monopoly - at that point in the game, moving around the board will likely lose you money. Until that happens, though, pay the $50 and leave Jail as soon as possible: you need to be in the property acquisition race and collecting your $200 salary.
  • One interesting exception: Do you need St. James or Tennessee Aves to complete your C-G? Then stay in Jail and try to get out by rolling doubles: doing so will increase your chances of landing on those squares by about 25%.

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