Bitnopoly Rule Changes

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Many people have asked about the rule changes in Bitnopoly. 

Auctions:

In order to prevent collusion in 3+ player games, we have removed trading and replaced it with an open auction trading system. 

1% Maintenance Fee:

Each time you roll the dice, you must pay a maintenance fee of 1% of your property value. The purpose of this is prevent property hoarding as well as promote auctions or trades. It also forces players to be more strategic about which properties they choose to buy. If the maint fees get too high, a player can alleviate these fees by mortgaging properties. Mortgaged properties are not considered as part of your property value 1% calculation. 

Purchasing Mortgaged Properties:

Because players can mtg properties to avoid the maintenance fee, the danger now exists that a user could simply buy everything up and then mtg it immediately to prevent other players from progressing in the game and at the same time avoid the 1% maint fee. Therefore, we have modified the game to increase the ability for progression and avoid "stalemates" by allowing players to purchase the mtg'd properties of their opponents. This prevents hoarding and allows players a chance of obtaining a monopoly without the need to go through the trading or auctioning system if other players are unwilling to negotiate. 

We have found that the above rule modifications have improved game play and strategy and decreased the luck factor substantially.