Not following the auction rule lets property sit with no owner as a 'safe' space to land on. With the properties being sold earlier, and the lack of that money being put into the game, the rules of monopoly are designed to let one player get an early lead, the ones who get the early properties, start collecting rent from them, and use that rent to buy even more properties and collect even more rent, bankrupting everyone else. This injects a lot of money into the game when it happens and can completely turn around a losing player's game. This is often $500, sometimes with the fines and fees paid for tax spaces and from Community Chest and Chance cards added. Granting money for landing on Free Parking. This leads to it only taking a small handful of turns for everything to be owned, and causing rent collections to start shifting a lot more money earlier on. When a player lands on a property that is not owned and decides not to buy it, the property goes up for public auction, where anyone can buy it. There are two major house rules that people think are official which cause the game to take a LOT longer than it should: The problem is most people think they know the rules of monopoly, but the rules most people play by are actually house rules. Your family probably DID play with house rules. The first house greatly makes rent cost a relevant amount (and help you build future houses), and the third house will often be enough to bankrupt players. The first and third houses are particularly important.

The best way to bankrupt others is to get the cashflow snowball started by building houses. You go from ~25% to win a slow game to ~50% to win a two-player slugfest. The key thing to remember is that a deal that gives two players monopolies helps both of them overtake the remaining two opponents. Make aggressive deals to get monopolies, even if you think you're getting a 'worse' monopoly.This will often lead to players draining their resources more quickly, which will allow for faster bankruptcy. Here are some play style adjustments that can lead to shorter games: These games end rather quickly, with a player eventually just dominating the board and snapping up property at bankruptcy auction. Most moves made to win are high-risk, high-reward. But if people are playing to win, the game goes much more quickly because of how much Monopoly snowballs.

Anecdotally, if everyone plays 'not to lose' and refuses to make deals or bid on contested properties, the game can drag on. In addition to the common house rules that extend the game, certain strategies favor long, drawn-out games. In my playgroup (using the base rules, no house rules), our 4-player games take about 90 minutes depending on how intently we're focusing on the game instead of just hanging out.

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