The various options and settings are nice. no ability to turn off help or animation ConclusionĪll in all, this is a nicely designed game, that is pretty straightforward and easy to play.

Nice customization options with the 'house rules',.

I don't know why they didn't implement a real auction for unpurchased properties (or even better, have an potential in-house rule to disable the auction). You are presented with a turn by turn auction, with each player taking turns to place bids. With all the variations of Monopoly out there (Simpsons, Star Wars, Classic, etc) it would be nice to have various 'skins' that you could apply.Īlso, the 'auction' rules seem a little odd. One thing I wish they had was the ability to choose your game board. It would also be nice to be able to turn off animations in order to speed the game up a little bit. I couldn't find any way to turn off the help, so I got the help tutorial each time I played a game. When you start a game, there is a nice help section that leads you through the game the first few times you try something. The AI seemed pretty good, I was mostly testing it at the medium difficulty setting. You can also change the house rules during the game if you like. I was pleased to see that setting up a trade is pretty straighforward, as is building houses and hotels. You are presented with action 'tiles' at the bottom of the screen that enable all your actions - including purchase property, manage properties, buy houses, and trade.

It is relatively easy to scan the board, scroll through the various title deeds to see who owns what. I prefer that the controls are easily laid out, however, instead of being hidden or confusing. The in-game controls are fairly easy to use, but they can get a little cumbersome. You choose a token for yourself (new, updated tokens), the difficulty level, and the number of players, and go ahead and start. When creating a new game, you can set various game options, including some standard variations on the rules like landing on Go gives you a double paycheck, or all tax money goes to free parking. You can, however, play with multiplayer on the same iPhone.

The game can be played over wifi, but internet play is not yet available.

Monopoly here and now app