********************************************************************** * * * ==-->> AMOS Monopoly <<--== * * By * * Harbinder Ghag * * * ********************************************************************** Brief Idea Of The Game ---------------------- The idea of the game is to buy, rent or sell properties profitably so that players increase their wealth. The game is computer controlled and all, accounting adding and deducting money is done by the computer. Starting from 'GO' the player counters are moved around the board, the number of places moved depend on the number shown on the dice. When a player's counter lands on a space that is not already owned, he/she may buy if from the bank, otherwise it is auctioned off where every player has a chance to buy it. The advantage of owning property is to collect rent from opponents stopping there. The rent of a property can be greatly increase by buying houses and hotels on the property. If you are short of cash you can mortgage some of your properties to raise money. On the board there are "Community Chest" and "Chance" card squares, landing on one of these squares will bring up a card on the screen displaying wether to collect money, pay money or move to somewhere else on the board. Starting the Game ----------------- When the game begins you will be asked how many players are playing, and after entering the number of players playing you will be asked their names and then which counters they will be using. After entering this information the main screen should appear, on which you will see the amount of money in the account of the players who's turn it currently is. On starting the game, every player playing begins with £1500. By pressing the space bar the player who's turn it currently is can take his/her turn. After pressing the space bar you will see two numbers appear in the box marked "DICE", the players counter will be moved the number of squares shown on the two dice. After he/she has completed his/her play, the next player will have his/her turn. According to the space which his/her counter reaches, a player may be entitled to buy Building Sites or other properties, or may be obliged to pay rent (if another player owns the property), pay taxes, draw a "Chance" or "Community Chest" card, "Go to Jail", ect. Players can not buy any properties, collect money, and do not have to pay any money until they have been round the board once. If a player throws doubles (both dice have the same number) he/she moves his/her counter as usual, pays any penalties on the space he/she reaches or can buy the property if it is not already bought and then takes another go. If the player gets three doubles in succession, he/she will then be transported straight to jail and his/her turn will end. Every time a players counter passes over 'GO' he/she will receive £200 from the bank. Landing On Unowned Property --------------------------- When a player lands on an unowned property (ie. on a property that no other player owns) a card displaying information about that property (ie. rent, mortgage, prices of houses, hotels) will be shown on the screen and he/she will be given the choice of buying the property. The cost of the property will be displayed and the player will be asked if he/she would want to buy the property or not. If the player chooses to buy the property, the property will be added to his/her property list and the price of the property will be deducted from his/her account. If the player does not want the property, the property will then be auctioned off to the highest bidder. The screen will change and the auction screen will be displayed. Under the title you will see the name of the property being auctioned, underneath which there is a rectangular box, in which is displayed how much money each player is bidding. Each player is allocated two keys, one to raise the amount of money the player is bidding and one to decrease the amount of money the player is bidding. The keys each player will use are displayed under the money each player is bidding and to identify which players keys are which, the player counters will be displayed next to the keys. When the bidding starts you will notice bars begin to rise as you bid higher and higher. These bars show how much of his/her total amonut of money each player is bidding (if the bar if is fully up then the player is bidding all of his/her money, if the bar if only half up then the player is only bidding half of his/her money, ect.). The auction is timed and the player who has bid the highest when the time runs out, will buy the auctioned property for the amount they bid. The amount of time remaining is displayed on the top right corner of the screen. Landing On Owned Property ------------------------- When a player lands on owned property either by throw of dice or by a move forced by a "Community Chest" or "Chance" card, the owner of the property can then take rent from him/her in accordance with the rent list printed on the Title Deed card which can be seen when you buy the property or by selecting the property from "view" in the "property" menu. A message will come on the screen reminding the player that you have landed on someone's property and the rent due will be displayed, which then will be deducted from his/her account and put in the owners account. Note, if the property is mortgaged no rent will have to be paid. Double rent can also be collect if the player owns all the properties in that colour-group and if any of the properties are not mortgaged. Rent can only be collect from stations and utilities that are not mortagaed (ie. a player holding four stations but with one mortgaged can only collect £100 not £200). Advantages For Owners --------------------- It is an advantage to buy properties for all the sites of a complete Colour-Group because the owner can then charge double rent for unimproved sites of that property. Houses can only built on sites of a complete Colour-Group owned. The advantages of owning Houses and Hotels rather than unimproved property (property on which you have not bought houses or hotels on) is that rentals are very much higher than for unimproved sites and profit the owner immensely. It is also advisable to buy the stations because the more stations you own, the higher the rent is and also the utilities (Water Works and Electricity Company) are quite profitable too. Landing on "Community Chest" Or "Chance" ---------------------------------------- On the board there are "Community Chest" and "Chance" card squares, landing on one of these squares will bring up a card on the screen displaying wether to collect money, pay money or move to somewhere else on the board. If you get a "Get Out Of Jail Free" card you can keep this and get out of jail free the next time you go to jail. Landing On Tax Spaces --------------------- When you land on a pay tax space a message will appear on the screen indicating that you have to pay tax, the amount shown will be taken from your account and put in the tax bank. Landing On "Free Parking" ------------------------ When you land on "Free Parking" you will receive all the money if there is any in the tax bank. Jail ---- A player lands in jail :- (1). If his/her counter lands on the space marked "GO TO JAIL" (2). If he/she gets a "Community Chest" or "Chance" card marked "GO TO JAIL" (3). If he/she throws doubles three times in succession. When a player is sent to jail his/her turn ends there. He/she cannot collect £200 in that move, regardless of where his/her counter is or of the path of the board, his/her counter will be moved directed to jail. If a player is not sent to jail but in the ordinary course of play lands on that space then he/she is just "visiting jail", and does not have to pay any penalty. A player gets out of jail :- (1). By throwing doubles on any of his/her next three turns after landing in jail. If he/she succeeds in doing this he/she immediately will be moved forward the number of spaces shown on the dice and then will get another go. (2). By using one of his/her "Get Out Of Jail Free" cards if got any. (3). By paying £50 fine after going to jail. If a player chooses to (1) from above and does not get doubles within three turn of the dice then £50 will automatically taken from his/her account. Then he/she will be free to go. The "choose property screen" ---------------------------- This screen comes up when you choose something from the property and build menu and it allows you to choose which one of you properties you want to sell, build on, mortgage, ect. On this screen you will see a list of your properties displayed at the top of the screen. To choose which property you want to sell, build on, mortgage, ect. move the brown bar by pressing the space bar until you come to the property you require and then press enter. You will only be able to choose properties which are in a black background. You can quit from this screen by pressing Escape. When you want to build, sell houses or hotels the properties which are behind a red bar are the ones which you can not build houses or hotels on, ie. the stations and utilities. The properties which are in a blue background :- When you want to build houses are the properties for which you have not bought the complete colour group or the ones on which you have already bought four houses, or a hotel on. When you want to build hotels are the properties for which you have not bought the complete colour group, the ones on which you have not bought four houses or the ones on which you have already bought hotels on. When you want to sell houses these are the properties for which you have not bought houses on, or the ones on which you have bought hotels on any one of the colour group. When you want to sell hotels these are the properties for which you have not bought hotels on. When wanting to sell a property to the bank or another player, swap properties with another player or buy a property off another player are the one's on which you have built houses or hotels on, or on a property in their colour gorup. When wanting to mortgage these are the properties which you have already mortgaged or the ones where you have built houses or hotels on. When wanting to take the mortgage off these are the properties which have not been mortgaged. Building Houses And Hotels -------------------------- You may only build houses on properties which you own the complete colour group (ie Mayfair and Park Lane or The Strand, Fleet Street and Trafalgar Square). To build houses choose "houses" from the "build" menu then the player's name who wants to build houses from the sub-menu. You then will be confronted by the usual "choose property screen" from which you can choose which property you want to build houses on. After you have chosen the property you wish to build on you will be asked how many houses you want to build. If you require one house then one house will be built on the chosen property and the cost of the house will be deducted from you account. If you want more than one house, then the amount of houses you want will be equally divided amongst the colour group and the cost of the houses will be deducted from your account. You can only buy upto four houses on a property and they must be maintained evenly, ie you can not build three houses on one property if you only have one house on another property of the same colour group. You may only build hotels on property that you have got four houses on. To build hotels on four house properties, choose hotels from the build menu then the player who wants to build hotels from the sub-menu. You then will be confronted by the usual "choose property screen" from which you can choose which property you want to build a hotel on. After you have chosen the property you wish to build on you will be asked how many hotels you want to build. If you require one hotel then one hotel will be built on the chosen property and the cost of the hotel will be deducted from your account. If you want more than one hotel, then the amount of hotels you want will be equally divided amongst the colour group and the cost of the hotels will be deducted from your account. Selling Property ---------------- Undeveloped properties, Railway Stations and Utilities (but not properties on which there are houses or hotels built) can be sold to another player as a private transaction for any amount or to the bank for half the price of the property. No property, however can be sold to another player or to the bank if houses/hotels are standing on any sites of that colour group. Any building so situated must be sold back to the bank before the owner can sell any property on that colour group. Mortgaged property can only be sold to other players not to the bank. Houses and hotels may be sold by players to the bank only, this may be done at any time and the bank will half of the price paid for them. Selling property to another player can only be done only when it's the turn of the player who wants to sell his/her property. After choosing "sell to" from the "property" menu and the players name who you want to sell the property to from the sub-menu, you will be confronted by a list of the players properties from which can be selected the property the player wants to sell and then all that is left to do is to follow the screen instructions. Selling property can also be done by selecting "buy off" and the players name you wish to buy the property off from the "property" menu, which allows you to buy property from another player. Also you can swap properties with another player by choosing "swap with" and the players name from the sub-menu who you wish to swap your property with from the "property" menu. After choosing "swap with", two property select screens will come up one after the other, on which you must select the property you want to swap and the property the other player wants to swap with you. Then you will be asked how much money each player will be paying on top, if you are paying nothing just enter in 0 and then follow the screen instructions. Selling Houses -------------- Houses can be sold to the bank by choosing "sell houses" from the "property" menu. A choose property screen should come up and display a property list of the chosen player. Then just follow the screen instructions after choosing the property on which you want to sell houses. Selling Hotels -------------- Same as selling houses but select "sell hotel" instead of "sell houses" Mortgages --------- Mortgaging properties can be done through the bank only. The mortgage value of property is printed on each Title Deed card (shown when you buy the property or when you select view from the "property" menu). The rate of interest is 10 per cent, payable when the mortgage is lifted. If any property is transferred which is mortgaged, the new owner still has to pay 10 per cent interest to lift the mortgage. Properties which contain houses/hotels, or houses/hotels on any of it's colour-group cannot be mortgaged. In order to build houses or collect rent on mortgaged property the owner must lift the mortgage first (pay the bank the amount of mortgaged, plus 10 per cent interest). To mortgage property choose "mortgage" from the "property menu" and the player's name who wants to mortgage property from the sub-menu. The usual "choose property screen" should come up and display a list of the chosen players properties. After choosing the required property the amount the bank will pay the player will be shown and the amount the player will have to pay back will be shown, then just follow the screen instructions. To take the mortgage off a mortgaged property choose "Unmortgage" from the "property" menu and the player's name who wants to take the mortgage off his/her mortgaged property, from the sub-menu. The usual "choose property screen" should come up and display a list of the chosen players properties. After choosing the required property the amount the player will have to pay will be shown, then just follow the screen instructions. Bankruptcy ---------- The bankruptcy screen will come up when any player is bankrupt, that is, one who owes more than he can pay. The amount the player owes will be shown and also his option's. The player has a choice then of selling or mortgaging his/her property. He/she will also have the choice of selling his/her houses or hotels and also the choice of quitting the game. The amount the player owes can be reduced by selling his/her assets (houses, hotels, properties ect.). The bankruptcy screen will stay on until the player raises enough money to clear his/her dept. If the player cannot clear his/her dept. then he/she will have to quit the game. The Winner ---------- The winner of the game is the player left playing after everyone else is out of the game. Loading And Saving Games ------------------------- You can save the games when you are in the middle of them, so you can finish them off later by choosing "save" from the disk menu. You then will be shown the AMOS Monopoly file selecter where you can choose what file name you want to save the game under. On the left you should see a list of the current games saved on the disk. To select a name from the list click the mouse on the Up and Down arrows and the list should begin to scroll up/down. The selected file is highlighted. To select this file you then will have to click on the "OK" icon which will then save the game under your chosen name. If you wish to choose your own name then click on the "Save As" icon and type in the name you wish to save the game under, then press enter and then click on the "OK" icon. You can quit from the file selector by clicking on the "CANCEL" icon. Loading games is similar to saving games except that the "Save As" icon is replaced by the "LOAD" icon. Menu Options ------------ The following menu instructions can be chosen from the main screen only. When choosing most of these items you will also be required to choose the players name on which you want to use the instruction on from a sub-menu. The Misc. menu --------------- Player info. -- Shows information about the chosen player, money, money lost/spent, properties owned, number of get out of jail free cards. Look at board -- Displays the board. Tax money -- Shows how much money there is in the tax bank. Player positions -- Tells where on the board every player is. Unowned Properties -- Displays a list of unowned properties. Property Owners -- Displays a list of the properties and the players names that own them. Menu Short-Cuts -- Displays a list of the menu-short cut keys. Quit -- Lets the chosen player quit from the game. Exit -- Exits from the game. The Property Menu ----------------- View -- Tells you about your chosen property, how many houses you have bought on the site, rent ect. Players can only view their property on their turn. Sell to bank -- Allows the chosen player to sell some of his property to the bank for half the amount he/she bought it for. Sell To -- Allows the players who's turn it is to sell some of his/her properties to the chosen player. Buy off -- Allows the players who's turn it is to buy a property off the chosen player. Swap With -- Allows the player's who's turn it is to swap a property with the chosen player. Mortgage -- Allows the chosen player to mortgage some of is/her properties. Unmortgage -- Allows the chosen player to take the mortgage off the properties he has mortgaged Sell houses -- Allows the chosen player to sell some of his/her houses for half the price he/she bought them for. Sell hotels -- lets the chosen player sell some of his/her hotels for half the amount he/she bought them for. The Disk Menu ------------- Load Game -- Load a previously saved game. Save Game -- Saves the game you are playing. The Build Menu -------------- Houses -- Allows the chosen player to build houses on suitable properties. Hotels -- Allows the chosen player to build hotels on suitable properties. Menu Short-Cuts --------------- Here is a list of the menu-short cut keys, which enable you to choose menus by just pressing the appropiate key. Menu Short-Key Menu -------------- ---- F1 to F6 -- Player Info, Player 1 = F1, Player 2 = F2, ect. Shift F1 to F6 -- Buy Houses. Control F1 to F6 -- Buy Hotels. B -- Look At Board. T -- Tax Money. P -- Player Positions. U -- Unowned Properties. O -- Property Owners. L -- Load Game. S -- Save Game. Help -- Menu Short-Cut Keys.