Monopoly

It was mid-afternoon on a lovely Sunday evening, when a word popped into my head. Monopoly. I wanted to beat my very annoying dad, who wins every single time we play Monopoly. But today it would change. My mom was going to play alongside me, help me win, but of course I was playing against her too.

“Right, I’m ready.” My dad said.

“Good to know.” I said back with a grimace on my face.

The game was all set up. I rolled the dice. Seven; whoopee! NOT. I moved. Now this time we played it was going to be different, because my dad always wins with the car, but no… I’m the car this time! My mom was the top hat and my dad was the iron.

I landed on a chance. “Take a trip to Trafalgar Square.” I read. I moved my car to the property.

“I’ll buy that!” I said looking very happy. My dad looked a little annoyed. He knows that I want to beat him; I think he’s scared. (I hope he is anyway…)

We carried on with our turns. It was pretty even. But the big thing now in the game was there was £900 in the free parking!! I was very annoyed now, because if my dad got that money, I would kill him!! Now I’m not very lucky with the free parking, so since me and my mom were sort of working together, I didn’t mind if she got it.

“Come on mum! Roll an eight!” I said excitedly. She rolled. Eight!! £900 for my mum. But I really wanted that! Now my mum is very generous, she bought “The strand” for me, which was the other red property I needed. (it went with Trafalgar Square). My dad was not happy now, I could just tell.

But as the game progressed, my dad was being very lucky, and he has TONS of houses!! I was so out. But my mum got out before me. I was really scared now… I had hardly any properties, and I had to work my way passed my dads. But in the end I gave up, because I landed on Mayfair (the most expensive property) which had three houses on. £1100 I had to pay him? YOU CAN FORGET THAT! I was depending on my mum to help me win, or her win, but no… my dad won again.

Oh, in case you were wondering, after the game, me and my mum went online and typed this into google: “HOW TO WIN MONOPOLY EVERYTIME!”