General Principles
My strategy adapts with the seasons. These are the core principles today. There are two main things that can be expressed in many flavors:
- Only roll when favorable.
- Don't chase shiny things.
0. Rule zero, above all others: ONLY roll when favorable to do so. A board is only favorable when it has a good chance to return more dice than spent. Note, that maybe 50% of favorable boards will still lose dice. This is just fine. The profitable ones will make more dice than the unprofitable ones will lose.
1. Don’t Chase the Album
- You’ll close sets naturally over time. If the album grand prize is 12K dice, chasing individual cards can cost 2K dice each (or far more).
- Many players believe they’ve profited when they finish an album, but in reality, they’ve lost significantly. If they had only rolled when favorable, they would likely have far more dice overall. People say: "I started
out with 22k dice and closed the album and now I have 26k dice," and they call it
a win, and claim to have spent 4k dice for 12k dice (if 12k is the grand prize). In fact they spent all Daily Treats, all 8 hour rewards and others they picked up, the value of all of the album sets, all the dice they picked up by rolling, playing mini games, playing flash events, plus 6k dice. It is a huge loss. If they had not spent dice on chasing cards, but
instead only rolled when favorable, they would almost certainly be at 30k dice
or something, even before they close the album, which will likely close itself in the end. Often people rolling only a favorable board, still roll as much as album chasers.
2. Avoid Chasing “Shiny” Rewards
- Never target tournament dice just because you’re close to earning them.
- Avoid actively trying to win tournaments (or the dice you see in a Main Event or Railorad) unless you have advanced knowledge of odds. Intermediate players generally do not.
- Even if you win, the net gain is often deceptive:
- Example: Winning 1,500 dice may have cost 600 dice, but the long-term impact of ranking up and losing future tournaments makes this a net loss.
- Instead, focus on rolling when favorable—you’ll win tournaments naturally without waste, and the tournament prize will be pure profit.
- And when you lose, you usually lose big. You may spend thousands of dice chasing a tournament that would have ultimately netted you a few hundred dice after you subtract the cost of getting it.
- If you roll when favorable, you will win those dice rewards and often as many as if you had chased them, only for free. When you win free dice, you actually get the rewards,. they add to your long term dice count.
- Exceptions: Some events (e.g., Digs, Peg-E wilds, and Partner Events) are worth playing as they offer more reliable returns.
- Disclaimer: advanced players do chase tournaments, but use precise math to do it.
3. Manage Your Multiplier
- Use either 100x or 1x—never in between.
- Always calculate safe strike odds (shielded or profitable) before rolling.
- Multiplier strategy is crucial for:
- Token Events
- Free Parking Dice Flash Events
- Railroad & Utility Events
- It’s less important for Corner Square Events (which I try to avoid).
- By the way, some people think the rolls are not random. They are cached, meaning, pre-rolled, but hey are random. This has been de facto mathematically tested by advanced strategic players. I used to think they could not be random because of things I saw that were "too coincidental." They are random and things are just the right amount of coincidental.
4. Don’t Go Too Deep Into Events
- The deeper you go in main events or side tournaments, the more dice Monopoly eats.
- Stop when your advantage diminishes. Never chase a loss. Never rage roll.
5. Usually Avoid High Roller
- Only use High Roller during Token Events (pick ups) or events with many safe squares.
- Note: if you learn to use HR, you can successfully use it with other events, but you have to have high loss tolerance doing it. Overall, it will then pay off. I lost over 20k dice with HR and lucky chance yesterday. As you get more skilled, you can phase HR in.
- Exceptions:
- Rolling 200x instead of 100x may be justified on a highly favorable board.
- Only go 1,000x if tokens are so clustered that missing is nearly impossible.
- How to Know When to Adjust the Multiplier
- Disclaimer: I accumulate the majority of my dice avoiding HR altogether. I now have less time and use it more. However, I now have a very high tolerance for dice loss. I lose 10k here and make 10k there. It does not affect me.
6. Plan for Upcoming Events
- Always know event schedules, overlaps, and how to create favorable boards.
7. Partner Challenges: Use 100/100, Never 50/50 (if you can)
- Build one full set, and let your partner build the other.
- Each build usually has at least three flash events. Stack these and roll on a favorable board for 10 minutes.
- Partner one build at a time either with someone you trust or by fully researching the person in advance and only partnering with others who also partner one build at a time. You agree to build, and each player builds, right now. You don't want to have to ever say "Myrtle is not doing her part, so I will not finish."
- Only partner with random people if they have good rep points and also have a discord account that is NOT new.
- If partnering with a random person, enter MENTIONS: @personName in the search to see what other say about them.
- Enter FROM: @personname in the search to see what they post. Do they generally seek more fair trades or to take advantage of people. Note: if they generally seek unbalanced trades, but have good rep, an older account, and no negative mentions, they are probably still a good partner.
8. Never Race for Dice or Cards
- If you race, you’re choosing to spend dice for fun. I can see it no other way.
- If you don’t want to burn dice, don’t race.
- A race is an expense.
- DO try to get cheap "flags" to spend on the race, especially if there are rockets. Do this to get dice from the race chests, not to get an almost worthless shiny wild pack.
9. Never Spend Real Money
- Buying dice is not a winning strategy.
- It gives temporary rewards but does not improve your overall Monopoly game or your Monopoly Health.
10. Never Cheat
- Scopely bans cheaters.
- Scopely blocks cheaters. The cheats work for some time, and then when Scoply blocks them, they run out of dice and stop playing.
- Intermediate strategy is safe because Scopely can’t block general skill improvement (or they’d lose most of their player base). They have to keep the game simple enough for a basic player, which also keeps it simple enough for an intermediate player to get to six figures in dice count.
- Cheating is like spending money on Monopoly. It works for some people until it doesn’t.
11. Trade Ethically and Network
- Never exploit others in trades:
- Don’t take a 5-star card for a 4-star card.
- Don’t accept 2-for-1 trades. Trade for equal star value or trade for stars or don't trade.
- Ethical trading benefits both parties. It is a win/win that builds trusted relationships that will serve you later. Additionally, it feels good to win without fleecing others.
- Never do a trade where I think the other party will regret it, either now or in the future. Always make sure they are happy and always insure the trade if anything goes wrong.
- Ethical trading is a part of networking.
12. Stay Disciplined
- Set a plan and stick to it.
- Avoid rage rolling or impulse decisions. You will consistently earn dice, while avoiding recklessness loss of them.
- If you have multiple accounts, treat that as equals. Do not favor one over the other. Instead maximize your dice count. Dice are the power to act and the power to act is the power to win, regardless of how you define victory.
- Note: I don't even let accounts help each other (in most cases), because it messes up my metrics (and I track many things for the science of it).
13. Build Strategic Relationships
- Agree with trusted players to shut each other down for full Railroad rewards. You may always shut me down without fear of repercussion. I only ask that you do not do it with a multiple of 1, unless your point is to take out my shields for when the multiplier is higher. If my shields are down, then do not smash my buildings with a multiplier of one. It wastes the hit, and there is no point.
- Never hit shields unless rolling at 1x multiplier.
- Never attack a trading partner unless pre-agreed, and only at 100x multiplier (or at least high). Don't take advantage of people.
14. Manage Your Dice Reserves and Hoard Your Dupes.
- If you often run out of dice:
- Don’t close all your sets at once. Leave them open
- As long as possible. Hoard dupes.
- Or until you get all your golds, at which time, trade your dupes and close.
- If you need to finish a dig, finish a partner event, etc., dupes are convertible to dice by closing sets. Only then, do you trade them and close sets.
- Never fill an empty spot in an album just because it is there. It will ruin you.
- Save resources for when they’ll have maximum impact (e.g., finishing a Dig).
15. Build a Monopoly Community
- Be honorable, trustworthy, and upstanding in all your interactions.
- Keep track of reliable players they can help you out in a crunch.
- Keep your network large. You will need a rare blitz sicker, a partner in a partner event or just data that this person has and that one does not.
- Be a good and helpful network member. If a monopoly friends needs that four star card and you have it, give it to them.
16. Be Patient
- If you are new to the game and try any strategy, you will report back a week later that it does not work. You still have to fine your application of the strategy and luck, or bad luck, will still take over much of the time. It is the consistent application of solid play that builds dice, which takes me to the next point ....
- There is no get rich quick strategy. Without cheating, a win is slow, sometimes painfully slow, but relatively stead progress. You will lose from day to day, from week to week in some cases, but season to season, your dice will only grow.
17. Monopoly Comes First
- Never let the real world interfere with Monopoly.
📞 “Hello, who is this?”
👧 “Your 10-year-old daughter. I’m stuck at gymnastics, and it’s about to close!"
👧"I need you to pick me up now!”
🧍♂️ “Sorry, I’m in the middle of a timed event.”
👧 “Dad! I don’t have a ride!”
🧍♂️ “Correct.”
Note:
I adhere to a very strict code of conduct that reduces my dice gain, but the gain still stays positive:
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