A district is a type of property in Monopoly City that you can build an area with the 3-D buildings. A district is similar to a street in traditional Monopoly because a district has a color and an area that can be increased in value with buildings. There are 22 districts in Monopoly City, the exact same number as the number of streets in traditional Monopoly.
List of Districts[]
The traditional Monopoly equivalent for each Monopoly City district is in parentheses.
Map[]
Monopoly City gameboard consists of a city map of districts
Owning a District[]
A district is the only type of property in Monopoly City. There are no railroads or utilities.
When you land on an unowned district, you can buy it at a purchase price or you can auction it at any bidding price.
If you get a district, you get a Title Deed for that district indicating ownership. Since you own a district, you can collect rent from other players, build 3D buildings, and mortgage.
Building on your District[]
Monopoly City trading unit
Instead of houses & hotels, you build 3D buildings on an area of your district.
In Monopoly City, use the trading unit to see how many blocks you can build or that you can build a railroad.
- There are two buttons on the trading unit: the top circle (hand shaking) and the side (skyscrapers). Press the side button to get the trading unit to spin its red light. It will stop on any one of the four icons (numbers and a railroad).
You do not have to own a color set in order to build buildings. Also, you can build on every turn (even when it is not your turn).
- However, you use the trading unit only once per any player’s turn (yours or another player’s). Therefore, you can build only once per a player’s turn.
Build the buildings on a map in the center of a board. Be aware of a mapping color of a district and its corresponding number to build in a correct area.
- You cannot build buildings on a “sidewalk” in a district board space, but you can build a railroad on a “sidewalk”.
The most common buildings to build in a district are the residential buildings and the industrial buildings.
The other buildings that can be placed in a district are:
- Railroad
- Bonus Building
- Hazard
- Stadium
- Skyscraper
- Monopoly Tower
These other buildings have certain special requirements to build.
- For example: You build a bonus building or a hazard only when you land on a “Planning Permission” board space.
Blocks[]
A block is a small square in a district. A district has several small squares. A building occupies 1, 2, 3, or a few blocks.
When a district has more buildings and more squares occupied, it generally has a higher value and a rent goes higher.
The maximum number of blocks to be build for residential & industrial buildings combined is 8.
- The other buildings do not count towards the 8-block limit.
- For example, you can build a stadium or a skyscraper (or other building) in your district even though that district already has 8 blocks of residential & industrial buildings.
Rent[]
A district has 8 levels of rent when it has at least a building. An empty land has the lowest amount of rent.
- This is compared to 5 levels for a street with at least a house in regular Monopoly.
A block equals a level.
- For example, 5 blocks build in a district is Level 5 of that district.
Level and value of rent in a district will increase by building residential and industrial buildings.
When a district has a hazard (black building), residential buildings become worthless and do not count towards rent. Industrial buildings are safe from a hazard, so they count towards rent.
A skyscraper or a Monopoly Tower will greatly enhance the rent values of multiple districts by a multiplier of 2.
- A skyscraper will double the rent values of all the districts in a single color group.
- A Monopoly Tower will double the rent values of all the districts you currently own.
Paying Rent[]
When somebody lands on your district, you must ask them to pay rent to you. Then they will pay a proper amount of rent to you.
- If you do not ask them when a next player rolls the dice, you forfeit your opportunity to receive rent.
In Monopoly City, there is a card called “Rent Dodge”. When you land on somebody else’s district but you have the “Rent Dodge” card, you can use this card to not worrying about paying rent when a district’s owner asked you to pay rent. Once used, put it back in Free Parking.
Railroad[]
When the trading unit flashes the “Railroad” icon, you can build a railroad on any of your district for free.
There are the maximum of 8 railroads to build in the game.
- If there are no more railroads to build, do nothing when a “Railroad” icon flashes.
When you build a railroad on a district, place it on the color band (“sidewalk”) in a district board space.
When you land on a district that has a railroad and at least 1 other district also has a railroad, you can use a railroad from a district that you have landed to go to another district with a railroad.
You can use a railroad to:
- Pass GO quickly and collect wages (using a railroad follows the flow of a gameboard)
- Get closer to an unowned district that you want to get eventually
- Avoid nearby high-value districts owned by someone else (especially if one will get you bankrupted)
NOTE: When you use a railroad to go to another district that is owned by somebody else, you must pay rent to the owner of that district.
Mortgage[]
A mortgage value is the same as a district’s current value.
- In comparison, a mortgage value for a property in regular Monopoly is half the purchase price.
To mortgage your district, flip that district’s Title Deed card facedown (the blue side). Collect the money from the Bank for the current rent level. The buildings do not need to be removed in order to mortgage. All buildings must stay in that district (cannot be removed).
- In regular Monopoly, all buildings from all streets in a color set must be removed and sold before mortgaging any of these streets.
When your district is mortgaged, you cannot collect rent from that district. Also, you cannot build any buildings (except for placing a bonus building or a hazard).
To unmortgage your district, simply pay to the Bank for the current rent level. Then flip that district faceup to show the rent schedule. You can start collect rent and build more buildings in that district.
- In regular Monopoly, you pay an additional 10% of a mortgage value to unmortgage.
Trades & Deals[]
You can make deals with another player to raise funds or get the districts you need.
When you want to make a deal, use the Trading Unit and press the auction button.
- The auction button is the big button in the center of the unit. It shows the hands shaking.
You must come to an agreement before the time runs out.
If you trade, swap, or sell a district during a deal, any buildings already in there must stay there.
U-Build Monopoly[]
In u-build Monopoly, the districts are in the shape of a hexagon. Every board piece that has a district on it has 2 hexagons. Most districts are in pairs.
You can customize the game board on your own based on your experience or your skill level in u-build Monopoly. Note that not all districts will be used at lower game levels.
In each district, there are 2 slots. The left slot is used for residential blocks while the right slot is used for industrial blocks. The maximum total number of blocks to stack in a district is 8.