The great champion Mike the Mercyless has fallen. There have been good days in monopoly and bad but this is one of the worst. As it looks right now the hat will make the road trip to Man Fransico, yes that very same place where Jerry Rice took it from Joe Homontana. Mike did the best he could, his first couple times through the board was riddled with landing on Alex or Jasons property. He did eventually land on a couple true monopolys on the doodie brown and Pee Yellow. While things were looking great for Mike he had a couple of hotels and was looking pretty good. Then the market crashed. Mike found his way out of the game via St. Jason place as he renamed it. Alex was putting up a great fight and things were looking like it could go either way. The turning point in the game was when Alex kept landing on Jasons property and Jason was Blowing by the reds which was Alexs only sorce of income. On a side not Jason is talking about Manafest Dysteny which has really nothing to do with this game. I want to kill them both and this shirt is getting tighter and itchier. I believe Jason did not shower well after his game and I plan on misplaceing this shirt tonight. Sadie may be wearing it for now on. Back to the game. Alex was still in the game until he landed on the newely aquired medertrian ave with a hotel then rolled a 2 to get the baltic ave hotel. It was a sad time in monopoly world as Jason the Assface has won. It is all but over when Alex stops by for a visit on St Charles. The game is over and all are sad. The million of Mike fans around the world are rioting and attempting to stop this change of power. They are chanting No Man Fransico over and over. I fear that they will not be able to stop this and we shall have to endure this tragic regieme until someone is brave enough to stop this. God Speed I hope not to talk again

Are you ready?

No...you are not. Jason here writing the blog. "But how can Jason be writing the blog since he clearly didn't lose?" Yes, I'm sorry distinguished Monopoly Blog readers as the odds have clearly been defied. Jason, as he usually does, liked to travel in style. Buying up the Reading, Pennsylvania, and B&O Railroad. After some time, Jason and Alex swapped Red and Purple monopolies. Jason going regal and Alex took Republican row. Then Stupid Mike did some stuff. Several brilliant Jason moves later the game was in the balance. In a series of rolls that proved Thomas Edison, Stephen Hawkens, and God wrong. Here's the setup:

Jason sits on North Carolina Avenue. Mike owns the blues with only a house on Park Place. Jason is ready to load up on houses on his purple. Even if he lands on the Stupid one, he'll be fine. First, the Master Tactician lands on Park Place (double the pay due to a Monopoly for $70). That's okay, as long as I don't roll a double 1 everything should be fine. A double one later, Jason dishes out $200 to Mike's Boardwalk. Another roll and no danger. Just need to get my Go money and roll. As long as I don't roll a 4. After Jason rolled a 4 and lost his "Go" money there still was a chance. In fact, a good chance. He was full 14 spaces away from Alex's multiple houses on Red. That is unless he rolls a double 6 and landed on Free Parking. As long as I don't roll a...before that sentence could be finished a three had been rolled.

Mike did something stupid (as usual) and Alex continues his courtship with Lady Luck.

Crapshoot

The broke shirt came down to one roll. Jimmy had been alive for 4 turns with 21 dollars and finally landed on a hotel owned oriental avenue. The very next roll, Mike bankrupted on an advance to boardwalk chance card that had just been unmortgaged by Jason. Jason now owns monopolies of the light blue, dark blue, pink, gren, and brown, with hotels on the light blues and browns. Greg is hanging in with houses on the yellow section. Alex has managed to stay competitive with a property, railroad, and utility. The board is the most intimidating game with houses or hotels on most of the board. Greg just hoteled the yellows, which puts him with no cash, but a chance to bankrupt the other two. A clutch pass go roll from greg to avoid the double-housed boardwalk. Alex just bankrupted on Pennsylvania. Jason is decidng which properties he wants to pay the mortgage on. Jason just rolled an 11 to blow past the hoteled yellow section, clutch roll. Greg landed on the elusive new york, which Jason has outbid him on in the auction, and immediately mortgaged. Greg just landed on Illinois and is selling a house to pay for the mortgage. This game was rigged from the start, who rolls a double six to decide who goes first. The yellow houses have been demonlished, and the game continues, the broke shirt is small and itchy, one more roll and mike would have been stuck with shirt. Lucky. The play of the game might have been Atlantic not having two houses early in the game. Game, set, match, ending on Carolina.