Monopoly Run 'Live' is a real-time version of the popular Monopoly (London) board game.
It is played in a single day in central London, and involves visiting the actual sites that the board game is based on.
As we have too many attendees to run a single game, our bespoke system allows multiple 'mini-games' to be simultaneously run, enabling hundreds of teams to compete on the day. Teams are randomly assigned a maximum of six other competitor teams, giving everyone a good chance at winning their each individual game.
The game is all about your tactics and speed in getting around the capital!
How does it all work?
Arrive in London
Travel to your start location, at your allocated start time. The start location you chose, will be in your booking email.
Start the run
Check-in using our custom app; you'll only be able to do this within your games' allocated start time.
Play Monopoly!
Explore London, travel to each board location, use the app the buy properties, complete challenges, and answer the quiz!
End of the day & final results
The app will notify you when your game ends, your total will be calculated, and results will be released within 2 hours of the last game finishing.
Starting your game
Travel to your start location, at your allocated start time. The start location you chose, will be in your booking email.
All groups are required to check-in at their start location, to trigger the start for their game, and acquire team packs.
We have a team setup at each start location (from 8:30am), ready answer any questions you have about how to get started with the game. They also have a limited number of physical game packs, in case you don't have access on a phone.
Our team will be at each start location, ready for you to collect your packs and assist you with any queries from 8:30am.
STARTING THE GAME
Games start every 5 minutes, from 9:30am to 10:30am, to reduce the rush that happens at the start.
After starting, you'll have 8 hours and 30 minutes, to complete the run. Your first task for the day is to check in at the London Eye/Jubilee Gardens.
This check-in will allow you to play the rest of the game.
How do we do the first check-in?
You have two options, either by the app (the quickest option), or by phoning the control team.
What happens if we don't?
If you fail or forget to check-in at your start location, you will be politely asked to go back to this location to complete the check-in, no matter where you are.
TEAMS
Maximum 7 people (including leaders), we suggest a minimum of 3 people per team.
A leader must accompany the unit/group at the start and be in and around London to assist when needed; please don't just send Explorers/Rangers on their own to London.
As a group, you are allowed to enter as many teams as you would like into the day.
Any teams with participants under the age of 14 must have a leader to accompany them.
Teams with participants over the age of 14 are allowed to go without a leader, but this must be checked with your section leader.
GAMES
As we have limited properties and lots of teams, we have to run multiple games.
Each game has a maximum of 6 teams.
During the day you will only be playing against these teams.
We plan to release all results within 2 hours of the final game ending.
If there is any delays, we will send an update via social media.
Groups no longer get to select whether their teams are playing against each other
LOCATIONS
All of the properties that you will be visiting during the day appear on the London version of Monopoly
Although the location names are the same (e.g.'Bond Street'), the check-in positioning along the road changes each year - possibly by as much as 100 metres.
As a team it's your job to get to the exact point that you can see in the image provided for that location (which will be in the game pack and on the app).
To check-in at a location there are two options: the best way is to use the app. This uses GPS to find your location and then check it against the place that you are trying to check-in at.
This process normally takes a couple of seconds and then you can be off to your next location.
The second option is to phone into the control team who will be ready and waiting to check you in. Be prepared to answer a question to verify that you are actually at the location.
END OF THE DAY
After a long day pounding the streets of London, what you do after your team's finish time (official end point of the day) is down to you.
With most groups coming far and wide for the day, it's normal for most to bid farewell to the 'big smoke' shortly after the finishing time.
Results for the day are generally published an hour after the end of the day, and these will appear on this site.
Shortly after the main results we will also send an email out to group coordinators with a customised page showing each of your teams, and their stats for the day.
Main Objectives
Visit All Properties 
Buy Property 
Earn Rent 
Quiz & Team Challenges Visiting all Properties
The main aim of the day is to visit as many properties as possible. At the end of the day, any properties that you haven't visited will incur a fine for your team. The fine is based on 1.5 times the rent value* of that property.
* This is based on the current status of the property, i.e. whether all the properties in the colour are owned or if there is a hotel.
Buying Properties
Within each game, the team that arrives at a particular site first has the option to buy it. If they do, then any subsequent teams within their game that arrive will have to pay the owner 'rent'.
Teams visiting a property after it's purchased won't know that it has been purchased (unless they purchase a 'snapshot' after checking in at the location).
This ensures that you have a chance of teams visiting your property, and paying you rent!
Earning Rent
You will get rent automatically added to your in-game bank balance when the other teams within your mini-game visit a site you own. On receiving rent, anybody who signed into the app will receive a push notification.
Your team can also earn extra rent if you own all the properties in a colour group, or building a hotel on the property. Hotels can only be purchased if you have enough money in the bank and you own all the properties in a group.
Quiz & Team Challenges
In addition to the standard gameplay, each team can earn more towards their final game score (bank balance), by completing a themed cryptic clue quiz, and time-limited team challenges (e.g. … taking photos of your team doing specific tasks).
This is all managed within the Monopoly Run app, team challenges are sent to everyone at random times, and the quiz is available to complete throughout the day.
Our Custom Built App
Our custom-built app has been designed to allow you to get the most out of the day.
Available on both Apple and Android app stores.
Access to Check-in
View team statistics
See your game leaderboard
Submit answers to the quiz
Submit your photos for the team challenges
Up to date information about the underground
Live chat help with the control team
FAQs
We get a lot of questions throughout the year about the event.
It's more than likely you will be able to find the answer either on this website or in our FAQs.
Click on the button below to view our FAQs, if you don't find the answer you are looking you will also be able to contact us via our ticket support.
