Project - Negotiation and Monopoly
We’re going to practice negotiating language using Monopoly. The rules are similar to “Jinsei Game”. I will explain in class.
Background
- We’re doing this to practice negotiation language
- However, remember this game was designed as a CRITICISM of how rent works
- Everyone loses, except one very rich person and the bank
- Rich people can buy their way out of jail. Poor people get stuck.
- There is an artificial housing shortage to keep rent high
- Housing is slowly replaced by hotels to make more money
- (It’s famous for making people angry at their family and friends.)
Rules
- Each player gets $1500
- One player is Banker. Can play, but keep money separate
- When you land on a square, either
- Instruction? Follow it (Take Chance card, Go to Jail, etc)
- Property?
- If ot owned
- Buy it yourself
- Don’t buy it. Bank will auction (オークション)
- If owned
- Pay rent (家賃) to owner
- Negotiate rent if you have something they want
- If ot owned
- Aim is to charge so much rent that other players go bankrupt (破産)
- Buy a whole area (same colour)
- Rent doubles
- You can build houses/hotels
- Winner is
- Last player who hasn’t gone bankrupt
- THe richest when time runs out.
- Buy a whole area (same colour)
- Strange rules
- If you throw doubles 3 times, you go to jail
- When you pass “GO” space, Banker gives you $200 salary.
- You have to ASK for your rent. If you forget, no rent.
- To get out of jail,
- pay
- roll a double on your turn (3 chances, then pay anyway).
- Buy a card from another player.
- If you run out of money:
- You can sell “get out of jail” cards
- You can mortgage (抵当) your property to bank.
- But then you stop getting rent.
- And you have to pay 10% more to get it back
- You can sell property to other players (negotiate)
- You can sell houses/hotels for 50% of what you paid.
- There are some other rules
- However, they don’t add to the game much
- Most people who play make up or drop some rules. As long as everyone knows them it’s OK.
Game language
- Your turn.
- Is it my turn?
- Can you move my token 3 squares? It’s the boot.
- Can you pass me a chance card?
- Can you pass the dice?
- I’d like to buy this property please
- That’s mine. Please pay $32 (“32 dollars”) rent
- Here you are.
Banker language
- Would you like to buy it?
- Here you are.
- If you want to get out of jail, you can pay…
Proposal (offer, suggestion)
- If you give me X I will give you Y (high chance of X)
- I’ll give you two choices - either X or Y
- I propose we swap/exchange/VERB
- How about we swap/exchange/VERB
- Would it be possible to add X to the deal
- How would you feel if we Xed…
- What do you think about Xing
- How about you X and I Y?
Checking at the end of a long proposal
- Is that OK with you?
- How does that sound?
- Would that work?
Clarifying a proposal
- So, you mean….
- XXXX - that’s correct, isn’t it?
- Could you just summarise that for me one more time?
- Can you give me an example?
Asking for more room or time
- I’ll have to check/think. Give me a second
- Are you flexible on that number?
- Would you be willing to…
- Could we compromise on…
Refusing
- I’m sorry, but that doesn’t work for me.
- I don’t think that’s going to work.
- I’m afraid we can’t do that.
- Unfortunately, that’s not quite…
- That’s a fair offer, but…
- That would be quite difficult.
Accepting
- Great!
- Done!
- Deal!
- I believe we have a deal!
- That’s sounds reasonable. Let’s do it.
Accepting with conditions
- Done, but only on the condition that X.
- OK, but we’re going to have to insist that…
- As long as X, then we have a deal.
- We would be willing to accept that only if
Counter proposal
- Instead,…
- May I offer an alternative?….
- THat might work. But perhaps …
Closing
- OK, just to check. You will… and we will…
- SO, what we agreed on was to X and Y
- Let’s just summarise…
- Pleasure doing business with you.