Monopoly Junior Dinosaur Edition Board Game Rules Explained With Pictures

Objective of Monopoly Junior Dinosaur Edition

The objective of Monopoly Junior Dinosaur Edition is to have the most leafy greens at the end of the game.

Setup

Place the gameboard in the middle of the table. Put the die near the gameboard.
Remove the 4 Character cards from the Chance cards.
Shuffle the Chance cards and then place them facedown on the Chance space.
Each player chooses a token and places it on the GO! space.
Each player takes the Character card and 12 friend tokens that match their chosen token.
Choose a player to be the Leaf Keeper (Banker). The Leaf Keeper is in charge of the Leaf Supply (Bank). The Leaf Keeper can also play the game, but they must keep their leafy greens separate from the Leaf Supply. Give each player a number of leafy greens depending on the number of players.
- 2 players – M20 each
- 3 players – M18 each
- 4 players – M16 each
The youngest player starts the game. Play moves clockwise/left throughout the game.

Playing Monopoly Junior Dinosaur Edition

You will start your turn by rolling the die.

Depending on what number you roll on the die, you will move your playing piece the corresponding number of spaces clockwise around the board.

Moving playing piece after rolling the die — The blue player rolled a four. They move their playing piece forward four spaces.

You will then take an action based on what space you landed on. See the corresponding board space section below for more details.

Once you have taken the action corresponding to the space you landed on, your turn ends. Play passes to the player on your left.

Board Spaces of Monopoly Junior Dinosaur Edition

Dino Without a Friend

If you land on a dino space that does not have a marker on it, the dino has not been befriended yet. To become its friend you must play leafy greens to the Leaf Supply equal to the number printed on the space. This is required.

After paying, you will place one of your friend signs on the space’s color band.

Acquiring a friend — The blue player landed on the Gallimimus space. Since there was no sign on the space, the blue player acquires the space as one of their friends. They will pay one leafy green to the Leaf Supply and place one of their signs on the space.

If you are unable to pay the cost, the game ends.

Dino With a Friend

Should you land on a dino space that already has a friend sign on it, that dino already has a friend. You will pay the amount printed on the space to the player whose sign is on the space. If your sign is on the space, you will take no additional action.

Landing on a dino that already has a friend — The green player landed on this dino space that has the purple player’s sign on it. The green player owes two leafy greens to the purple player for landing on the space.

If the player has one of their signs on both spaces of the color, you will have to pay twice the cost printed on the space.

Landing on a dino whose color was befriended by a player — The green player landed on this dino which has been befriended by the purple player. Since the purple player has also befriended the other orange dino, the green player owes twice what they would normally have to pay. They will have to pay the purple player four leafy greens.

Should you be unable to pay what you owe, the game ends.

Chance

When you land on a Chance space, you will draw the top card from the Chance pile. You will read out loud what is printed on the card, and then take the corresponding action.

After you have taken the action, you will put the card on the bottom of the pile.

Free Parking

When you land on Free Parking, you do not take any special action.

GO space in Monopoly Junior Dinosaur Edition

GO

Should you land on or pass the GO space, you will collect M2 from the Leaf Supply.

Go To Time Out

If your playing piece lands on the Go To Time Out space, you will immediately move your playing piece to the Time Out space. You do not collect M2 for passing GO. Your turn also ends immediately.

On your next turn you have three options to get out of Time Out.

First you can choose to pay M1 to the Leaf Supply. After paying you will roll the die and move your playing piece the corresponding number of spaces.

Should you have a Get Out of Time Out Free card, you can play it. After discarding the card, you will roll the die and move the corresponding number of spaces.

You final option is to try and roll a six on the die. If you should roll a six, you will use the six you rolled to move your playing piece. After moving take the action corresponding to the space you landed on.

Getting out of time out — The orange player is currently in Time Out. They can get out of Time Out by paying one leafy green, using a Get out of Time Out card, or rolling a six.

If you fail to roll a six, you can try to roll the die again on your next turn. You can do this up to three times. If you fail on your third try, you will pay M1 to the Leaf Supply and then use your last roll to move out of Time Out.

Just Visiting

When you land on the Just Visiting space, you take no special action on your turn.

Winning Monopoly Junior Dinosaur Edition

Monopoly Junior Dinosaur Edition ends when one of the players are unable to pay the amount they owe to another player or the Leaf Supply.

All of the players will count up how many leafy greens they currently have. The player with the most leafy greens wins the game. Should there be a tie, the tied player with more friends (signs on dinosaur spaces) wins the game.

Winning Monopoly Junior Dinosaur Edition — At the end of the game the players had the following amount of leafy greens. The top player has 12, the middle player 10, and the bottom player 7. The top player has the most leafy greens, so they win the game.

Advanced Game

Once you are familiar with the main game or are playing with older children, you can choose to use the advanced game rules.

During the game if you ever fail to have enough leafy greens to pay a debt to a player or the Leaf Supply, you will try to settle the debt with one of the dinos you have become friends with.

If you owe another player, pick one of you dino friends and give possession of the space to the other player. You will remove your sign from the space, and they will put their own sign on the space.

Transferring friends to pay off debt — The green player owes the orange player two leafy greens. Since they have no leafy greens left, they decided to transfer the Quetzalcoatlus space to the orange player. They will remove their sign and the orange player places their sign on the space.

Should you owe leafy greens to the Leaf Supply, you will choose one of your dino friends to give back. Basically you remove your sign from the space. That space is now open for other players to collect in the game.

If you are still unable to pay off your debt, the game ends. The player with the most leafy greens wins the game.

Monopoly Junior Dinosaur Edition FAQs

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Components

Gameboard
4 tokens
20 Chance cards
4 Character cards
48 Friend Signs
90 Leafy Greens
Die
Instructions

Year: 2021 | Publisher: Hasbro

Genres: Children’s, Economic, Roll and Move

Ages: 5+ | Number of Players: 2-4 | Length of Game: 30 minutes

Difficulty: Light | Strategy: Light | Luck: High

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Written By:

Eric Mortensen

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