At a glance
| The box game | On Table Party | |
|---|---|---|
| Players | 2–5 | 2–5 |
| Deck | 110 cards, including 4 rules cards | Its own deck, dealt by the app |
| Winning | Three full sets of different colours | Three full sets of different colours |
The goal
Be the first to collect three complete property sets, each a different colour.
Setup
- Take out the 4 rules cards, shuffle the deck and deal 5 cards to each player.
- Put the rest face down as the draw pile.
- Everyone keeps space in front of them for a bank (money) and their properties.
How a turn works
- Draw 2 cards. If you start your turn with no cards in hand, draw 5 instead.
- Play up to 3 cards: put money or action cards in your bank, lay down properties, or play an action card into the centre.
- Rent charges for a colour you own. Debt Collector takes 5M from one player; It’s My Birthday takes 2M from everyone.
- Sly Deal steals one property, Forced Deal swaps one, and Deal Breaker steals a whole set. Just Say No cancels an action played against you.
- End your turn with no more than 7 cards in hand, discarding any extras.
Scoring and winning
- There are no points. Complete three property sets in different colours and you win at once.
- Pay debts from your bank or your properties, never from your hand. There’s no change: overpay and the difference is gone.
- If you can’t cover a debt, you pay with everything you have on the table.
Rules people get wrong
Banked actions are money
Any action card can go in your bank for its value instead of being played. Once banked, it’s only money.
Houses and hotels
A House goes on a full set, a Hotel only on a set that has a House, and neither on railroads or utilities.
Refusals stack
A second Just Say No cancels the first, so the original action goes ahead.
The draw-two card
Pass Go draws 2 extra cards. It counts as one of your 3 plays, and you can play more than one.
Playing Property Deal on Table Party
Property Deal is Table Party’s version: free in the browser, with everyone on their own phone. A round goes like this.
- Each turn: draw 2 cards, then play up to 3 — bank money, lay properties, or fire an action.
- First to THREE complete colour sets wins, on the spot.
- Rent, the Loan Shark and Pass the Hat make people pay. Payment comes off the table — bank or properties — never from a hand.
- There is no change. Overpay and the difference is simply gone.
- Paid properties change owners for good — and can complete the other side’s set.
- Not So Fast! cancels an action outright. A second Not So Fast! cancels the first.
- Streets can never be banked — only money and action cards go in the bank.
- More than 7 cards in hand when you end your turn? Discard down to 7.
- House rules the host can set: a softer Hostile Takeover, and Backroom Deals — a blind grab from a random rival’s hand.
- Nobody waits forever: a turn left idle for 90 seconds passes itself, and an unanswered bill pays the cheapest way after 45.
What’s different here
- Property Deal is Table Party’s own game, with its own card names: Not So Fast! cancels an action.
- Nobody waits forever: a turn left idle for 90 seconds passes itself, and an unanswered bill pays the cheapest way after 45.
- The host can switch on two house rules: a softer Hostile Takeover, and Backroom Deals, a blind grab from a rival’s hand.
- It plays upright on a phone and uses the whole window on a computer; tap a rival to see their table.
The fiddly bits on Table Party
The refusal chain
A Not So Fast! cancels the action outright, and the attacker may answer with one of their own. It runs until a side has none left; an odd number of refusals means the action never happened.
Settling a debt
You pay from your bank, your streets and your buildings — never from your hand — and you pick the cards. Anything worth more than the debt is simply lost.
Who rent bills
A two-colour rent card charges every other player at once; the rainbow rent charges one player you name. Either can be doubled by a Rent Hike for an extra play.
Houses and hotels
A House sits only on a complete set and adds 3M to its rent; a Hotel adds 4M and needs the House down first. Stations and utilities take neither.
Our names on the cards
The set thief is a Hostile Takeover, the refusal is Not So Fast!, the 5M shakedown is the Loan Shark, and the streets are our own. The mechanics are the ones you know.
The official rules
For the publisher’s own wording, read the official rules from Hasbro. Table Party is independent and isn’t affiliated with Hasbro.
Questions about Property Deal
Do you have to play 3 cards each turn?
No. You can play none, one, two or three. You still draw 2 at the start of every turn.
Can you pay with cards from your hand?
No. Payment comes only from your bank and your properties on the table.
Can you use Just Say No on a Just Say No?
Yes. It cancels the first one, so the original action happens after all.
Is Property Deal free?
Yes. Every game on Table Party is free, with no accounts, no adverts and nothing to buy.
How many people do you need for Property Deal?
Between 2 and 5. Below 2 there are not enough of you for the game to work.
Do we need to download anything?
No. One person opens the site and starts a room; everybody else joins by typing the room code on their own phone. Nothing to install, nothing to sign up for.
Can we play Property Deal over a video call?
Yes. Share the room code in the chat and play with the call running — everything private stays on each player’s own phone.
Play Property Deal online
Free, in the browser, with everyone on their own phone.