Grokopoly 🚀
Buy launch pads, build Labs into Mega Campuses, outlast the rival tycoons, and climb the Net Worth Ladder all the way to Elon.
Intro
A SpaceX-flavoured parody of the classic property game. A parody: nobody was harmed, a few rockets were rapidly and unscheduledly disassembled. The board has 40 squares: eight colour groups from the Garage District and Startup Alley to Starbase Texas and the Mars Colony, four launch pads (Falcon Pad, Starship Hangar, Dragon Dock and Heavy Booster Bay), two utilities (Starlink Satellite Net and Grok Labs), Tweet and Board Meeting cards (16 of each), fines, and FAA Review, where a Regulatory Hold sends you.
How to play
- Type your player name and choose the rival AI, the game length and the number of rivals, then press New game.
- Roll, then Buy the site you land on or Skip it, and End turn. Pass Payday: Launch Day to collect money.
- Own a full colour group to upgrade: Lab, Factory, Launch Site, Mega Campus. Build evenly. Mortgaged sites collect no rent. If you can't pay, upgrades and sites are sold automatically.
- Stuck in FAA Review? Pay the $50M fine or use a free card.
- Your net worth moves you up the Net Worth Ladder: Garage Tinkerer, Kitchen-Table Founder, Seed Round Hero, Rocket Hobbyist, Unicorn CEO, Space Baron, Mega Mogul and finally Elon.
| Setting | Choices |
|---|---|
| Rival AI | Easy (cautious and a bit random, ×1), Medium (buys sensibly, ×1.5), Hard (greedy builder, ×2) |
| Game length | Quick (20 rounds), Standard (30), Long (45) |
| Rivals | 1 to 3, from Zuck-Bot, Bezos-Bot and Gates-Bot |
Stage 2: Mars
Become Elon and you can bank your score, or launch to Mars. On an 8×6 map you have 20 sols to grow a colony. Each sol you have 2 rovers: a rover drives up to 3 tiles (1 in a dust storm) and can do one build on the tile it stands on. Build Solar Farms, Oxygen Domes, Habitats, Ice Extractors, Farms, Mines and a Launch Bay, and keep oxygen, water, food, power and metal flowing. Meteors destroy buildings unless a Dome shelters them, dust storms halve solar power, and supply drops and ice finds are lucky. Grow to 45 colonists and 26% terraformed to earn the Colony Charter bonus. Press Wrap up mission to finish early.
Scoring
Score = (net worth ÷ 10 + 500 for 1st or 250 for 2nd + 1000 for reaching Elon) × AI multiplier (1 / 1.5 / 2). Bankrupt? You get a small consolation for the rounds you survived. If you go to Mars, your Mars score (terraforming, population, buildings and the colony charter) is added on top. The score is sent once, when the game ends.
Leaderboards, groups and chat
Type a player name before you start. Add a group name (a team or crew) if you like: the leaderboards have Game, My group, Groups and Overall tabs. A live chat for this game sits beside the board (on a phone held upright it is tucked away; turn the phone sideways to see it). Use the Share on X button at the top to tell your friends, and when a game ends with a score you can share that too.
Play at https://rtwl.fun/games/grokopoly/
Made by Lawless Alien, built at the desk by Lawless and Grok. Watch Real Time With @LawlessAlien on YouTube.