Monopoly Board Pub Crawl part I

They call it the Monopoly Board Pub Crawl - 26 pubs spread over one of the world's busiest cities. It's not so much A pub crawl, as THE pub crawl and there was no way I was going to leave London without trying this epic bitch. This write up will no doubt be a lengthy read, so I'll break it up into multiple parts. Before I provide the transcripts of our drunken adventure, let's get better acquainted with this Bad Girl of boozery.

HISTORY

The Monopoly Board Game was brought out in 1935 by the Parker Brothers Toy Company. In it's 65 year history it has become the most popular board game in the world, and has been played by over 500 million people. Of those half a billion, it is estimated that there is roughly 8 people who could actually be bothered finishing the games they started.

The resulting pub crawl became infamous after it was referenced on the British SciFi comedy Red Dwarf, in which David Lister tried the crawl on his 25th birthday.

THE RULES

There are 22 locations and 4 train stations on the board, a pub at each must be visited. If there is no pub on the specific road, then the closest one possible.

One standard drink (half pint, spirit, shot) must be consumed at each pub.

THE ROUTE

There are two ways to do the Monopoly Route:

1. In Order

It's possible to complete the crawl in the order it appears on the game board. Kudos to the guys on this site, who managed to do it back in 2001.

The problem with a pub crawl of this size is that there is a fine line between fun and hard work, and this no doubt crosses it. The whole day is spent going back and forth on public transport, with only a minimal time allowed to spend in each pub.

Time taken to get to last pub: 11 hours 10 minutes
Average time in pub: 6.96 minutes


2. The Alternate Route

If the thought of riding public transport across the city all day doesn't appeal to you (as it sure as fuck didn't to us), then it is probably better to find yourself a different route. There are dozens of recorded Monopoly routes on the web, and we decided to follow this one. The guys did this on a Wenesday in 2002 (Mighty Accolades to the boys for taking a day off work purely to participate in a pub crawl), and made excellent time, finsishing with almost 3 hours to spare. Also, the public transport required is completed in the first third of the journey, so the rest of the day can be spent strolling from pub to pub in a drunken stupor.

Time to get to last pub: 9 hours 11 minutes
Average time in pub: 11.4 minutes


Next: The Monopoly Journey begins...