Family Game Time Becomes Discussion Of How We Translate Rules

When you are playing a game with others, do you read the rules? Do they reflect fair play or what fits your strategy best?In my house, we have a tradition of discussing our days during dinner then playing a game as a family after. Games like Uno, Sorry, Clue etc... Our ages range from 40ish to 7 years old.

A recent addition is a card game version of Monopoly. The main object is to collect three complete property sets to win. The rules are as follows from the Monopoly web site:

What does a Player do on Their Turn

Pick up Two Monopoly Cards During a Turn and Lay Down Up to Three

Each player must pick up 2 cards from the draw pile during each turn.

Then each player can play up to 3 cards on their turn. (a play is considered any card you lay onto the table such as money into your bank, property cards on the table, action cards played into the middle, etc). You do not need to lay all 3 card plays if you do not want to.

There will be 3 places where cards can be played during a turn: A player can place money cards or action cards (rent, house, hotel, force deal, pass go, etc) face up in their bank, a player can play property cards face up in front of them in their property section, and a player can play action cards in the middle discard pile.

At the end of a turn, a player cannot have more than 7 cards in their hand. If they do, they need to discard the excess cards into the discard pile in the middle.

EASY, RIGHT?

However, the rules in the box are stated slightly different and say and state that any combination of the three plays can be used, as seen in this picture from our game.

The discussion is simply weather you can use more then one action card to the center at a time. What are your thoughts on this. I say more then one action card can be played but that was a move that would have benefited me. If it would have been someone else, I don't know if i would have felt the same way. I have E-mailed the company for a better explanation of the rules but have not received an answer,

I want to know what you think. how would you translate the rules?

Also, do you have any games that you play as a family? I'm always looking for new games to play, that are family friendly of course.

Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.