**AITA for banning Monopoly from all future game nights after my friend tried to "strategically" bankrupt me by demanding I pay rent for a property that was *in a different goddamn city* on the board?**
TL;DR: Friend Dave tried to prove he's a "board game alpha" by claiming his fake-ass "house rule" (where landing on Baltic Ave somehow triggers rent on Boardwalk) is a "real strategy." He then flipped the table when I pointed out that his logic was about as solid as the "community chest" cards that give you $10 for winning a beauty contest in 1935. Now he's posting TikToks calling me a "gatekeeper," and half the group thinks I was "too aggressive."
Look, I get it, Monopoly is already a game designed to make you question your life choices and your friendships. But Dave took it to a new level of stupid. He literally said, "It's all just *vibes* anyway, and my vibe is that you owe me $1,500." Bro, the *rules* are literally the only thing holding this fragile house of cards together. You can't just "manifest" a hotel on Park Place when you don't own it. Next he'll argue that the banker can just declare bankruptcy for "the vibes."
Am I the asshole for calmly explaining that his "strategy" is just a tantrum wrapped in a fedora, or is Dave the real loser who thinks *Chutes and Ladders* has a "meta"?