The Greatest of all Board Games, Monopoly, has a stated rule regarding it’s “Free Parking Space”.
“FREE PARKING”… A player landing on this place does not receive any money, property or reward of any kind. This is just a “free” resting place.
So, for years, I played by the rules.
Until, this past year, I discovered that there are “House Rules” that deal with this space specifically.
Wikipedia describes these rules this way:
Free Parking jackpot, which usually consists of an initial stake (typically $500, or $5 million in the Here & Now Edition) plus collections of fines and taxes otherwise paid to the bank. A player who lands on Free Parking wins the jackpot, which may then be reset with the initial stake (if any). The jackpot is usually put in the center of the board. Since the jackpot forms an additional income for players in this set of house rules, games can take a much longer time than under normal rules.
These have become so prominent that in the Monopoly Computer game these and other house rules are available as options for the game that you can play.
I love this rule. In some ways, this rule can save you in a pinch, in others it simply ads a little excitement to the game—and to an otherwise boring space.