Vyapaar is the classic property-trading game many of us played as Business, sitting on the floor with paper notes and one friend who always wanted to be the banker. You roll two dice, go around the board buying cities, and then wait for your friends to land on them and pay kiraya.
Mandli's board is all Indian cities, from Patna and Ranchi up to Bengaluru and Mumbai, with stations, Bijli Ghar and Jal Board. The real fun is the dealing: "Jaipur de de, Kochi le le" works much better on voice than in a chat box.
Important: all money in Vyapaar is Mandli rupaye, shown as M. It is play money, worth nothing outside the game. There is nothing to buy and no betting. Points come only from your finishing place.
Kya chahiye: Just phones. The app is the banker, rolls the dice and keeps every account straight.
Rules: kaise khelte hain
Start and moving
Everyone starts at Shuruaat with M 1,500 (the host can make it M 1,000). On your turn roll two dice and move around the 40-square board. Every time you pass Shuruaat, you get M 200. Roll doubles and you roll again, but three doubles in a row send you straight to Thana.
Buying and kiraya
Land on an unowned city, station or utility and you can buy it at its price, or skip it. Land on one somebody owns and you pay them kiraya (rent).
- Cities: rent from the card. Own a whole colour group and the empty-city rent doubles.
- Stations (Howrah, New Delhi, Chennai Central, Mumbai Central): M 25, 50, 100 or 200 depending on how many the owner has.
- Bijli Ghar and Jal Board: 4 times the dice, or 10 times if the owner has both.
Ghar and haveli
Once you own every city in a colour group, you can build ghar on them, up to 4 per city, then a haveli. You must build evenly across the group, never more than one apart. Every building raises the kiraya a lot. You can sell buildings back for half their cost.
Kismat, Sarkari Khazana and taxes
Land on Kismat or Sarkari Khazana and a card is drawn and shown to everyone, like "Chai pe charcha se idea hit! M 100 lo" or "Traffic challan kat gaya. M 50 do." Aaykar costs M 200 and Shauk Tax costs M 100. Chai Tapri is a rest square where nothing happens.
Thana
You go to Thana by landing on Thane Chalo, drawing a card that sends you, or rolling three doubles. To get out, pay M 50, use a chhutti card, or try to roll doubles. If you fail three times, you pay M 50 and move.
Girvi, deals and going bust
Short of cash? Mortgage (girvi) a property for half its price. Getting it back costs half the price plus 10 percent. Mortgaged properties earn no rent. On your turn you can offer up to 2 deals to other players: properties and cash, in either direction.
If you owe more than you can raise by selling buildings and mortgaging, you are bankrupt (diwaliya) and out.
End of the game
The last player standing wins. If the host set a time limit, when time is up the current turn finishes and net worth decides: cash, plus the price of each property (half for mortgaged ones), plus what you spent on buildings.
Points kaise milte hain
Points come only from your place, never from the amount of M you hold. 1st gets 25 points, 2nd gets 15, 3rd gets 8, and everyone else who finished the round gets 3. Players who go bankrupt are placed in the order they went out. If two players tie on net worth, more cash wins. Points carry across games in the same room.
Jeetne ke tips
- Buy early. Every city you own is a card you can trade later.
- Completing a colour group matters more than owning many single cities. Trade for the missing city.
- Three ghar on each city of a group is often the sweet spot: a big jump in rent for the cost.
- Keep some cash. Having to mortgage in a hurry at the wrong time can knock you out.
- In a timed game, net worth decides the winner. Near the end, don't sell properties cheap just for cash.
Ghar wale rules aur variants
In many rulebooks a property someone skips goes up for auction. Mandli has this as the host option Neelami, off by default. With it on, other players bid in M 10 steps.
Many families put tax and fine money in the middle of the board and give it to whoever lands on the rest corner. Mandli doesn't do this: Chai Tapri is just a rest.
Vyapaar online kaise khelein
Make a room in Mandli, share the link on WhatsApp or show the QR code, and pick Vyapaar. Friends without the app join from the browser link. Up to 6 play and anyone else watches. The host picks the time limit (30, 45 or 60 minutes, or play until one player is left), turns Neelami on or off, and sets the starting cash at M 1,000 or M 1,500. In Saath mode everyone sits together and argues out loud. In Door mode the voice chat inside the game is where the deals happen. If someone's internet drops, their seat is held for 60 seconds while the app plays safe for them.
Sawaal jawaab
Is Vyapaar the same as the Business game?
It is the same kind of property-trading game many of us played as Business: roll, buy, collect rent, build houses. Mandli's version has Indian cities, its own cards and its own rules, explained above.
How much money does each player get at the start?
M 1,500 by default. The host can choose M 1,000 for a faster, tighter game. You also get M 200 every time you pass Shuruaat.
When can you build houses in the business game?
In Mandli, once you own every city in a colour group and none of them is mortgaged. Build evenly, up to 4 ghar and then a haveli on each city.
Is real money involved in Vyapaar?
No. M is Mandli's play money and is worth nothing outside the game. Points come only from your finishing place. There is no betting and nothing to buy.
Can I play the business game online with friends?
Yes. Mandli is free, has no ads and needs no login. Up to 6 play Vyapaar together, with voice chat inside the game.