I have friends that swear by Monopoly, but I’ve never been a fan. I’d go so far as to say I consider it a truly awful game. It lacks the most important element a game should have: fun. Ohhh, let’s play capitalism on a board and spend 6-8 hours trying to bleed your friends dry so that one person emerges with all of the money. Mortgage, rent, utilities, jail – sounds like a blast, can I be the boot?!?! Look, I understand a whole generation grew up on Monopoly, but kids also used to play Jacks. Times change …
