Hasbro has announced Monopoly Live, a computer-assisted version of classic Monopoly. I admit that I enjoyed playing Monopoly as a child, but that was before I became aware of other board games that edged it for elegance, game duration, replayability …
In my opinion, the future of Monopoly is in developing different games with the same theme, such as Monopoly Deal. Monopoly Live meets a need that does not exist: relieving players of the responsibility of keeping track of play, even though that tracking is a central part of the game’s charm. For young children, handling paper money has considerable educational value.
I expect the game will sell well, but I can’t say that I will have any enthusiasm for playing it.
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