Disadvantages of monopoly board game?

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1. 
   

   Here goes...
   
   1. Most people play with house rules  (ex. money under free parking, not using the auctions, etc) that cause the game to last much longer than it should.
   
   2. Player elimination. Players can get knocked out of the game early. Who wants to watch other people play a game?
   
   3. Too dependent on luck. Once all the properties are bought & traded, the game is just rolling the dice until  everybody goes bankrupt.
   
   4. Doesn't scale well to the number of players. 4 players seems to be ideal. 6 players takes too long and 2 players is completely pointless (without trades, it's ALL luck).
   
   5. The game is almost 100 years old. Much better designed games have been released since then (Acquire, Power Grid, Settlers Of Catan, Railroad Tycoon).
   
   Hope this helps!

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   As I heard one person describe it: one big positive feedback loop. That is, if you start out well, you tend to do better and better; start out badly, worse and worse. Because of that, often there will be one or two players going well and taking over the game, others either being eliminated or at least not having a chance. In many newer games, the advantage of being an early leader aren't nearly as big, so the game stays interesting for more players longer.

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   Disadvantages is the instructions are too complicated to read and understand.
   
   Disadvantages is its boring going around in circles for hours upon hours.
   
   Disadvantages is it has no concept for it.

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