What is the most popular board game on the planet?

Question

Thank you for all the answers that fail to meet any global consideration.

Answer 1

Chess

Answer 2

Monopoly, you ask anyone and they'll at least have heard of it if not played it

Answer 3

Well this answer is just like everyone elses, Monopoly for a family and friends type of thing and Chess for a Fun two player or serious games!!

Answer 4

-chess

-scrabble

-monopoly

-snake & ladders

Answer 5

Chess... but if you don't consider that an actual board game, I'd say Monopoly.

Answer 6

Chess has the history and the widespread application to be the most popular board game on the planet.

Answer 7

Fun - Monopoly

Serious - Chess

Answer 8

Yep consensus says Monopoly hands down

...at least here in our cyber world

Answer 9

you've seen this answer a million times for your question:

1. monopoly

2. chess

3. scrabble

4. sorry

5. clue

Answer 10

Monopoly or chess

Answer 11

Sorry/Aggrivation/Marbles (same game different names).  Can be played by any age level 3+.

Answer 12

i`d say monopoly

Answer 13

I would say it is Mancala, because it is played in cultures all over the world, and not just in the more well to do countries of the western world.  It is an ancient game, deceptively simple yet amazingly complex.  If you don't have one you can make one from an empty egg carton and 48 dried beans or pebbles.  In many cultures it is played in small holes in the ground.  Mancala has been around a very long time.

Answer 14

i think everyone would recognize Monopoly...especially those fake paper money.

but if you're going more traditional...everyone recognizes Chess and Checkers

Answer 15

i'd say monopoly

Answer 16

The last time I saw Games magazine top 100 games issue (back in the 1980s) Go won top honors.  Other top contenders were checkers, chess, Monopoly.  

Though it depends on how you describe popular -- the game most people have played, or the one most people play regularly.  If the first I'd say it would most likely be Tic-Tac-Toe, or if you don't consider that a board game then checkers (most people learn checkers before chess and many never bother with chess after checkers.)  The latter definition I'd think would belong to monopoly, unlike the other top games it can be played by more then 2 people at once.