TheMonopolyFile

What is it? The best-selling board game of all time

What is it? The best-selling board game of all time

Why is it in the news?

This week, Dublin was given an updated "Here and Now" edition, featuring mobile phone and rollerskate playing pieces and apartments instead of houses

Most appealing characteristic

After almost a century it remains devilishly addictive

Least appealing characteristic

Those little green houses really hurt when you stand on them in bare feet

Players most likely to say

"It's the only time I'll be able to afford a house on Ailesbury Road."

Players least likely to say

"I disagree with its inherent reward of capitalist greed. And I don't want to go straight to jail."

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