My sons and I all bought this at the beginning of the pandemic when they couldn’t visit. Now we still play it regularly - I am extremely vulnerable to serious illness if I catch covid so this game means we can all play while in our own homes. I love that you can customise the rules to popular House Rules, such as double money for landing on GO and bills going into Free Parking, to be won if you land on it. And a choice to automatically auction properties when landed on. Players can personalise themselves with a nickname and cheap in-app purchases give you a wide choice of pieces and boards. 2 years of playing it has worked perfectly. If I had to have one small gripe it would be that there aren’t enough houses. If we all have sets with houses on, sometimes we get stuck because you can’t just pay for hotels without filling up with houses first, (like we would if we ran out of houses in the physical game, so you either have to sell houses from one set for the benefit of another set, or we just kind of go round in circles and can’t advance our game. That said, we do prefer this to the physical game - no piles of money to try to keep neat, plus it’s shorter - with 3 of us it’s usually 45 - 90 minutes per game. This really has been a pandemic lifesaver and I highly recommend it!
Hi Lellynelly and thank you for taking the time to write such a kind, personal review. We are delighted to hear that Monopoly helped you through these tough times and let you to stay in touch with your family! One of our main goals, when creating digital adaptations of popular board games, is to bring families and friends together to enjoy a gaming experience very similar to the physical version, so we love to hear these stories! Thank you for sharing :).Regarding the number of houses available, I'm afraid we follow the official Monopoly rules which only allow for a total of 32. However, I will pass your feedback along to the team as a possibility would be to add a custom rule which would raise that number to a higher one.Thank you for playing Monopoly!