The game requires little skill

Like many board games, Monopoly can be more frustrating than fun. However, most other games allow for some kind of strategic decision-making, enabling the player to learn from their mistakes and get better. Monopoly, on the other hand, allows for no such strategizing, rewarding luck instead of skill. You can’t be “good” at Monopoly; no matter how many times you play it. All you can do is buy properties and hope for the best. Likewise, if you start losing, you can do essentially nothing to make a comeback. In this game, your fate is left to Chance (pun intended.) For this reason, Monopoly has earned its notoriety for tearing families apart. The luck-based nature of the game proves frustrating, especially to people who prefer games that rely more on skill and strategy. In many cases, the lack of skill that Monopoly requires becomes apparent as the youngest child destroys the rest of the family in the game, purely due to dumb luck.