What board games are like Monopoly, but more elaborate?

One game that is more elaborate than Monopoly is one if its earliest precursors, The Landlord's Game, invented by Elizabeth Magie around 1903. This game was certainly more complex than Monopoly as it was specifically designed to teach the player about the economics tenets of Georgism. read more

The Monopoly of the Modern Age of board games: Catan - roll the dice, possibly collect some resources, negotiate with the other players, perhaps build a house or two, and move along to the next player. read more

There are myriad, more focused versions of the TI fantasy now available in board and video games (from Eclipse to Stellaris), but nothing quite matches the maximalist grandeur of TI 4th Edition when you want to go all-in on a day of pretending to be on Babylon 5 with your friends. read more