Fortnite Monopoly: The Board Game I Actually Love Playing
Our family loves Monopoly. Well—let me rephrase that. My family loves Monopoly. I, on the other hand, have what you’d call a complicated relationship with it.
Growing up, we played three board games religiously: Risk, Aggravation, and—you guessed it—Monopoly. I have fond memories of those game nights, but Monopoly always drove me a little nuts. To me, it feels like it’s all luck. Whoever circles the board first and scoops up properties ends up steamrolling everyone else. Some people love that strategy. I mostly just sigh and hope someone flips the board before I do.
That said, my family? Obsessed.
Besides Monopoly, we’re big into board games like Beat the Parents, Family Trivial Pursuit, and Chatter Matters. And yes—we collect Monopoly sets like it’s our side hustle. Currently, we own:
- Mario Brothers
- Pokémon
- Game of Thrones
- Monopoly Electric
- Classic Monopoly
We also love playing Fortnite together as a family, so one day I randomly searched “Fortnite Monopoly” and just about fell out of my chair when I saw it was real. YES, PLEASE!
Here’s the twist: I actually love playing this one!
It’s fast-paced, fresh, and nothing like traditional Monopoly. We played three games in under an hour—and no one ended up bankrupt or crying. ?
The rules are different from any version we’ve owned. You choose your Fortnite skin (there are tons), and instead of buying properties, you battle for locations. You can build walls (just like in the game), and you roll an action die to pick up bandages, crosshair attack other players, or drop a Boogie Bomb to mess with everyone else. It’s chaotic fun—and not at all slow or luck-based like the original version.
And let’s be honest—any game that gets my kids off electronics and around the kitchen table for some laughs is a big win in my book. We clear the table and head straight to Tilted Towers. My boys give it two thumbs up, and surprisingly, so do I.
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