The only board game that ever consumed me was Scrabble. I was so desperate for people to play with (after I moved the first time), that I joined a local club in Cleveland. That was the oddest collection of people i have ever met in my life.
Playing online is just not the same.
I never liked Monopoly. The endgame took too long or you had bankers that were constantly cheating. Not to mention all the bizarre house rules people made with FREE PARKING, that turned the game into a lottery.