Yeah we love Monopoly too but probably our favorite board game is Scrabble. Eeek! You should see some of the words my kids have invented....would make old webster turn over in his grave!
Myself, I love any of the online word games like Word Whomp, Bookworm and yahoo has one I like called Spelldown.
Ghostdancer, I use to play Spades with some neighbor friends years ago too but can't remember how to play now but I did enjoy it.