I didn't expect a mobile board game to become part of my morning routine, but Monopoly Go has a way of sneaking in. You open it "just to roll once," then you're bargaining with yourself for five more minutes. When you're short on dice and the next milestone is right there, that's when people start hunting for free links like it's a second job. If you'd rather not drop real money every time the...

If you've been stuck staring at your phone lately, you've probably ended up in Monopoly Go! without even meaning to. It's weirdly comforting, like a board game you already know, but faster and way less polite. One minute you're building landmarks, the next you're plotting a shutdown on someone who just hit you twice in a row. And if you're trying to squeeze every reward out of the schedule,...