If board games are on your holiday gift list, you must check out our most wanted board games of 2008. Some of these are brand new games and others are old favorites, but all are on the must-have list for this holiday season.

This year's most wanted board games span genres, from strategy and abstract strategy to family games and card games. Some are based on book and movie characters, while others are updated versions of the classics.

Monopoly has met the 21 st century, with updated property prices, credit cards, and automated banking.