A number of classic and popular games are now seen as too simple by many contemporay game players. One of the games that gets the most vitriol is Monopoly. A game that is considered to be superior to Monopoly is Lords of Vegas.
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The newer variations of Risk — Risk Legacy, Risk Europe, Risk Star Wars — are considered to have much better play features than the original. Other better alternatives to Risk are Axis & Allies, Memoir '44, Undaunted: Normandy, and Undaunted: North Africa. Tom Vassel of Dicetower has a good discussion on the alternatives here.
Inkognito: A Carnival of Spies in Venice has some elements of Clue, but has many more elements in play. Players reveal clues to other players but play in partnerships and have a mission to complete.
Another approach to upgrading classic games like Risk is offered in New Rules for Classic Games by R. Wayne Schmittberger. He develops new rules to make these classic games more interesting. This includes Monopoly, Risk, Trivial Pursuit, Chinese Checkers, Boggle, Mastermind, Hearts, Scrabble, Chess, Checkers, Backgammon, Pente, Eleusis, Bridge, Poker and Go.
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