Board Games. Who plays them?

[bad1]

do any of you play board games anymore or is that a thing of the past? I like scrabble, monoply (no electronic plz...i likes the paper money) and LIFE.

[Genghis_Swan]

Those games are dumb. You're dumb.

You should play board games like Arkham Horror, Power Grid, Puerto Rico, Settlers of Catan, and Carcassonne.

[bad1]

Those games are dumb. You're dumb.

You should play board games like Arkham Horror, Power Grid, Puerto Rico, Settlers of Catan, and Carcassonne.

noted.

I played Tomb...is that cool?

[Kryzilya]

I play both types of board games. Scrabble is awesome but I can't play with shoki for obvious reasons.

card games are also sweet (Chrononauts, The Great Dalmuti, Guillotine, etc.)

[bad1]

I play both types of board games. Scrabble is awesome but I can't play with shoki for obvious reasons.

card games are also sweet (Chrononauts, The Great Dalmuti, Guillotine, etc.)

shoki cant spell?

[ZaX]

shoki cant spell?

No, he spells fine. He just keeps eating the pieces.

[Blackferne]

I like card games. I haven't played Canasta in years. Love it though. Lots of fun.

[bad1]

I like card games. I haven't played Canasta in years. Love it though. Lots of fun.

Petition to change Blackferne to "Nasty Canasta"

[chewblacka]

why don't you knit me a doily too, grandma!

[mrlaze]

The Great Dalmuti is so fun, my deck got trashed from playing so much. i played Ticket to Ride a few time and thought it was fun. Ive played a game called Bananagrams that was fun. Its like speed scrabble.

[bad1]

The Great Dalmuti is so fun, my deck got trashed from playing so much. i played Ticket to Ride a few time and thought it was fun. Ive played a game called Bananagrams that was fun. Its like speed scrabble.

great...everytime i see bananna i think of d2.

[Fox Hush]

fuck ya on Settlers of Catan.


How is Arkham horror? I heard it takes a long time to play.

[bad1]

im intrigued about settlers of catan...i will acquire this.

[Penguinoccio]

Arkham Horror took us 8 hours the first time.

Now it's usually 2-4 hours.

Our fastest game was about an hour, but that was a fluke.

[Blackferne]

why don't you knit me a doily too, grandma!

Why should I? You never go with me to church on Sunday mornings. Always out late with those young ne'er do wells you call friends on Saturday night drinking and smoking. And you never wear that lovely elk sweater I made you last year.

[chewblacka]

Hey!

I wear that elk sweater all the time

[Cronk]

i've been meaning to ask this: does anyone know some good board games for kids? grammar school aged.

[Kryzilya]

blokus is really sweet...it's great for people who have visual/organization strength. the rules are simple so it'd be fine for young kids. also, zero prep time.

[Cronk]

i'll look into that, thanks!

[ThatOneDude02]

Stratego
Settlers of Catan
BattleStar Galactica
Connect4
Agricola
Ingenious

Just bought and haven't played yet:
Dominion
Puerto Rico
Carcassonne
Small World
Munchkin
Killer Bunnies and the Quest for the Magic Carrot

[Kryzilya]

was thinking about getting Small World, let me know how it is.

[3dfan]

Do not like board games much - however I had BF who liked to play monopoly - so I played this game with him

[Genghis_Swan]

Stratego
Settlers of Catan
BattleStar Galactica
Connect4
Agricola
Ingenious

Just bought and haven't played yet:
Dominion
Puerto Rico
Carcassonne
Small World
Munchkin
Killer Bunnies and the Quest for the Magic Carrot

I have yet to play Agricola, Ingenious, or Dominion. I heard Agricola is pretty good, BSG is fun as long as everyone is the right mindset (not just shouting "You're a Cylon!"). Munchkin is absolutely great. You cannot own or mix enough Munchkin decks together - My current deck is medieval super pirates.

[Penguinoccio]

Killer Bunnies is the worst game ever created, worse, I dare say, than Monopoly.

[Genghis_Swan]

Killer Bunnies is the worst game ever created, worse, I dare say, than Monopoly.

Let's take a card game, severely based on luck and randomize who wins based on secret face-down card draws!

[ThatOneDude02]

was thinking about getting Small World, let me know how it is.
I was disappointed. Maybe it would improve with a rule modification, but i didn't like how territory you conquered in one turn pretty much had no impact on your next turn. I did like the mechanic for selecting a race/class combo.


I have yet to play Agricola, Ingenious, or Dominion. I heard Agricola is pretty good, BSG is fun as long as everyone is the right mindset (not just shouting "You're a Cylon!"). Munchkin is absolutely great. You cannot own or mix enough Munchkin decks together - My current deck is medieval super pirates.
I've only played BSG once, but really liked it.
Dominion was the best one I played this week. I recommend this one over Agricola.
Munchkin was ok. I think it'll be more interesting with more people.
Killer Bunnies was terrible. The winner is decided by drawing names out of a hat. The only thing the game does is determine how many times your name is in the hat. Even without the horrible endgame, I still don't think it would be fun.
Carcassone is really simple, but it's still pretty fun. Definitely worth a try.
Race for the Galaxy is pretty mediocre. There's definitely better games out there.

I'm trying my friend's game of Civilization tomorrow. I imagine that taking all day, but I'm looking forward to it.

[Famed]

I frequently play chess, risk, and stratego.

As for card games, I play hearts, spades, cribbage, and occasionally bridge

[Genghis_Swan]

I frequently play chess, risk, and stratego.

As for card games, I play hearts, spades, cribbage, and occasionally bridge

You sir, are either a classy gentlemen or very poor

[Bisquick]

i got killer bunnies for Christmas one year. And then nothing for the next year.
guess which year of presents i prefer!

Also, i love BSG because I can yell out who is or isn't a cylon.
Arkham is good because you can read a book at the same time and you don't miss a thing, if you already know how to play.
Puerto Rico rocks.

and...


I actually played Risk last month and liked it.
Me being a girl, I would have guessed the opposite, but it was fun!

[ThatOneDude02]

Highly Recommended:
Hive: Awesome quick simple strategy game.
Terra Nova: Another very good simple strategy game.

Mediumly Recommended:
Last Night On Earth The Zombie Game: It's pretty ok for a dice rolling combat game.
Heroscape: Another dice rolling combat game. You get to build the terrain and have really cool characters like dragons, robots, matrix-like guys, samurai, and an orc riding a dinosaur. The basic game is worthless, do not even bother, but the advanced games seems like it will be fun.

Lowly Recommended:
Castle Panic: Simple tower defense game. Fun, but I don't see much replay value to it.

Not Recommended:
Blokus: Play ingenious instead.
Fluxx: For the most part, you just flip over the cards and see what happens. Sometimes you get to decide which card to play and on very rare occasions it might even have a strategic implication.

[ThatOneDude02]

Highly Recommended:
Railways of the World: The stress of debt is an interesting mechanic.
Ad Astra: Like Catan in space, but with more strategy because dice are replaced with actions.
Puerto Rico: You have plantations with little brown people working on them. It's not that similar to Catan but will be enjoyed by the same crowd.

Mediumly Recommended:
Cash 'N Guns: Really simple bluffing game, and you get to point guns at each other.

[ThatOneDude02]

Highly Recommended:
Tobago: Play cards to pigeon hole the location of a treasure
Ticket to Ride: Much simpler than Railways of the World, but still fun. Good entry level game.

Mediumly Recommended:
Power Grid: Buy power plants and fuel for them to power as many cities as you can. Pretty fun, but it's much longer than it needs to be.
Carson City: Worker placement game where you build buildings to generate income. You can place workers on the same jobs to have a duel. This one is actually too short. There's only like 4 rounds, so it's hard to accomplish much of anything.

Lowly Recommended:
Hacienda: Play cards to place tokens to score points. There's just not enough variety to it to keep your interest.
Day & Night: Play cards to flip over each other's tiles until you have enough of your own tiles connected. Not a bad concept, but the cards are so weak and limited that playing is tedious and unsatisfying.

Not Recommended:
BloodLust: Mostly just flipping over cards and seeing what happens. It might as well be Candyland.

[Penguinoccio]

I really like Power Grid.

Agricola is one game that gets ranked high on boardgamegeeks.com which I don't understand. It feels like you're doing 20 minutes of choices in a 2 hour game.

[Cybren]

I've been playing a lot of dominion and cosmic encounters lately

i think most of my friends really like magic the gathering

[Lokais]

I play any games I can. Anyone ever play cosmic whimpout? Very fun dice game. I also love Hearts and play regularly.

[Kryzilya]

I got to play Kill Doctor Lucky over the weekend, it's really fun. it's like reverse Clue, you have to try to kill the old doctor before anyone else. the art's really good and the cards are funny.

http://paizo.com/paizoGames/v5748btpy8ar0

[mrlaze]

anyone play killer bunnies? Its a card game. Played it a few times, I like it.

[Penguinoccio]

Killer Bunnies is the second worst game ever made, right above Monopoly.

[Welshy]

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[Xytroncore]

Monopoly is awesome, I've made most of my family give up and walk away at some point over the times we've played.

[Penguinoccio]

Yeah that happens a lot.

It's called playing Monopoly.

[Welshy]

i suppose this is a good a place as any to vent my anger

i was recently playing scrabble with a girl who claimed to love scrabble and be real competitive, but then proceeded to play the most hinky bullshit you ever saw, and because it was technically 'for funsies' and she had her idiot friends backing her up i wasn't really in a position to call her out

ZN MAY BE ZINC ON THE PERIODIC TABLE, BUT ITS NOT A LEGAL WORD YOU WHORE

[Welshy]

ACRONYMS ARE NOT LEGAL WORDS

[Welshy]

19th CENTURY SLANG FOR PASSIVE HOMOSEXUALS ARE NOT LEGAL WORDS

[Penguinoccio]

What a bitch.

[Welshy]

i didnt want to be that dude arguing over a boardgame, so i held my tongue

but jeez, what a bitch

[Penguinoccio]

Haha I was totally that dude arguing about board games when I played boggle with my roommates in college.

[Penguinoccio]

I love boggle.

[$1.25]

19th CENTURY SLANG FOR PASSIVE HOMOSEXUALS ARE NOT LEGAL WORDS

i dont even know what this would be

[Welshy]

no-one knows what it could be

because the girl and her friend flipped through the dictionary for ten minutes until they found any word what would use up her letters

[Kryzilya]

what a bitch

that destroys the point of scrabble

[Cyle's Kycle]

that's not an acronym, that's an initialism



teufed

[Welshy]

that wasn't the example of the acronym

[Cyle's Kycle]

who's the fool now?



this guy

[Penguinoccio]

I just bought 1960: The making of a president

[Cybren]

Betrayal at House on the Hill was fun

but the title annoys me

[No. U.]

I do. I prefer board games over console games because I suck at them. Well, most of them.

Scrabble and Monopoly are my favorites.