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Anyone play board games?
At the risk of sounding like a huge geek, I really like playing board games. I'm thinking games like Axes and Allies, Monopoly, and Settlers of Catan. I was just taught how to play Settlers of Catan last night, and now I'm hooked.
Any other (board) gamers out there?
Gotta admit I haven't played a board game in quite awhile. I bought a new Monopoly set a few years back and about choked at the price. When did all the board games get so high priced? The one I really enjoyed was an old board game with a hint of electronics to it...DarkTower. Still have it in the attic...hmmm wonder if it still works :smiley3:
Here is a pretty good link to what it was, when it was still around.
http://well-of-souls.com/tower/
Risk. Only problem is, you need to find 4 or 5 other people with 6 to 8 hrs to burn.
Doc.
I enjoy Monopoly, but my favorite is Risk - I am extremely competitive though... to the point of throwing fits :smiley7:
-Buzz
I play boardgames with my son so it's a lot of Chutes & Ladders and Hi Ho Cherrio :smiley36:
I love risk. Only problem is no one ever wants to play.
Candyland
I suck at Risk, I'm fairly decent at monopoly.
A favorite at my parent's house was Life, but they had an old 60's version of it so when you got a year's salary, it was like 6000 dollars.
Also, I like the game Operation. If brought up in front of my wife, she'll tell about the time I cheated by blowing the Charlie horse in the back corner for her emminent win. I deny my part.
Will
I do enjoy A&A, although I've only played the original & Europe versions. I also like "Samurai Swords" (originally releases as Shogun) and "Fortress America". Dang, two more games and I've covered all of the games in the MB Gamemaster Series. I do like "Risk", but these other games are a bit more involved and for me, more fun. "Lionheart" & "Stratego" are good for when I don't have as much time to game or when I'm trying to introduce a youngster or noob to gaming.
I used to play a lot of the "Warhammer", "Warhammer 40K", "Battletech" & "Mechwarrior" tabletop games. I started selling off some of my pieces, although I still have some floating around.
I have heard many positive reviews for the Settlers of Catan. I'll have to check it out one of these days. A couple of other games that have caught my eye are the "Conflict of Heroes" line and "Memoir '44".
Mark, with a child on the way, you won't have time to game. I'll take the games off your hands. :smiley2: Better yet, teach him/her to play and you'll have a gaming buddy.
I used to play the Game of Life, but I kept getting fired from my job with 4 kids to put through college, a cheating wife and a retarded dog.
I play darts now.
I agree with Dan. The only Risk I like playing is Castle Risk, which came with a version of Risk a few years ago. I like the continuous layout of the Europe for that game rather than the archipelago style of the entire world. In addition to Settlers, I've heard good things about a game called Puerto Rico.
Some of my friends really get into Blood Bowl, and I played a little bit of Marvel Superheroes when I was younger, but I have a hard time getting into the tabletop RPGs.
I do plan on teaching the youngster how to play chess early on and whipping them mercilessly. Part self-gratification, but in part to have someone to play with.
I enjoyed playing Clue when I was younger. Regulars would be monopoly and risk. The wife likes to play Taboo and Battle of the Sexes (for some reason, we always end up in a fight after the last one).
I like board games, but I mostly wind up playing video games anymore. In fact, I think I have never played Risk unless it was in the form of a video game. At least there is always someone to play.
I bought a Peantus/Charlie Brown version of Monopoly last year. I am a bit of a fanatic.
So, picking this back up, our cable bill is about to raise. I'm on the fence as to whether or not I want to keep it.
We've been playing board games more recently. Trying to find 2-player games. Some of our favorites:
Uno: geez, I forgot how fun this game is. Totally insane with only 2 players.
Carcassone: This one took a few tries to really get into it. There is definitely strategy involved, and we can never play just one game - we always want to set it back up and play again.
Ticket to Ride: Probably the best board game I've played since learning A&A a million years ago. It's a very fun game. We got the 'Europe' version - there are variations with it that add an additional element of strategy. It is expensive, though
Shut the Box: there should be more 'drinking' elements to this game - impossibly simple, very little strategy, but still fun
Othello: really fun as well
Anyone play any other games? I've heard about some others, like Agricola and Underworld, but we might just stick with the ones we have and get some expansion packs - I've even heard there's a 2-player version in Settlers of Catan with the 'Traders & Barbarians' expansion. I love that game.
Yeah, I think you're version of "Candyland" isn't "G" rated like the one they sell in the stores.:smiley36:Quote:
Originally Posted by kevin7
I think Stratego was one of the greatest board games of all time. Clue is pretty cool too.
Mousetrap! :smiley16:
Careers, Parcheesi and Battleship were always fun when I was a kid.
Risk is okay but like someone already said, you need about 8 hours to play it and I always thought Life sucked because it pretty much totally depended on what career you landed in on the first spin, in most cases the game was over before it barely began and Operation was just plain ridiculous:smiley29:
I can't believe all the salty nooblers aren't all over this one!:smiley36:Quote:
Originally Posted by CoventryCat86
I always like "Sorry."
Clue is a good game. We had a tradition for a while of playing that after thanksgiving dinner as a family, except we made it "Whiskey Clue" which meant if you guess wrong, you had to do a shot. Even got my Mom to take a shot one time.:smiley3: She took a little sip, and then poured the rest in her coffee.:smiley36:
Dictionary and taboo are my two favorite games. I am ruthless my team pretty much wins all the time. It's been a long time sense anyone wanting to play these games with me.....:(
Any trivia game works for me. We own quite a few versions and recently purchased the Classic Rock version. Sadly, my wife may never play it with me again. I won and she didn't have a single pie. And that's not because she doesn't know her classic rock, every time she landed on a pie question she got a humdinger of a nasty one while I seemed to get simple ones.
She won't play Scrabble with me anymore. I suck so badly at it she says it's no fun for her.................b*tch! LOL
I always enjoyed Risk but hated that I got killed because of crappy dice rolls. If I'm going to play a board strategy game, I'd much rather play chess, there's no chance involved.
All the other older games, Monoply, Clue, Life etc are fun and I'd play them agian.
LOL You do know what wifeys first name is dontchaQuote:
Originally Posted by CoventryCat86
I have the original Ticket to Ride and we enjoy it much more after buying the 1910 Expansion.
Other ideas:
Power Grid - Build power plants and cities and the winner is the person that can power the most power plants. Lots of replayability here, especially with the expansion maps with different rules @ $10 each. There's an auction element with the power plants and you can block, like in TTR
Twilight Struggle - A medium weight strategy game that recreates the cold war. My current favorite game. You will need to set aside 2-3 hours to play it though (or a few rounds each night)
7 Wonders - light strategy game, quick playing.
Memoir 44 - WWII theme, not nearly as long as A&A, with a lot of expansions. Mini's & dice rolling.
Battlecry - Civil War theme (same system as M44). Mini's & dice rolling.
Carcassone - A nice tile laying game with tons of expansions, quick playing
'Battle Line' & 'Lost Cities' - Basically card games. I haven't played these 2 yet, but I've heard good things about them. Battle Line seems to have more strategic play
Race for the Galaxy - more of a card laying game (not MtG),
Dominion - a deck building card game that scales from 2-4 nicely with lots of expansions. I like that this game plays quickly and each game is different based upon the Kingdom cards that are selected for that game.
Pandemic - a nice co-op game where you work together to cure diseases (1-4p I think)
Star Trek: Fleet Captains - this game is at the top of my want list.
War of the Ring - Ares just reprinted this game and I got it for Christmas. I love thematic games (Twilight, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica) and I really enjoyed the LoTR universe. 2p but you need a few hours to play.
Warhammer: Invasion - I enjoyed MtG back in the day, but hated how you could go broke, so my friend and I got into Fantasy Flight's 'LCG' (Living Card Game), a system whereby you know exactly what cards you will be receiving in a booster. Very thematic after being a Warhammer Fantasy & 40K fan.
My buddy and his wife love Small World and just bought the Underground expansion
I've heard good things about Puerto Rico & Cuba, but haven't picked up a copy yet. My friend just bought Agricola, so I'm sure I'll have the opportunity to play it in a month and I'll let you know what I think. I'm sure I'll enjoy it, as it is highly ranked at boardgamegeek.com
Oh, and if anyone can get 5 people together, check out 'Risk: Legacy'. There are envelopes that you open as different events happen and each envelope introduces something that changes your game board forever. I think it is a very cool concept and I'm hoping to have the same five people play 10-15 games, because you receive bonuses from game to game. Now, before someone says 10-15 games will take forever, Legacy changes the victory conditions so that a game can be played in about an hour.
I think you guys need some kids.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irish79
Of those, Dominion sounds like it's up our alley. They all sound cool, but the wifey isn't as dorky as I am, and I don't know if she'd go for some of the thematic games mentioned above. I'd love to play Warhammer, though. That sounds cool.
What does the TtR 1910 expansion do? Does it only have additional destination cards, or is there a separate, playable element to it?
1910 basically adds more tickets plus a bonus for the most tickets completed, so that it is a viable strategy. There seemed to be so few tickets with the original that it became easy to know where someone was going and block them. Also, I could just grab 6 of the 6 train sections and nab 90 points, plus the longest train bonus and everyone else would get negative points for uncompleted tickets. Oh, and the cards in the original TtR are small and most people didn't like them. The expansion includes reprints of all the base cards, plus the extra routes.
My wife loves Dominion, but don't count out Power Grid, Carcassonne, or 7 Wonders. Those three aren't geeky thematic like the others.
Well, my wife is in school right now (completed her LPN in December, continuing on for her RN), so I quite a bit of free time that I fill by reading and playing games.
We have Carcassonne, but it's taken a while to really get into that game and develop a strategy. When do I build a farm? Will anyone around me complete their city? That kind of thing. But it is fun.
I'm debating on getting the 1912 expansion for the TtR:Europe game that we have. I've read that not only are there more destination cards, but also a separate kind of game with it (I'm probably reading this wrong) that would allow variants on the current gameplay. I got whooped up on pretty good the last time we played, though, so I really need to up my game.
Yeah, that's what got me thinking.....:smiley3::smiley36:Quote:
Originally Posted by kevin7
Holy crap!:smiley3: It's usually the other way around.....Quote:
Originally Posted by badwhale
Board games? More like bored games...see what I did there?
A buddy of mine and myself have lunch once a week to bs. Then we head to one of 4 local B&M, pick out a never tried stick before and play a game of chess. Pretty cool and something to look forward to. I also like first person shooters on the 360. Playing battlefield presently.
Is cribbage a board game? You need a board. Like all Navy Chiefs, I'm good at it too. My wife, unfortunately, is better.:smiley6:
Doc