Board Games?

[kevin7]

Candyland

[CoventryCat86]

Candyland

Yeah, I think you're version of "Candyland" isn't "G" rated like the one they sell in the stores.

I think Stratego was one of the greatest board games of all time. Clue is pretty cool too.

[VancouverMark]

Mousetrap!

[CoventryCat86]

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

[badwhale]

Yeah, I think you're version of "Candyland" isn't "G" rated like the one they sell in the stores.

I think Stratego was one of the greatest board games of all time. Clue is pretty cool too.

I can't believe all the salty nooblers aren't all over this one!

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. She took a little sip, and then poured the rest in her coffee.

[cinda]

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.....:(

[CptnBlues63]

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.

[Irish79]

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

[Irish79]

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.

[mrtr33]

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

I think you guys need some kids.

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?

[CoventryCat86]

I can't believe all the salty nooblers aren't all over this one!

Holy crap! It's usually the other way around.....

[kingbeefy]

Board games? More like bored games...see what I did there?

[TheGreekTitan]

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.

[Devil Doc]

Is cribbage a board game? You need a board. Like all Navy Chiefs, I'm good at it too. My wife, unfortunately, is better.

Doc

[kevin7]

Yeah, I think you're version of "Candyland" isn't "G" rated like the one they sell in the stores.

I think Stratego was one of the greatest board games of all time. Clue is pretty cool too.

LOL You do know what wifeys first name is dontcha

[CoventryCat86]

LOL You do know what wifeys first name is dontcha

Yeah, that's what got me thinking.....