Board Games

[Memnoch]

Queens Gambit (a Star Wars: Episode 1 game), Axis and Allies, Chess.

When I was a teen-ager, my favorites were Stratego, Risk, and Chess.

I would beat you at all aforementioned games . . . fact (apart from the star wars thingy)

 

[Lady of Winterfell]

I was in the game store at the mall the other day, looking through their board games. My husband and some friends of ours enjoy playing board games, but they are somewhat expensive. I was wondering what games people would recommend or are their favorites (hence drudging up this old thread).

We saw a few that caught our eye, Evolution, Wits n Wagers, Settlers of Catan, and Carcassonne. Anyone play any of those? Or have any recommendations for good board games?

Recently we picked up the electric version of Catch Phrase, which I think is really fun. I would recommend that for anyone looking for a fun, but not too complicated game. It works best with big groups of people.

 

[Antilles]

1. Chess ( I used to be good at it... )
2. Monopoly ( Do Not Pass GO, Do Not Collect $200 )
3. Candy Land ( I play this one with my daughter, and she usually wins. )

 

[D_Davis]

Saturday night we played about 10 games of Cash 'n Guns. Amazingly fun game. One of the best party games I've ever played.

We also played Cthulhu 500, a card-based racing game in which you modify your Cthulhu-themed car; Anima, a card-based game not totally unlike Dungeoneer mixed with Talisman; and In a Pickle.

This next weekend coming up we're going to try out FFG's newest offering - Android. Looks and sounds pretty intense. The game is simply overflowing with theme and chits.

And then in two weeks we're playing Mega-Talisman, or at least our own version of it. We're using 7 boards, and hundreds of extra fan-made cards and characters. It's going to be an all day kind of thing. Should be awesome.

 

[D_Davis]

anyone tried out the World of Warcraft board game? Kinda looks like Talisman.

There are two. The WoW Adventure game is like Talisman, or, perhaps, even more like Runebound.

It is fun, but I already own Talisman and a ton of expansions, so the WoW game seems a little small.

It's fun though, but only 4 players which is a bummer.

I haven't played the other WoW board game yet, as I've heard nothing but bad things about it.

 

[Highlander II]

I read somewhere that there was a Fallout-themed pen and paper game. Anyone ever heard of / played that one?

As for board games... haven't played any in a while, but I love Clue! =)

 

[dialibra]

chess is the best game for me

 

[dialibra]

did any need to download ...let me know

 

[Foxbat]

I read somewhere that there was a Fallout-themed pen and paper game. Anyone ever heard of / played that one?

As for board games... haven't played any in a while, but I love Clue! =)

Never seen it, but I do remember Fallout Tactics coming with some kind of bonus disk full of printable stuff (all to do with the pen and paper version). I really must hunt it out and have a look sometime.

 

[Duchessprozac]

I recently decided to take the plunge and pick up a copy of Talisman which I remember fondly of playing with my friends in the science lab at school.

I'm hoping to convert my other half and my niece into players over the weekend.

 

[Contrary Mary]

For myself, personal favorites are Monoply and Scrabble.

In high school, a freind and I had a game called Stock Market, which we played steadily for about two years. Fun but never a big seller--probably hard to find now.

For families, if you in the USA every find a copy, there is a car-selling game called dealers choice whicdh is fun---unless you are a lousy bluffer as I am!

Like cards games much better actually.

Btw, several people have mentioned Ludo. What is it?

 

[Hilarious Joke]

I like Carcassonne, Lord of the Rings Risk and Heroscape.

 

[D_Davis]

I recently decided to take the plunge and pick up a copy of Talisman which I remember fondly of playing with my friends in the science lab at school.

I'm hoping to convert my other half and my niece into players over the weekend.

Did you get the new expanded 4th edition released by Fantasy Flight Games?

Their first expansion is out as well.

There are also a ton of fan-made boards, cards, characters and add-ons available on line.

We're planning a game of Mega-Talisman soon with 7 different boards and hundreds of fan-made cards.

Should be fun!

 

[Duchessprozac]

Yup, I made sure to pick up the revised edition so I can get any expansions.

Mega-Talisman sounds like it will be rather epic. It took me and my girlfriend three hours to make it through our first game so I can only imagine how long your game will last.

 

[D_Davis]

Yup, I made sure to pick up the revised edition so I can get any expansions.

Mega-Talisman sounds like it will be rather epic. It took me and my girlfriend three hours to make it through our first game so I can only imagine how long your game will last.

Real Mega-Talisman is played with dozens and dozens of expansions, across multiple tables in multiple rooms:

Warp Zone - Talisman

Our game is small in comparison - it will probably take about 8 hours to complete. Although with Talisman you never know - sometimes the games are super short, and other times they seem to never end.

 

[chump]

I was in the game store at the mall the other day, looking through their board games. My husband and some friends of ours enjoy playing board games, but they are somewhat expensive. I was wondering what games people would recommend or are their favorites (hence drudging up this old thread).

We saw a few that caught our eye, Evolution, Wits n Wagers, Settlers of Catan, and Carcassonne. Anyone play any of those? Or have any recommendations for good board games?

Recently we picked up the electric version of Catch Phrase, which I think is really fun. I would recommend that for anyone looking for a fun, but not too complicated game. It works best with big groups of people.

I've been playing a lot of Settlers of Catan lately it is a really good board game but I have not played any of those other.

 

[Memnoch]

Stratego was a fave as a kid - and I never played Risk as often as I should have liked.

Absolute gem of a game Stratego, had hours of fun playing it.

Talisman, first taste of fantasy really apart from mesmerising pictures of White Dwarf magazine in my local air fix shop!!

Chess and also KINGMAKER a game with the map of England as the board based on the war of the roses etc (Class game if I remember from my yuff) I just loved the hearaldry and what not.

 

[BookStop]

I've always liked chess, but I'm more likely to play cards. *saw a 15th century chess/backgammon board this weekend at the museum in Bruges - it is really amazing to me that the game hasn't changed a bit since*

 

[mygoditsraining]

I play a Go, having been introduced to it a few years ago by a friend of a friend. While I was in Japan I picked up a bunch of books of tsumego (basically positional conundrums) and records of famous games.

Sadly I don't get to play much these days. I used to play online a little but there's no protection against people quitting the instant they make a mistake, which is no fun for anyone, really.

I used to play chess as a teenager, but never really kept it up. I used to rent a room from a guy who played competitive chess, and while he seemed glad to have someone in the house who was willing to play, the crushing defeats were just embarrassing.

Oh! I almost forgot! A few years ago I bought a tile chess set and had a lot of fun playing that. It was kind of weird and a little tricky to follow once we'd cracked into a bottle of single malt...

 

[Shadow Trooper]

Always liked Monopoly, Risk and Stratego. There was an American board game called Aggrevation that was good too.

Remember me and my friends getting together to play an Aliens (the movie game. It started with the marines being in the chamber and then trying to get to the launch bays. Really good, especially after a few beers.

Looking forward to the talked about re-release of Space Hulk by Warhammer. My son is starting to get into this, so I'm sure he'll enjoy it