Favorite Board Games

[Bunny]

We're having some friends over and pulled out our board games. Lots of good memories. Monopoly is probably my favorite. Pictionary is right up there too. Stratego not so much. Hubby slaughters me every time.

I heard Cranium is good and might pick one up.

What's your favorite board game?

[tccstudent]

Mine is bowling where you have 40 boards that are 60 feet long to play with

[Mike White]

Mine is bowling where you have 40 boards that are 60 feet long to play with

Damn, they don't let you play with the pin deck?

And where did you get that 40th board from?

[tccstudent]

Damn, they don't let you play with the pin deck?

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No they wont let me play on the pin deck they said I might accidently get stuck in the ball return if I do

[Shaneshu87]

cards against humanity! you can only get it online! and i highly recommend you do

[Aslan]

1. Buck Rogers: Battle for the 25th Century
2. RISK
3. Castle Risk
4. Settlers of Catan
5. Ticket to Ride
6. Blokus
7. Monopoly
8. Stratego
9. Scrabble
10. Chess

If your husband likes Stratego, but you not so much...try Ticket to Ride or Settlers of Catan. Both are very highly ranked...both deal with strategy to a degree...but are more fun for people that don't necessarily like too much strategy.

I wouldn't recommend the #1 game on my list to anyone else...simply because most people dislike RISK because it's so dang long and bowing. Buck Rogers is like, for the people that think RISK should be more in depth and take 5x longer. I've never finished 1 game of Buck Rogers in < 1 day....which is also why I have no friends willing to play that game with me. :o

[mike_thomas93]

Monopoly was like an endless game. I could never figure out how you win ;p

[Hampe]

Scotland yard is probably my favorite with 4-5+ people. Risk is also good, although I prefer to play on the PC, since it's a pain setting up and all that :D

[Bunny]

1. Buck Rogers: Battle for the 25th Century
2. RISK
3. Castle Risk
4. Settlers of Catan
5. Ticket to Ride
6. Blokus
7. Monopoly
8. Stratego
9. Scrabble
10. Chess

If your husband likes Stratego, but you not so much...try Ticket to Ride or Settlers of Catan. Both are very highly ranked...both deal with strategy to a degree...but are more fun for people that don't necessarily like too much strategy.

:o

Yes Scrabble is good too. I forgot about it. Duh. We have the deluxe version where the board is plastic, holds the tiles in place, and spins.

Thanks. I'll look into Ticket to ride and Settlers of Catan. He loves the strategy games and I would like to give him a little challenge at least.



Monopoly was like an endless game. I could never figure out how you win ;p

Lol! I can't remember ever actually completing a game of Monopoly. Just ran out of time and whoever had the most $$ and properties won.



Scotland yard is probably my favorite with 4-5+ people. Risk is also good, although I prefer to play on the PC, since it's a pain setting up and all that :D

Yeah, most games are better with groups for sure. When it's just the two of us it's usually gin or scrabble.

[rv driver]

Monopoly, Life, Cathedral, Taboo (although no board is used), Yahtzee (although no board is used). Anyone remember "Go To the Head of the Class?" Or "Payday?"

[rv driver]

Aggravation is also a great game!

[Aslan]

I'll look into Ticket to ride and Settlers of Catan. He loves the strategy games and I would like to give him a little challenge at least.

Yeah, I have a few really religious cousins and every Christmas they'd show up with some new board game. I guess when you don't drink or do drugs or gamble or just generally **** your life away on cheap thrills...life is pretty boring and you tend to play a lot of board games. Well, anyways, they'd always ask me to play and at first I'd look at it and kinda think, "ughhh....that looks stupid..." but then I'd start playing it and think, "Man...this game is pretty SWEET!!" Settlers of Catan, Blokus, and Ticket to Ride are all 3 games they introduced me to. All 3 are remarkably simple in concept...fairly easy to learn in about 2 tries...and have won a bunch of "board game awards".

[Aslan]

Anyone remember "Go To the Head of the Class?"

Awww...I loved that game as a kid!

[MICHAEL]

sort-of-a-board game but made of modern plastic. Yes,,, It was one of Icemans, "break the ice" games on a first date! Made some of my most famous moves using this game!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zDiqPbYsz8

Great game for getting up close and personal... LOL!!! The good old days!! (:)

[Aslan]

sort-of-a-board game but made of modern plastic. Yes,,, It was one of Icemans, "break the ice" games on a first date! Made some of my most famous moves using this game!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zDiqPbYsz8

Great game for getting up close and personal... LOL!!! The good old days!! (:)

How does someone that makes that post ever find a girl to marry him.

For anyone born prior to 1950 or after 1952....please don't follow that advice. Asking a girl on your first date to play a game of Twister is liable to result in being slapped and most likely blacklisted in the female community.

[rv driver]

How does someone that makes that post ever find a girl to marry him.

For anyone born prior to 1950 or after 1952....please don't follow that advice. Asking a girl on your first date to play a game of Twister is liable to result in being slapped and most likely blacklisted in the female community.
Good Girls don't play Twister...

[MICHAEL]

How does someone that makes that post ever find a girl to marry him.

For anyone born prior to 1950 or after 1952....please don't follow that advice. Asking a girl on your first date to play a game of Twister is liable to result in being slapped and most likely blacklisted in the female community.

Wow Aslan,,, like you should be giving advise on how to pick up beautiful, smart, hot WOMEN!! Next time you go to the beach, just take a TWISTERS game!..... see what happens my friend!!! YOU will be amazed!!

Twister on the beach draws chicks with the gravitational force of a Black Hole!!! Get off your asteroids, and buy the game!!!

[rv driver]

Wow Aslan,,, like you should be giving advise on how to pick up beautiful, smart, hot WOMEN!! Next time you go to the beach, just take a TWISTERS game!..... see what happens my friend!!! YOU will be amazed!!

Twister on the beach draws chicks with the gravitational force of a Black Hole!!! Get off your asteroids, and buy the game!!!
If I played Twister, I'd end up in the orthopedic ward...

[Blacksox1]

1. Buck Rogers: Battle for the 25th Century
2. RISK
3. Castle Risk
4. Settlers of Catan
5. Ticket to Ride
6. Blokus
7. Monopoly
8. Stratego
9. Scrabble
10. Chess

If your husband likes Stratego, but you not so much...try Ticket to Ride or Settlers of Catan. Both are very highly ranked...both deal with strategy to a degree...but are more fun for people that don't necessarily like too much strategy.

I wouldn't recommend the #1 game on my list to anyone else...simply because most people dislike RISK because it's so dang long and bowing. Buck Rogers is like, for the people that think RISK should be more in depth and take 5x longer. I've never finished 1 game of Buck Rogers in < 1 day....which is also why I have no friends willing to play that game with me. :o

Like Aslan, I like 2, 7, 8, 10. Do not kow the others.

[Blacksox1]

I really loved skittle bowl. Unsure if that is the right name. Anyways a wooden ball was attached to a chain connected to a stick. Swing it around to hit wooden pins in a deep dish. It was good times, until the chain broke and the ball went through, and broke, a glass window. Dad got home from work and...............you know how it ends...

[MICHAEL]

If I played Twister, I'd end up in the orthopedic ward...


LOL,,, (:),,,, very funny!!! DON"T DO IT THEN!!! LOL But Aslan,,, take it down to the beach and give it a TRY!!! If the wind is blowing put some rocks on the corners. I kid you not,,, women are drawn to men with a twist!!

[Mike White]

Twister on the beach draws chicks with the gravitational force of a Black Hole!!!

That still not enough to counteract Aslan's ability to repel chicks.

[rv driver]

What Aslan needs is Sex Panther by Odeon...
Sixty percent of the tie, it works every time.

[Aslan]

LOL,,, (:),,,, very funny!!! DON"T DO IT THEN!!! LOL But Aslan,,, take it down to the beach and give it a TRY!!! If the wind is blowing put some rocks on the corners. I kid you not,,, women are drawn to men with a twist!!

Hmmm....me in a speedo with a Twister mat and a sign saying, "Girls Please Come Play Twister!!" Hmmmmm....

Not only am I about 99% sure that would not work...I'm about 48% sure the mere discussion of it should result in an infraction. It is truly terrifying.


That still not enough to counteract Aslan's ability to repel chicks.
True.


What Aslan needs is Sex Panther by Odeon...
Sixty percent of the tie, it works every time.

Absolutely!! Then I'll smell like a dirty diaper that has been lit on fire. Well played.

[rv driver]

Hmmm....me in a speedo with a Twister mat and a sign saying, "Girls Please Come Play Twister!!" Hmmmmm....

Not only am I about 99% sure that would not work...I'm about 48% sure the mere discussion of it should result in an infraction. It is truly terrifying.


True.



Absolutely!! Then I'll smell like a dirty diaper that has been lit on fire. Well played.
I'm thinking that Storm needs a really hooky ball that smells like Sex Panther...

[Shaneshu87]

I'm thinking that Storm needs a really hooky ball that smells like Sex Panther...

"60% of the time it works.. every time" "that doesn't even make sense..."

[rv driver]

"60% of the time it works.. every time" "that doesn't even make sense..."
It's not supposed to. It's a line from Anchorman.

[Shaneshu87]

It's not supposed to. It's a line from Anchorman.

yeah note the quotations on "That doesn't even make sense..." that is the line that follows "60% of the time....." line ;)

[rv driver]

yeah note the quotations on "That doesn't even make sense..." that is the line that follows "60% of the time....." line ;)
OMG! That's right! ROFL.

"I don't know what we're yelling about!!!"

[Shaneshu87]

"loud noises!"

[rv driver]

"loud noises!"
Brick is soooo funny in that movie.