Do you like board games?

[1000mAh]

So, you do you like board games?
I mean EVERY kind of board games as long as you aren't playing online.
So menaing, board games that you play In Real Life with your In Real Life friends In Real Life place.

Well, I love them, I play those when ever I can. It relly is fun!

[Meandola]

I certainly do enjoy a fair few board games (<3 Risk). It's usually lots of fun, shame no one else around feels the same it seems :O

[mistersampo]

I certainly do enjoy a fair few board games (<3 Risk). It's usually lots of fun, shame no one else around feels the same it seems :O

Risk is great, but Diplomacy is at least 1,000 times better. Diplomacy is so awesome, you should really give it a try if you ever get the chance!

[Soryon]

Only board game I have played regularly is Scrabble.
Normally I play card games.

[Xiong Chiamiov]

The standard games in our household are Betrayal (at the House on the Hill) and (Settlers of) Catan.  Risk and Risk: God Storm are for when we have more time, chess and go are for two players, and a number of other games fill various needs.

A HNer recently pushed up a board-game-recommendation website as a weekend app.  You might find it interesting or useful.

Risk is great, but Diplomacy is at least 1,000 times better. Diplomacy is so awesome, you should really give it a try if you ever get the chance!

One of my housemates is likely bringing Diplomacy home after Christmas.  He's been raving about it since he played at a friend's house this summer.

[harpy]

like a few of them, I have come across some boring ones (all these ~civilisation and ~war board games, always fall asleep while trying to play these kind of games) so I can not say that I love all of them.

[datora]

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I love good board games.  Haven't had much time since the late-90s or so, but I'm usually up for strategy games, especially learning new ones.  Well, "new" to me, since I have a fondness for discovering ancient games from around the world.  Mancala and Chinese chess, for examples.

Also like unusual variants on traditional games.  I used to have a 3-D Chess board, which was three clear, full 8x8 boards stacked.  As the link shows, there are several variants on that, including the Starfleet Tridimensional Chess ... damn I always wanted one of those boards.

chess and go are for two players

There is a four player variant, as well as three- and five-player.  And, there is Chaturaji.  Also saw pentagonal board with five players set up like Chaturaji in my image searching just now.

When I was a kid (about 11 or 12), I developed a three-player board that was a large triangle using an isometric grid, similar to this one (scroll down to the 15th post in this topic for a picture).  Here's a great page with several possibilities, including alternate movement for Trigon Chess, which (the alternate) is very much like I imagined in the early 70s.  Until this last year, I had a "traditional" four player board (the exact version pictured), which was a mess of fun.  A friend in Latvia has it now.


I'm looking forward to having the time and lifestyle that will allow me to collect and play these again.

[fohfoh]

Good board games are awesome... Monopoly imo is a very shitty board game. It's a "bored" game. Battle ship and mastermind was like that for me as well.

Settlers of Catan
Family Business
Risk (Maybe so less at times due to time constraints)
Saboteur
Blokus
Chess (haven't played in years, but I still have an award I won for playing siamese in high school. Defeated the teacher in the finals )
Careers/Life were good ones in child hood
Bananagram (or something like that) which is a modified game played with scrabble pieces
Sequence (quite fun, but very retro)
Big 2 (Hong Kong Style) - Prez/Asshole is a shitty game in the same league as monopoly
Hold'em (Is ok for casual, but not really within the board/card games that I consider great)
Munchkins
MTG
Twister
Dutch Blitz
Rummio/Rummikub (My friends in jr high brought it once to show others, I'd played before and after a single game, they banned me from playing with them because I was too good. ;_;)
Crainium
Taboo
Things


I've been finding card/board games are far funner than video games. You actually have time to enjoy and take your time and enjoy a beer with friends and chat etc. while playing instead of staring at a tv screen for hours being anti-social.

I still need to learn:
Power grid
Pandemic
Dominion

I grew up with board games and only went to video games as my family got richer. When you're poor, <3 garage sales.

When I was a kid (about 11 or 12), I developed a three-player board that was a large triangle using an isometric grid, similar to this one (scroll down to the 15th post in this topic for a picture).  Here's a great page with several possibilities, including alternate movement for Trigon Chess, which (the alternate) is very much like I imagined in the early 70s.  Until this last year, I had a "traditional" four player board (the exact version pictured), which was a mess of fun.  A friend in Latvia has it now.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bughouse_chess
No idea wtf that crazy board of yours is though.

I won an award in High school for this variant

[x5ga]

I like Power Grid and Saboteur

Chess is pretty entertaining too...

[Garret02]

I like board games (and card games too) but sadly, I don't have anyone to play with.

[Meomix]

Ah broad games.. I now know why the house breaks out in a war when its over.

Played monopoly once, was accused of cheating with the dice , other games left me glaring at the GM for not getting his act together.

[fohfoh]

I like Power Grid and Saboteur

Chess is pretty entertaining too...

Saboteur is an interesting one indeed. It's sort of like the verbal mafia game, but with a more defined goal. My friend commented he hated playing cards before me. "I keep regretting my moves when you end up being a saboteur". TBH I've only played this one on a single occasion.

I own power grid, but I've never played it. No one to play with and learn with me.

I also own weinhandler and bohnanza but I have no idea how to play them.

Bang! I hear is entertaining.

Meomix, consider purchasing the game "Family Business". It's a game of arbitrarily killing each other. The cards have stated rules, but how you use the cards is purely arbitrary. You can do team work and whatnot if you want, or be lone wolf. You can't technically "cheat" either unless you try to use a card you're not allowed to.

[x5ga]

Saboteur is the perfect game for trolls xD

Power grid is awesome, but the few first games until you memorize the rules are difficult and long But it's worth it.

[Teaparty]

Requires too much brain. I don't have enough of it.

[Scudworth]

my family are trivial pursuit fans.
We tried risk but after too many dumb luck rolls things got out of hand. There's only so much arguing that can be done if someone is winning because of their own knowledge.

[Soryon]

my family are trivial pursuit fans.

Ooh, I forgot about that game. Its fun but no one ever wants to play it with me =/ Reminds me, things like Pictionary or Scatagories can be fun also.

On a side note- I never got into the strategy games tho. I mean the games I do play- various games like magic, cribbage, spades, poker etc- involve some strategy, but alot of it boils down to luck. I like that element cuz the games can take a turn at any time and strategy/skill only add a percentage to your chances rather then decide it.

Its better that way cuz when you have friends over to play games, no one wants to be that dude who isnt very good and therefor loses all the time.
Thats just my take on things tho.

[Goroshi-sama]

One word: Chess..

[fohfoh]

One word: Chess..

checkers.

Ha ha ha. Saboteur is truly a game for the trolls indeed.

[Meandola]

One word: Chess..

I liked chess, thought I was ok ish at it. Untill I played against this friend of my mom... he could predict like 5-7 moves ahead and wtfpwned me every single time, I gave up on chess after that

[tomoya-kun]

Axis and Allies