I agree with Catan. Any of the versions really. Also Shadowrun. I don't know what the most recent version is like but it can't be that different.gant618 said:
Poll: Does anyone here enjoy board games? What are some good ones?
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Yes, I would echo the Catan-love going on here.
I would also add:-
Masterpiece - the art-auction game, a great family/all-ages game that doesn't carry the 'bad-feeling' some games can generate.
Game of Nations - alledgedly this game was used by the CIA in their early recruitment drives, so worth a look. Plenty of oil, money and psuedo-Arab nations involved.
Oh, and while probably not a board-game in the strictest sense, Looping Louie is immense fun and very addictive.
I would also add:-
Masterpiece - the art-auction game, a great family/all-ages game that doesn't carry the 'bad-feeling' some games can generate.
Game of Nations - alledgedly this game was used by the CIA in their early recruitment drives, so worth a look. Plenty of oil, money and psuedo-Arab nations involved.
Oh, and while probably not a board-game in the strictest sense, Looping Louie is immense fun and very addictive.
When it comes to borard games, I like the one where thinking comes before luck (like rooling a dice).
I like games like:
Ticket to Ride:
The objective is to compleete as many railway routes as possible. It might sound borin, but it is extremely fun and you really need to think ahead of the other players. Once per tur you are only allowed to do one move, which make this game a spendid tactical game. Comes in American, German, Noridc and European verison. Playtime: 3 quarters +
Settlers:
Not based on the PC-game. In this game your objective is to reach 10 points, and you reach them by collecting raw materials like wood, wool, stone, wheat and bricks. Build cities and houses, steal and trade materials from and with your foes and use chance card to adchive your victory. Has one espansion pack. Pkaytime: 3 quarters +
I like games like:
Ticket to Ride:
The objective is to compleete as many railway routes as possible. It might sound borin, but it is extremely fun and you really need to think ahead of the other players. Once per tur you are only allowed to do one move, which make this game a spendid tactical game. Comes in American, German, Noridc and European verison. Playtime: 3 quarters +
Settlers:
Not based on the PC-game. In this game your objective is to reach 10 points, and you reach them by collecting raw materials like wood, wool, stone, wheat and bricks. Build cities and houses, steal and trade materials from and with your foes and use chance card to adchive your victory. Has one espansion pack. Pkaytime: 3 quarters +
I find they are always a fun way to spend with friends provided they are up for it, particularily if theres booze nearby and its something incredibly cheesy like the "game of life", "trivial pursuit" or to pull out the old favorite "monopoly"
OH WAIT! how could I forget, anyone ever play the "Star Wars Interactive Video Board Game"?... no seriously I kid you not it exists http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Interactive_Video_Board_Game ,
Still have it around here somewhere, thats always good for a laugh!
OH WAIT! how could I forget, anyone ever play the "Star Wars Interactive Video Board Game"?... no seriously I kid you not it exists http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Interactive_Video_Board_Game ,
Still have it around here somewhere, thats always good for a laugh!
If you have a game shop that carries them near you, check out the games published by Cheap Ass Games and The Placebo Press. They're two companies that focus on making innovative card and board games at a really low price point. They're sold in little white envelopes, and cut costs by only including the game pieces that are unique to each game -- so you have to supply your own dice, tokens, and the like. Some of the best examples of game design I've ever seen have come out of those little white envelopes.
Hell yes. Notably: Go, Chess, Settlers of Catan, and Carcassone. Unfortunately, I still don't have all the Catan expansions, though I've played them and they're all AWESOME!
I despise Monopoly and Risk, though.
I like tabletop too. Mostly WH40K, but somewhere I have a pretty sizeable Uruk-Hai force from Games Workshop's LotR. Not that I've played either in a couple years. Should get on that.
I despise Monopoly and Risk, though.
I like tabletop too. Mostly WH40K, but somewhere I have a pretty sizeable Uruk-Hai force from Games Workshop's LotR. Not that I've played either in a couple years. Should get on that.
Venerable Catan has already been mentioned.
If you have not picked up Betrayal At House on the Hill, you have missed out considerably. It is essentially a mostly cooperative game where up to six explorers enter a creepy mansion. Bad things happen, someone triggers an event called "the Haunt," one player (usually) ends up betraying the rest, and then everyone tries to deal with the summoned demon, awoken vampire, bad Jigsaw rip-off, or alien invasion which has begun. The version out from WotC right now has fifty scenarios within.
Shadows Over Camelot is a cooperative board game which has a hidden traitor mechanic. The goal is to work with the other knights to save Camelot from the game, which forces you to choose bad things which must happen at the start of your turn.
Twilight Imperium is a massive space diplomacy/space trade/space combat game with a lot of races and ships. Be warned, it's not for the feint of heart; the rule book is immense and gameplay slow and steady. The game supports 3-6 players.
Space Hulk is GW's classic of frantic Space Marines trying to complete a mission on a death-trap destroyed spaceship as a swarm of monsters seek to make munchies of them. It's only two players, unfortunately. It has an interesting mechanic in that the Marine player is actually timed in their turn, and must both move and think fast. There's a lot of scenarios in the main book. However, it is very much built for 40k fans.
While Shadows Over Camelot and Betrayal have cooperation with one (sometimes hidden) traitor, Arkham Horror is a very complex, straight up cooperative battle against the the Cthulhu Mythos. Again, not a game for people who like things light and easy. Arkham Horror is very hard to beat with three players and usually takes more. With quite a lot of possible enemies and scenarios, the replay is amazing.
For laughs, and for easy gameplay, pick up the card games Ninja Burger, Bang!, and Lunch Money. The first is about delivery ninjas who make sure the customer gets his order in thirty minutes or less - or they commit seppuku. Bang! is an Italian game based on Spaghetti westerns where each player is assigned a role - and only the Sheriff is known to the other players. Some want the Sheriff dead, some want to help him, and others want to be the last man still slinging lead. Lunch Money is about little kids fighting in the park for lunch money. Simple, cheap fun.
Axis and Allies and its classic spin-offs are a sort of basic intro wargame for folks who want to jump in the shallow end. A&A is best with five players, each controlling one of the principle combatants in WWII. There are a ton of expansions and limited campaigns for A&A.
Ticket to Ride and Rocketville are fun little resource allocation games.
Kill Dr Lucky is backwards Clue/Cluedo; everyone HATES Dr Lucky, and wants to murder him, but they also want to do so unseen and he's one lucky SoB. Very light-hearted and easy to play. 3-6 players.
Zombies! is a wading-pool shallow survival horror game made much more fun by dozens of absurd little plastic zombie tokens. Don't expect any depth.
Any of Steve Jackson's little box games (Illuminati, Munchkin, Chez whatever) are fun if you already find the idea of the game funny.
If you have not picked up Betrayal At House on the Hill, you have missed out considerably. It is essentially a mostly cooperative game where up to six explorers enter a creepy mansion. Bad things happen, someone triggers an event called "the Haunt," one player (usually) ends up betraying the rest, and then everyone tries to deal with the summoned demon, awoken vampire, bad Jigsaw rip-off, or alien invasion which has begun. The version out from WotC right now has fifty scenarios within.
Shadows Over Camelot is a cooperative board game which has a hidden traitor mechanic. The goal is to work with the other knights to save Camelot from the game, which forces you to choose bad things which must happen at the start of your turn.
Twilight Imperium is a massive space diplomacy/space trade/space combat game with a lot of races and ships. Be warned, it's not for the feint of heart; the rule book is immense and gameplay slow and steady. The game supports 3-6 players.
Space Hulk is GW's classic of frantic Space Marines trying to complete a mission on a death-trap destroyed spaceship as a swarm of monsters seek to make munchies of them. It's only two players, unfortunately. It has an interesting mechanic in that the Marine player is actually timed in their turn, and must both move and think fast. There's a lot of scenarios in the main book. However, it is very much built for 40k fans.
While Shadows Over Camelot and Betrayal have cooperation with one (sometimes hidden) traitor, Arkham Horror is a very complex, straight up cooperative battle against the the Cthulhu Mythos. Again, not a game for people who like things light and easy. Arkham Horror is very hard to beat with three players and usually takes more. With quite a lot of possible enemies and scenarios, the replay is amazing.
For laughs, and for easy gameplay, pick up the card games Ninja Burger, Bang!, and Lunch Money. The first is about delivery ninjas who make sure the customer gets his order in thirty minutes or less - or they commit seppuku. Bang! is an Italian game based on Spaghetti westerns where each player is assigned a role - and only the Sheriff is known to the other players. Some want the Sheriff dead, some want to help him, and others want to be the last man still slinging lead. Lunch Money is about little kids fighting in the park for lunch money. Simple, cheap fun.
Axis and Allies and its classic spin-offs are a sort of basic intro wargame for folks who want to jump in the shallow end. A&A is best with five players, each controlling one of the principle combatants in WWII. There are a ton of expansions and limited campaigns for A&A.
Ticket to Ride and Rocketville are fun little resource allocation games.
Kill Dr Lucky is backwards Clue/Cluedo; everyone HATES Dr Lucky, and wants to murder him, but they also want to do so unseen and he's one lucky SoB. Very light-hearted and easy to play. 3-6 players.
Zombies! is a wading-pool shallow survival horror game made much more fun by dozens of absurd little plastic zombie tokens. Don't expect any depth.
Any of Steve Jackson's little box games (Illuminati, Munchkin, Chez whatever) are fun if you already find the idea of the game funny.
Risk is always a good one. I'd also recommend one called Cosmic Encounter. There are at least five different versions of it, but the one I played (the most simplified one, I think) was fun.
EDIT: Almost forgot a card game called Killer Bunnies and the Quest for the Magic Carrot. The objective is to have a certain carrot card, but most of the game consists of fucking with your opponents and screwing them over. It can take several hours to play, but it's fun as hell and there are quite a few expansions.
EDIT: Almost forgot a card game called Killer Bunnies and the Quest for the Magic Carrot. The objective is to have a certain carrot card, but most of the game consists of fucking with your opponents and screwing them over. It can take several hours to play, but it's fun as hell and there are quite a few expansions.
I love board games. I have a futuristic version of risk that includes the moon as conquerable territory. There's a version of Trivial Pursuit that involves placing bets on the right or wrong answers of other players (accumulating points by betting on how well you know your friends is more fun than getting the questions right). And to adhere to the old school, there's always chess, that you can supplement with Knightmare Chess, which adds decks of cards full of nearly limitless options to spice up a Chess game.
If you like challenging co-ops, aforementioned Arkham Horror is a good choice, as is Ghost Stories. Try also Mansions of Madness while you´re at it. Then there's Catan and Agricola for your worker-placement/resource-management needs. RoboRally offers chaotic fun for several players. If you´re feeling adventurous, try Cadwallon: City of Thieves or Runebound. Commands&Colors: Ancients is a good, light strategy game I would also recommend. If you like card games, definitely try Race for the Galaxy. Gosu and Death Angel (Space Hulk cg) are also pretty nice.
There are plenty of other great games I´m sure I forgot, but I hope this gives you something to try. Have fun!
There are plenty of other great games I´m sure I forgot, but I hope this gives you something to try. Have fun!
Dominion, ticket to ride, Pandemic (way different than the flash game) Pirate fluxx (or any fluxx for that matter, havent tried them, but I think there is good potential.)
You want a good board game?
DOMINION. It's amazing. And if you buy expansions for it, then you get even more choices of cards to set up. There are thousands upon thousands of different combination of cards you can set up for each game each one leading to a different experience. Look it up. It's incredible.
DOMINION. It's amazing. And if you buy expansions for it, then you get even more choices of cards to set up. There are thousands upon thousands of different combination of cards you can set up for each game each one leading to a different experience. Look it up. It's incredible.
Rick, Axis & Allies, Monopoly, Dominion, any of the Munchkins, or if you are really lucky and know someone with House on Haunted Hill; it's an out of print game from Wizards of the Coast that homages every classic horror film prior to its release.
Haven't played Catan but the consensus is to play it.
If counting CCG and P&P games, World of Darkness, D&D, and the Spoils (CCG)
Haven't played Catan but the consensus is to play it.
If counting CCG and P&P games, World of Darkness, D&D, and the Spoils (CCG)
I know that feeling. I got a few interested friends now, but time is a big problem.the_green_dragon said:
I second one of my preposters with Pandemic
It is more or less the complex opposite of the famous flash-game. You and your friends are anti-virus experts that play coop together against: The Board. No competition, pure teamplay.And its hard. (there is an "add-on" that inkludes one or more playing bio-terrorists , teaming up with the board against other players.)
Zombies!!!
You play as survivors in a Zombie apocolypse in a town,always half-randomly new generated and full off undead. Your aim: get to the Helipad to escape and use your action-cards to let the zombies eat your friends. If you like Munchkin, you will like Zombies!!!
Plus, huge amount of extra packs that make the game much much bigger. I myself got the army base, the university , the mall and the prison and we got trouble to find a table big enough to play ^^ but the extra zombies , environments and cards are worth the trouble.
http://www.libermortis.co.uk/site/zombies----board-game--2nd-edition-/large-zombies.jpg[img]
I wuv my zombies.
Then there is DUST
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It is more or less something like Risk just with a lot of extra rules and different units like tanks, submarines, Mechs, Bombers, Fighters etc and some parts of the settlers. And it only is played a set number of rounds so you are forced to rush and act fast.
Another nice game is Frag.
Game starts. Enemy in sight . . . Frag him! Grab his stuff! Run! Get a bigger gun! Grab some armor! There he is again! Frag him! Whoa, there's another one. Run . . . you're hit! You're down. Respawn! Grab a weapon! Start again!
Frag is a computer game without a computer. It's a "first-person shooter" on a tabletop. Move your fighter and frag your foes; draw cards for weapons, armor, and gadgets; move through the blood spatters to restore your own health! If you die, you respawn and come back shooting!
Play with at least 4 people or its not that fun though.