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Board games

FancyTurtle

FancyTurtle

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I want to talk board-games. Whats everyone's favorite board game here and why?

Mine: Imperial® RioGrande games

Why: its Risk + monopoly where you play an aristocratic billionaire who buys stock in nations just to pit them against each other in war and sell out for stock in better nations

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#1 Acquire

After that it gets muddled. I *really* enjoy Monopoly when people understand deal making. There are so many more deals than simple trading of properties + money. If people ever say Monopoly takes forever to play then they are playing it WRONG.

Beyond Monopoly, I am starting to dislike games where your entire premise is maximizing turns (Agricola for example). Yes there are many strategies in playing these types of games but it all comes down to maximizing your production/farming/profits/whatever through a given set number of turns.

Dominion, while a card game has a flexible ending point. You are trying to optimize your deck but in one game you might have a lot of time to do it, others you will be rushing to even buy a Duchy to win it... I have played a game where the high score was 2!

The "Euro" games are really beginning to saturate the market. While I love the fact that boardgames are going through a revival, it is really a hard sell to buy another railroad game that plays similarly to other railroad games... If I am going to play a railroad game then I have my 3 picked out... light days I will do Ticket to Ride, medium days I will play Rails of New England (sloppy rules but it is a really fun game when you figure them out), and if I want epic then I will go with Railroad Tycoon. The saturation makes it hard for another game to fit in but Rails of New England is a new addition to my favorite rail games as it is a completely different mechanic than I am used to as a Rail game (sort of plays like Power Grid).

Anyway, sorry for the longish reply. If ANYONE is up for a game of Acquire, I am always available!
 
The only board games I remember ever playing are:

Monopoly
Risk
Stratego
Chess
Checkers
Shoots and Ladders

I'd have to go with Risk
 
Quasmo said:
We play Tichu on a daily basis here at my office.
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Tichu is an interesting play on trick taking games. The only thing lacking in it is a sophisticated bidding system like Bridge or Pinochle or even Spades. I like the inclusion of the trump "bombs" just to play with the statistics of going out especially when you call Tichu/Grand. I have had the golden hand of being out in 2 turns but a bomb flat out killed me (two LONG runs including the 1 card). The problem with Tichu is the same as any other card game: If one set of players are getting all the cards, there is nothing to be done, take your licking and move on.
 
Saying Imperial is like Risk + Monopoly is kind of an insult to Imperial. Imperial is a well-designed game with no luck. The players are entirely in control of who wins, and the rondel is brilliant.

My favorite "board game" (actually a card game) is Race for the Galaxy. It's tough to learn, but once you get into it the depth of strategy is awesome. It's a quick game, and it rewards skilled play.
 
Possessed Freak said:
#1 Acquire

After that it gets muddled. I *really* enjoy Monopoly when people understand deal making. There are so many more deals than simple trading of properties + money. If people ever say Monopoly takes forever to play then they are playing it WRONG.

Beyond Monopoly, I am starting to dislike games where your entire premise is maximizing turns (Agricola for example). Yes there are many strategies in playing these types of games but it all comes down to maximizing your production/farming/profits/whatever through a given set number of turns.

Dominion, while a card game has a flexible ending point. You are trying to optimize your deck but in one game you might have a lot of time to do it, others you will be rushing to even buy a Duchy to win it... I have played a game where the high score was 2!

The "Euro" games are really beginning to saturate the market. While I love the fact that boardgames are going through a revival, it is really a hard sell to buy another railroad game that plays similarly to other railroad games... If I am going to play a railroad game then I have my 3 picked out... light days I will do Ticket to Ride, medium days I will play Rails of New England (sloppy rules but it is a really fun game when you figure them out), and if I want epic then I will go with Railroad Tycoon. The saturation makes it hard for another game to fit in but Rails of New England is a new addition to my favorite rail games as it is a completely different mechanic than I am used to as a Rail game (sort of plays like Power Grid).

Anyway, sorry for the longish reply. If ANYONE is up for a game of Acquire, I am always available!
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Union Pacific is a great train game that takes a lot of elements from Acquire. It's out of print in the US and probably never will be printed again due to trademark issues, but the Dutch edition is in print.

I'm glad to hear you like Rails of New England. I had my eye on it for a while but it got mixed reviews. I recently bought it because Coolstuffinc had it on sale, I figured they're clearing it out.
 
I entered the hobby 2 years ago and bought Battlelore as my first boardgame. Played the hell out of it and still do. Bought lots of expansions and it's still an awesome game. But my first boardgame was Warhammer Quest which I bought with my bro when we were younger. Still have the game and planning to play it soon.

Here's my collection:
- Warhammer Quest
- Battlelore + Call to Arms, Dwarven Battalion, Scottish Wars, Hundred Years War, Goblin Skirmishers, Goblin Marauders, Elemental and Giant promo figs.
- Dante's Inferno
- Korsar
- Pandemic (one of the few games my gf like)
- Talisman + All expansions (including The Dragon)
- Space Hulk Death Angel the card game
- Through the Desert (the other game my gf likes)
- Red November (new edition)
- Elder Sign
- World of Warcraft the boardgame + Shadows of War exp. (solid game but looooong)
- Runewars
- Claustrophobia
- Food Fight card game
- D&D Castle Ravenloft
- D&D Wrath of Ashardalon

#1 Runewars. Awesome game mixing exploration, questing, ressource management, territory conquest, gambling and more. It plays really weel with 2 and is awesome with 3 or 4.

#2 Talisman. Cool and easy to learn game. You travel around the board and try to get strong enough to eventually venture to the middle region and claim the Crown of Command. It's not a easy task and played with 3+ friends is awesome and fun. It's the most played game in my collection.

#3 Claustrophobia. Awesome setting, easy rules and quick gameplay. Awesomely pre-painted figs. Lots of scenarios on the website. This game is seriously a must. It's set in the Hell Dorado universe from Asmodee where Humans confront Demons in the New Jerusalem undergrounds. It's fun and bloody. 1 player plays the Demons and the other the Humans. Each side plays completely differently and is equally fun to play. It's awesome!

#4 D&D CR and WoA. D&D Lite! Cool characters and exploration mechanic. It's hard and it's awesome. Lots of scenarios available and plays in 1 to 1.5 hours.

#5 WoW the boardgame. It's an epic boardgame and plan ahead a session because you'll be there for 4 to 6 hours. But the journey is awesome. Best character development in any boardgames out there. You quest around Azeroth and level your characters to finally try to kill the random Boss you selected at the start of the game. REally nice but long!

#6...All the others hahaha!
 
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Lately I've been playing Carcassonne, Ticket to Ride, Dominion, and Blokus. I've now tried Agricola 4 times and am convinced that it is not that great. Plus, the instructions are easily the most poorly-written instructions I've ever seen in a board game.
 
I'd love to get into these games, but I have no one to play with. My wife would probably look at me like i'm retarded if I asked her to. My son is 7, hopefully in a few years he'll be able to get into them with me.
 
LookBehindYou said:
I'd love to get into these games, but I have no one to play with. My wife would probably look at me like i'm retarded if I asked her to. My son is 7, hopefully in a few years he'll be able to get into them with me.
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My wife loves Ticket to Ride and usually wins more than not. Your 7 year old should easily be able to pick up on it.
 
Currently own:

Memoir '44
Dungeons and Dragons: Wrath of Ashardalon
Dominion
Jaipur
Forbidden Island
Carcassonne
Claustrophobia

My favorite out of those is Memoir '44 right now, but my wife doesn't like it as much as me so we don't play it that often. My wife loves Jaipur though, so we play that quite a bit, as well as Forbidden Island.
 
Checkers and Chess.
I recently looked in local stores for a decent checker board and could find nothing but cheap , poorly made boards. Guess not many people play anymore.
 
We've been playing Dominion/D Intrigue quite a bit recently. It's probably the first board game (well, guess it's a card game) I've played in some time, that I can recall, and have thoroughly enjoyed.
 
Settlers of catan: knights and cities

A expansion for settlers so better if you know how to play the original first but this expansion makes it a lot better.
 
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