Great board games?

[tami]

Originally posted by: thegimp03
Oops just realized you wanted obscure games...ha.

the edit button works well too.

 

[datalink7]

Europe Engulfed is the best WWII board game I've ever played, however expect to spend 1+ weeks playing it (I suppose you could play it in a weekend... if you played it non stop with no sleep).

Settlers of Catan is an awesome game that is easy to learn and takes only about 1-1 1/2 hours to play. 3-5 people.

 

[monk3y]

Cranium is loads of fun... Scattergories (or something like that).

 

[yoda291]

2 chessboards and sets = bughouse = teh win!.

 

[Ryan]

Operation - I like playing the doctor 😀

 

[CarlKillerMiller]

Game of Thrones


Starfarers of Catan (This game is awesome)

 

[A5]

Diplomacy is fun if you have 6 friends and a lot of time.

 

[computeerrgghh]

Originally posted by: yoda291
2 chessboards and sets = bughouse = teh win!.

:thumbsup:
I like crazyhouse too (1 board two sets)

 

[glorifiedg790]

Originally posted by: EpsiIon
Please, no recommendations for games you know everybody has heard of. I'm looking for more-obscure and overlooked games.

Thanks.

cranium - good group game with brain teasers.

 

[sao123]

Star Fleet Battles

 

[MDE]

Trivial Pursuit

 

[DainBramaged]

Originally posted by: LatinJones
Diplomacy is a great game. Think of it like Risk. Except with no dice...so no luck is really involved. The only bad thing is that you need a lot of time, and seven people. You can play with less but its not as much fun. We used to play over lunch at work (nerds) and it took a few weeks to play.

You basically strategise and form alliances, and then of course stab each other in the back. (There are shorter versions of the game, I've only played it once)
Really great game.

If you like card games. Check out lunch money, and bohnanza.

I agree. Diplomacy is awesome if you have the people for it.

 

[EpsiIon]

Originally posted by: sao123
Star Fleet Battles

Oh wow. That's awesome.

 

[anno]

hoopla.. it's by the cranium people, and I guess technically not a board game at all, because there's no board. but it's still fun.. and doesn't take as long to play as cranium.

and catch phrase is a lot of fun, but also has no board.

 

[sao123]

Originally posted by: EpsiIon

Originally posted by: sao123
Star Fleet Battles

Oh wow. That's awesome.

If your really interested in this game, I can upload some PDFs on the web somewhere which you can print and it will allow you to play a basic version of the game. Its pretty much a demo to learn the rules, but its still pretty fun.

 

[Jzero]

Recent family favorites:
Ticket To Ride
Heroscape
Ursuppe
Puerto Rico
San Marco
Web Of Power
Ohne Furcht Und Adel (Citadels)
Taj Mahal

Timeless Classics:
Bohnanza
Settlers of Catan
Call My Bluff
Star Wars: The Queens Gambit
Lord Of The Rings (NOT the ones based on the movie...the co-op game)
Age of Renaissance (Actually I hate this game but I seem to be the only one)
Civilization

 

[lobadobadingdong]

Originally posted by: LeadFrog
Risk

Stratego

my 2 favs.