What classic board games did you grow up with?

[Mayne]

Here's my list of favourites.

not sure if Dungeons & Dragons is considered a board game but that was the biggest for me.

 

[Mai72]

Hmm....


Played Monopoly but the games were too long, and fights always broke out.

Played spin the bottle. The honies would spin the bottle my way, and the guys would get jealous.

You ever play spin the bottle Mayne?

 

[Maximilian]

Monopoly, battleship, hungry hippos and... mouse trap!

Theres probably others im forgetting, or ive mentally blocked them because of the inhuman levels of conflict that arose from playing them... Fucking trivial pursuit... how is an 8 year old supposed to know what actor played what role in a movie made long before he was born

 

[Mayne]

Hmm....


Played Monopoly but the games were too long, and fights always broke out.

Played spin the bottle. The honies would spin the bottle my way, and the guys would get jealous.

You ever play spin the bottle Mayne?

LOL of course.

 

[lxskllr]

Monopoly was the big one I guess. Holy shit my father would piss me off when we played. He played it just like real life; hyper-conservative. He played to maintain; not win. That lead to looooong boring games. In retrospect, he may have been trying to teach me financial responsibility, but a game isn't the place for that :^D I also played a lot of chess, and liked Stratego a lot.

 

[Mayne]

Monopoly was the big one I guess. Holy shit my father would piss me off when we played. He played it just like real life; hyper-conservative. He played to maintain; not win. That lead to looooong boring games. In retrospect, he may have been trying to teach me financial responsibility, but a game isn't the place for that :^D I also played a lot of chess, and liked Stratego a lot.

totally forgot about Stratego.

 

[thestrangebrew1]

The first 3 in OP and Scrabble.

 

[02ranger]

Stratego was great! I also liked playing Guess Who with my cousin when I was little.

 

[Printer Bandit]

 

[DigDog]

all of those plus

and more

 

[Mayne]

wow! never seen the alien game. I feel deprived now.

 

[KeithTalent]

wow! never seen the alien game. I feel deprived now.

Yeah this. /runs off to eBay.



Played Trivial Pursuit a lot, also played The Game of Life and Sorry. Freaking loved Clue as a little kid' great movie too.

KT

 

[Mayne]

Yeah this. /runs off to eBay.



Played Trivial Pursuit a lot, also played The Game of Life and Sorry. Freaking loved Clue as a little kid' great movie too.

KT

Hahaha! 70's kid confirmed. I loved the Clue movie.

 

[balloonshark]

One game not mentioned yet that I played as a child is Bargain Hunter. I think that game is the reason why I am so frugal.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

All the classics plus most of the Avalon Hill war games and Strategic Simulations publications.

 

[Mayne]

All the classics plus most of the Avalon Hill war games and Strategic Simulations publications.

I remember setting up Luftwaffe with my buddy...took us 3 days to get all down and and using 2 tables and an ping pong table..not even sure if we actually played it lol.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

I remember setting up Luftwaffe with my buddy...took us 3 days to get all down and and using 2 tables and an ping pong table..not even sure if we actually played it lol.

My brother and I built our own gaming table which was big enough for everything but Jutland played to scale on our basement floor. Some games took months.

 

[Mayne]

My brother and I built our own gaming table which was big enough for everything but Jutland played to scale on our basement floor. Some games took months.

I totally hear you on that.

 

[stargazr]

Monopoly, Parcheesi and Trouble among others. Battleship was cool, too.

 

[lxskllr]

I used to play Scrabble with my ex. She wasn't the sharpest knife in the drawer, but she kicked ass at that game. Good vocabulary, with excellent recall.

 

[Mayne]

I used to play Scrabble with my ex. She wasn't the sharpest knife in the drawer, but she kicked ass at that game. Good vocabulary, with excellent recall.

sister and my mother mastered all the 3 letter words. I couldn't be bothered.

 

[Tombstone1881]

 

[mmntech]

Chutes & Ladders, Battleship, Scrabble, Mastermind, Monopoly, Chess, Clue. Those were the main ones. I had Mouse Trap but I don't think I actually ever played it, just with it.

 

[Apathetic]

Risk, Axis & Allies, and Stratego were my favorites. I also played a bunch of Battleship, Sorry, and Monopoly.

Dave

 

[Apathetic]

Ohhh... I forgot all about Parcheesi.

Dave

Monopoly, Parcheesi and Trouble among others. Battleship was cool, too.