Board Games (Not Scrabble or Snakes and Ladders)

[Haydos]

Any board game fans out there? I've started playing a lot of games over the last couple of years as a couple of mates have started to build up really good collections. 

 

Some favourites:

 

• Dead of Winter
• 7 Wonders
• Game of Thrones
• Libertalia
• Lords of Waterdeep
• Carcassonne
• Twilight Imperium
• Settlers of Catan
• The Resistance (Avalon)
• Love Letter

Discuss!

[kingcarr21]

I dont care what anybody says when you get your first baby in The Game of Life it still brings a tear to my eye

[kingcarr21]

This was the boyo back in the day

[Guest Kopfkino]

Not a serial board game player but we always play a few different ones as a family over christmas and new year. Last year we played the 'Really Nasty' series of games. They were great fun, can't beat stitching up certain members of the family

[Ian W LCFC]

There's a Game Of Thrones board game??

[Samilktray]

I had some Space Marines when i was younger.

[Beliall]

 

yes please santa

[Trav Le Bleu]

Any board game fans out there? I've started playing a lot of games over the last couple of years as a couple of mates have started to build up really good collections. 

 

Some favourites:

 

• Dead of Winter
• 7 Wonders
• Game of Thrones
• Libertalia
• Lords of Waterdeep
• Carcassonne
• Twilight Imperium
• Settlers of Catan
• The Resistance (Avalon)
• Love Letter

Discuss!

 

I was thinking of starting a similar thread a while back. A group of us play board games regularly and I've highlighted three you mentioned that we like.

 

Love Letter is a great little game that sounds a bit poncy, but is a fun way to fill five minutes!

 

As for Carcassone I have nearly all the expansions and mini expansions, plus extra sets of meeples in different colours so that up to 8 players can play. With turns in Carcassonne being fairly quick playing as an 8 is fine so long as everyone pays attention. Playing with all the expansions can be a headache though - trying to remember all the rules for one! - but adding in the extra tiles but not playing the rules, with 8 makes for a mega game!

 

7 Wonders is a genius game for the way you can get 7 people playing simultaneously without much downtime between turns. I don't actually own that, it's my bro-in-laws, but I bought him the wonders mini expansion and we like to play that fairly often.

 

But if I have to talk about one or two games that we play the most... Ticket To Ride and Dominion. Between myself and my other bro-in-law (I have 6) we have all the games, maps and expansions.

 

How about co-op games Haydos? Actually, isn't Dead of Winter co-op? Recently bought Jamaica which I like and have you tried Formula De? Seem to remember seeing you post in the F1 thread.

 

Lastly, I'd recommend the YouTube channel and website belonging to The Dice Tower. Great for finding the lastest games.

 

yes please santa

 

Out end of the month and very much on my wishlist!

[Adster]

Mouse Trap was always my favorite as a kid.

[Steve_Guppy_Left_Foot]

CharDee MacDennis. Great fun.

[SystonFox]

Guess who.

Big foot.? Anyone remember this?

[Ozwin]

Got a fair few.

 

Cosmic Encounter (my fav)

Ticket to Ride

Carcassone

Agricola

Ascending Empires

Space Fluxx

Tsuro

 

Just off the top of my head. Wish I could play them more often but I'm at uni now so it becomes a rarity. Hopefully around Christmas I can bust the bad boys out.

[Unabomber]

KERPLUNK 

[VLC86]

If its not Hungry Hippos quite frankly I'm not interested and if blood hasn't been split at some stage then your a pussy.

Edited 11 November 2014 by Bergamo_Fox

[cambridgefox]

Buckaroo

For those not familiar there are 2 ways of playing.

1/ take girlfriend /wife from behind and call another women's name out and see how long you can hold on for.

2/ instead of calling a name out get your mates to hide in the cupboard and when the " secret code" is given they jump out shouting " Buckaroo"

As before hold on.

[MPH]

I'll beat anyone at Risk.

[Unabomber]

I'll beat anyone at top trumps, it will still be fun though.

[Fox92]

Frustration...

[Trav Le Bleu]

Frustration...

 

yeah, but what do you play when you're not watching City?

[potter3]

Use to play this when I was a kid, not sure we used to play it properly though...

 

[Wrighty22]

I'll beat anyone at Risk.

Challenge accepted

[jonthefox]

KERPLUNK

Not a patch on hungry hippo's.

[VinceNoir]

CharDee MacDennis. Great fun.

No puzzles no puzzles no puzzles no puzzles no puzzles no puzzles!

Cranium is pretty good if you're into making a complete arse out of yourself.

[StanSP]

Risk can be enjoyable but long nevertheless.

 

Monopoly is a favourite but only very occasionally. Love a game of Articulate, too. 

 

Why not Scrabble ?

[Freesolo]

When i lived in Singapore i loved playing board games, they have have these cafe's where you rent a booth by the hour and you can pick any of there 100s of board games to play, also bring food and drink to your table. it was great fun

Edited 11 November 2014 by Freesolo