Board Games (Not Scrabble or Snakes and Ladders)

[ScouseFox]

wow how crazy they are creating a board game on the apprentice tonight maybe haydos will buy it 

[Samu]

The relationship game they are making is the worst thing I've ever seen but somehow Mark the Aussie is keeping them in it! Can't see them winning it though.

[Captain...]

I've been playing a few recently, more 1 on 1 tactical games like Avalon and Pont del Diablo.

Never really played any Risk type games, but I love the classics like scrabble and othello.

Most random game I've played though is Ubi, the board was a map split up into hexagons with triangles. The question was just clues to a location and to answer you put a marker over a hexagon highlighting one triangle in the hexagon. If you get the right location you get points.

[Countesthorpe Fox 1884]

I haeard The Relationship Guru is a controversial game??

[Les-TA-Jon]

Haha even if the tone of that game wasn't so misplaced/offensive how on earth was it meant to be fun?

Here's a question. Oh your right/wrong. Here's some points. Maybe.

Woohoo.

[Itsthejoeker]

Star Wars Risk is the shit.

[Rincewind]

Good night at La Vida. Played a new game. forget what it was called atm. You took different coloured counters to bur cards and in turn bought other cards with points on. first to 15 won.

Also played Fluxx to finish up. The rules are a bit all over the place. It is possible to win by accident. Played a icture card game where you describe it and others guess which card it was from others put in the middle.(Dixit)

Come down one week if anyone is interested and in Leicester. The people there do not leave you hanging about and will always find an extra seat for newcomers.

For the  Scrabble lover(s) they also have a Rebus version according to the inventory/

Edited 13 November 2014 by Rincewind

[Finnegan]

I cant believe nobody on here is geeky enough to let me get nostalgic and discuss Warhammer with them

Fantasy or 40k?

[Samilktray]

Fantasy or 40k?

40k and I had the riders of rohan and Uruk Hai when they did LOTR

[Mark_w]

LOTR Warhammer.

Edited 13 November 2014 by Mark_w

[Captain...]

I used play Epic, but then they fvcked around with rules and made it shit, started playing Necromunda, and thought the Dark Eldar were pretty cool models, so bought a load of them and painted them, then I went to college and found other social activities to waste my money on.

[Finnegan]

Yeah I stopped about 13.

Played a bit of 40k and Mordheim.

[Grandad.]

Risk is the shit.

 

And Cluedo for that matter.

[Haydos]

It's a bit like social networking these days, people are losing the art of communication and conversation and send all their time on facebook etc.

 

 

It's funny, I find those are the kinds of people who have the nerve to look down on or take the piss out of nerdy activities.

 

Oh, you find me spending an evening playing board games with my mates weird? How was your day at home sharing buzzfeed articles and looking after posting photos of your stupid child on facebook?

 

I also still get judgey looks from my mum when I'm back home (there's rarely anyone around in my village) if I spend a few hours on the computer playing a game and chatting with my mates while she's sat on her arse watching more shitty tv. "Is that all you do? Sit on the computer playing games?" No, **** off, I'm socialising and you're watching some bullshit like I'm a Celebrity.

 

Like I said, I've stopped caring but it's still irritating.

[steveherbe]

Squad leader and cross of iron. Great games

[FoxesAreBlue]

It's funny, I find those are the kinds of people who have the nerve to look down on or take the piss out of nerdy activities.

Oh, you find me spending an evening playing board games with my mates weird? How was your day at home sharing buzzfeed articles and looking after posting photos of your stupid child on facebook?

I also still get judgey looks from my mum when I'm back home (there's rarely anyone around in my village) if I spend a few hours on the computer playing a game and chatting with my mates while she's sat on her arse watching more shitty tv. "Is that all you do? Sit on the computer playing games?" No, **** off, I'm socialising and you're watching some bullshit like I'm a Celebrity.

Like I said, I've stopped caring but it's still irritating.

The child thing gets me, it almost seems as if people she kids to "announce" in Facebook like a new player is announced.

I can tell you for certain that when the little FAB's are hatched and running around there will be zero pics in Facebook/twitter/anything else for the nonces to get off on.

[Dr The Singh]

Played warhammer the maachud addition, biggest waste of money. Hate the company

[Trav Le Bleu]

Bought Lost Legacy - The Starship yesterday, a little (actually, A LOT) like Love Letter, but a little more involved. For starters, you don't win by being the player left holding the winning hand. There is also a discard pile in this game known as the ruins, and when the deck runs out - 16 cards, same as Love Letter - starting with the player who has the lowest value card, they have one chance to guess where the Lost Legacy (a starship, which is one of the cards) is; either in another player's hand or one of the cards in the ruins, or maybe even in their own hand. If you are the first to correctly name where it is, you win.

 

The main difference is that it isn't important to hold onto the Starship/Princess if you get it, just that you know where it is and can be in a position to go first when the deck is gone - assuming you survive that long. I like it, it adds a little more bluffing and tactics to the game. Like Love Letter, games are over quick and you can be eliminated early, but since the games don't last long, it really doesn't matter.

[leftbackinthechangingroom]

Recently started playing cards against humanity. Fun game can get pretty twisted depending on your sense of humour

[Finnegan]

Recently started playing cards against humanity. Fun game can get pretty twisted depending on your sense of humour

We've played this after a skinfull.

Ludicrous.

[leicsmac]

We've played this after a skinfull.

Ludicrous.

 

At our game this weekend, an honourable mention for combo of the night went to Barack Obama preferring the KKK.

 

But that truly pales in comparison with some of the combos you can Google.

Edited 17 November 2014 by leicsmac

[Rincewind]

We play that at the games club. It's a;ways good to get Cameron in with something nasty or anyone well known. The way to win at our place is to make it as disgusting and non PC as possible. Sexual references are a bonus.

 

Section 31 board gaming club Wednesdays La Vida Northampton Street Leicester from 6pm

[Rincewind]

Anyone played this one? Cash and guns It's a bluffing type game. This is a video on it. Bit naff but he  game looks OK.

 

Someone also mentioned that they bought Betrayal on House on the Hill.In fact two people bought it on the same day.

[Trav Le Bleu]

Anyone played this one? Cash and guns It's a bluffing type game. This is a video on it. Bit naff but he  game looks OK.

 

Someone also mentioned that they bought Betrayal on House on the Hill.In fact two people bought it on the same day.

 

Oddly enough, might be playing it this evening. Having a session of gaming later, Dominion, Jamaica and Race For The Galaxy all to feature.

[Rincewind]

Quite like Dominion. Not played the other two. There is a good turn out at the Wednesday club at La Vida now. Always something new.

 

There is a good game listing in the game section in the above link.

 

http://www.shutupandsitdown.com/games/

 

Video for Betrayal

 

Edited 29 November 2014 by Rincewind