Corcaigh Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 I wouldn't recommend Diplomacy. It's an awesome game (Henry Kissinger and JFK said it was their favorite board game!), but takes a long time and to win you have to betray one (or more) people who have been working with you the whole game, which often doesn't go down well at the end of a long evening. I still have a game from my youth called Escape from Colditz - based on the German WW II prison camp which held prisoners from multiple countries. The prisoners have to find ways to escape, and the German guards stop them ... by any available means. It's a great game but most chicks aren't really into it. It also can lead to arguments if the person playing the German prison guards picks on one nationality of prisoners for rough treatment. :evilg: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forehead Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 Game night? Aren't you a little young to be settling into your "mid 40's suburban couple" stage of life? Seriously though, Catchphrase is pretty fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#98QBKiller Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 You know you're getting old when you're hosting a game night. That being said, I love board games. Most anything to do with trivia, so obviously Trivial Pursuit. Apples to Apples is fun. Cranium, taboo, catch phrase, pretty much anything with a timer + alcohol = good times. I like chess and checkers if we're talking one-on-one games too. *Edit: forgot Scrabble. I actually get to put my English degree to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 I don't play these much anymore, but here are some we used to play: Milles Bornes: Dealer's Choice (so '70s): Can't Stop: Waterworks (after all, who doesn't like to lay some pipe ): Pro Draft: Acquire: And, of course, Risk (which was already mentioned). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcsluggo Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 I wouldn't recommend Diplomacy. It's an awesome game (Henry Kissinger and JFK said it was their favorite board game!), but takes a long time and to win you have to betray one (or more) people who have been working with you the whole game, which often doesn't go down well at the end of a long evening. I still have a game from my youth called Escape from Colditz - based on the German WW II prison camp which held prisoners from multiple countries. The prisoners have to find ways to escape, and the German guards stop them ... by any available means. It's a great game but most chicks aren't really into it. It also can lead to arguments if the person playing the German prison guards picks on one nationality of prisoners for rough treatment. :evilg: I love diplomacy, and was going to suggest it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#98QBKiller Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 Pro Draft: Great looking game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilmer17 Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 Acquire- FTW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebluefood Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 Clue, Risk, and Trivial Pursuit are among my favorites. Anything that makes you use your brain. Though I was never very good at Scrabble (which is ironic since I'm a writer). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corcaigh Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 Anyone who likes Risk should check out Diplomacy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reic Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 I've never played apples to apples, and its like the staple of the college kid board gaming scene... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissU28 Posted July 22, 2010 Author Share Posted July 22, 2010 No mention of Taboo???? It's got an electric buzzer people. You have to get your team to say a word without using that word or 5 other words listed on the card. Seriously, MissU, this one would be a good one for a board game party. It's simple, people screw up, and there's a buzzer. I have Taboo at my mom's house...yes, it's a lot of fun. I kind of want something new, though. Game night? Aren't you a little young to be settling into your "mid 40's suburban couple" stage of life?Seriously though, Catchphrase is pretty fun. I'm over my crazy partying ways- I love staying in on the weekends and just chilling. Also, one of the guys that's coming (with his wife), is probably the most excited about game night...and he's only 24! I think one of the couples is bringing Catch Phrase. You know you're getting old when you're hosting a game night. That being said, I love board games. Most anything to do with trivia, so obviously Trivial Pursuit. Apples to Apples is fun. Cranium, taboo, catch phrase, pretty much anything with a timer + alcohol = good times. I like chess and checkers if we're talking one-on-one games too. Trivial Pursuit is always a staple- it's a game I play with my family a lot. Every Christmas, up in Maine, I get together with my cousins and my aunt and uncle and we sit there playing board games every evening- it's always Trivial Pursuit, Apples to Apples, Cranium, Partini, and Imaginiff. I don't mind Risk, and I own it (at my mom's), but my aunt hates it, so it never gets rotation! Haha. Risk.=p There's a game called Quelf that is extremely fun for most people. I frickin' hate it, but I'm the only person I know who does. There are dozens that are obsessed with it in my circle. Quelf is exactly the type of game I'm looking for- I LOVE silly games. Why do you hate it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Sinister Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 Trivial Pursuit:The 90's FTW!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissU28 Posted July 22, 2010 Author Share Posted July 22, 2010 Has anyone played Go For It? My neighbor used to have this when we were in elementary school, and it was my favorite game at the time. I just remember it being a game where you tried to be rich, and you ended up having a certain type of job, a certain type of house, etc. I asked my dad to get it for me, but he couldn't find it, so he bought me another game instead. But this game still haunts me...I may have to scoop it up off of Ebay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOF44 Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 Used to be bigtime into board gaming. Here are a few of my fav's. One of the best ever, hard to find now and often sells for 100's of bucks. And some others I like. This one is a longer game and can cause some hard feelings sometimes. lol I can think of tons more, but these are all pretty good. Trump is the best for people not used to longer games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corcaigh Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 I've never played apples to apples, and its like the staple of the college kid board gaming scene... Helen Keller FTW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLongshot Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 Go here and do some looking around. Lots of great games for all sorts: www.boardgamegeek.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnyderShrugged Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 We have a weekly family game night as part of my family routine. Our mainstays are Apples to Apples, Life, Sorry and (not sure if a card game counts) but Skip-bo and phase 10 are tops with us too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MassSkinsFan Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 Anyone who likes Risk should check out Diplomacy. Diplomacy was so much better than Risk, and you usually went away either mad at someone or laughing about how you pulled off your own coup. The other game I always loved was the War of the Roses game Kingmaker, which was quite similar to Diplomacy: Diplomacy and Kingmaker are the lions guarding the Gate of Avalon Hill. Warning - extreme geek and nerd territory! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebluefood Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 I think we should organize a ES wide game night and just sit around, drinking Dr. Pepper and playing board games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corcaigh Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 Diplomacy was so much better than Risk, and you usually went away either mad at someone or laughing about how you pulled off your own coup. We had a very long game as kids in our family which ended when I won by betraying my older sister. The game was never played in our house again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticksboi05 Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 Trivial Pursuit:The 90's FTW!!! Trivial Pursuit was actually at the height of its popularity in the mid 80's. Really though MissU, Set is such a fun game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissU28 Posted July 22, 2010 Author Share Posted July 22, 2010 Trivial Pursuit was actually at the height of its popularity in the mid 80's. he's talking about the 90's edition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticksboi05 Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 Ahh, you learn something new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnyderShrugged Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 Do people still play the old fashioned (paper and dice) version of Dungeons and Dragons? I plyed it a little as a pre-teen, but then saw that mainly the school nerds were playing it so I backed away! It was fun from what I remember though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissU28 Posted July 22, 2010 Author Share Posted July 22, 2010 Really though MissU, Set is such a fun game. is it a card game? I'm more partial to having an actual board to play my games...and doing stupid stuff like in Cranium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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