Best Board Games

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[PepePeru]

Monopoly is my favorite, by far.
I also enjoy Risk.
Sorry is fun, too.

 

[InflatableBuddha]

I concur with Risk and Monopoly. Also:

Careers
Life
Bonkers
Trouble - I think I have this one sitting in a closet somewhere.

 

[PrinceofWands]

Chess, Risk, Castle Risk, Empire Builder, Axis & Allies, Apples to Apples, In a Pickle, Trivial Pursuit...probably about 20 I'm forgetting.

 

[elektrolokomotive]

Mystery Date

 

[TwiceOver]

Settlers of Cattan + Seafarers + Cities and Knights

 

[JDPatch]

Originally posted by: TwiceOver
Settlers of Cattan + Seafarers + Cities and Knights

I have probably play 100 or more games of Settlers/Setters + Seafarers. With the Cities and Knights expansion I have only tried it once. 5 hours later we still hadn't finished the game. We gave up and never tried it since. Granted, we will learning as we went, but it seemed very detailed and time consuming.

Overall, I get very frustrated with the huge role the dice play in this game, whereas in Puerto Rico, there is no luck of the dice.

 

[sao123]

Originally posted by: JDPatch

Originally posted by: TwiceOver
Settlers of Cattan + Seafarers + Cities and Knights

I have probably play 100 or more games of Settlers/Setters + Seafarers. With the Cities and Knights expansion I have only tried it once. 5 hours later we still hadn't finished the game. We gave up and never tried it since. Granted, we will learning as we went, but it seemed very detailed and time consuming.

Overall, I get very frustrated with the huge role the dice play in this game, whereas in Puerto Rico, there is no luck of the dice.

There is a catan deck which will perform the rolls for distribution, though i didnt like it much because it guarantees the exact curve... since there are no reshuffles.
There is only 1 2 & 1 12 in the deck, seeing as how those can be rolled mroe often, I like the dice.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: Glayde

Originally posted by: Spydermag68
Settlers of Catan.

YES need more SHEEP

 

[Minjin]

I can't believe no one has mentioned Scattergories. I definitely recommend it for groups of people.

 

[mobobuff]

Monopoly, Risk, Scrabble, Trivial Pursuit

 

[DainBramaged]

Originally posted by: Agentbolt
Tactics II. Good luck finding a copy, but if you do, hoo boy is it fun.

I have that game and enjoy it. The hardest thing is finding players for it.

 

[BeauJangles]

I've always been a fan of Diplomacy (as mentioned before) and Junta.

Junta is tough to find, but pretty awesome. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junta_(game)

 

[MetalMat]

Balderdash, Nascar Champions (trust me, this game rules), Lie cheat & steal

 

[MovingTarget]

Chess, Settlers of Catan, Risk are some really good strategy games.

However, when I'm not looking to use my brain too much I have to say I like Apples to Apples, Monopoly, Sorry, and a few others.

 

[ATLien247]

Sequence

 

[Pheran]

It's funny to see the difference in posts between those who have seen the light of German games and those who are still playing the old American "classics" (i.e. crap like Monopoly). Definitely check out some German board games if you haven't, you might be surprised. Some recommendations:

Ticket to Ride
Ra
Carcassonne
Bohnanza
San Juan
Settlers of Catan

Also see the Good Gift Games Guides by Matthew Baldwin.

 

[JTsyo]

Some games we play at work for lunch:
Carcassonne - tile game
Ticket to Ride
Munchkin- card game

 

[Vidda]

Cranium's pretty fun for parties.

 

[SmoochyTX]

Monopoly & Trivial Pursuit are my faves.

 

[JoPh]

settlers of catan, puerto rico, carcassonne, risk.... what are you looking for?

 

[JoPh]

Originally posted by: Pheran
It's funny to see the difference in posts between those who have seen the light of German games and those who are still playing the old American "classics" (i.e. crap like Monopoly). Definitely check out some German board games if you haven't, you might be surprised. Some recommendations:

Ticket to Ride
Ra
Carcassonne
Bohnanza
San Juan
Settlers of Catan

Also see the Good Gift Games Guides by Matthew Baldwin.

awesome list. we play most of these. just picked up ticket to ride.
gotta put peurto rico in there

 

[JoPh]

i just started playing heroscape. thats kinda like a simple warhammer game. its a lot of fun too.

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

http://www.riograndegames.com/

just about all of their games are good or great

 

[TwiceOver]

Originally posted by: Daishiki

Originally posted by: Glayde

Originally posted by: Spydermag68
Settlers of Catan.

I'm sad to see only 2 mentions of Settlers. My friends and I played Risk for awhile and gave Axis and Allies a shot. But we all fell in love with Settlers and started playing the expansions, like Cities and Knights, though I haven't tried Seafarers yet. A bit simpler than Risk, so the games don't take as long. Also, you feel more involved during other players' turns rather than sitting and waiting until it's your turn again.

Settlers + Seafarers + Cities & Knights. Excellent game. The 5-6 player expansion kinda kills it though. Best played with 4 players.