Any board gamers out there?

[Spagetti69]

Hi chaps.

On a personal note my Digital fix is on the wane and my gamer fix is being taken over by cardboard.

Not Monopoly or Cluedo or such like but by more recent board games. The hobby has never been in a better state and is growing rapidly. Clever game mechanics and themes covering almost anything you can think of make it rich pickings in cardboard.

I think maybe I'm just jaded digitally, been there done that etc.

Any other cardboard junkies out there ?

 

[photonrider]

It's not just cardboard anymore. the last one I got - Break the Safe had all sorts of electronics too. The Monopoly I have has actual towers, buidings, etc. I have cut down on the board Games now that my children have grown up and have no time for them - though we may sit occasionally for a game of 'family' Monpoly.
Board games like Chess, Carrom, Draughts, Chinese Checkers, Backgammon and so on are more in play.
Can't remember when I last played Cluedo, Ludo or Snakes and Laddders - which was strangely my childhood games as well as my childrens'. The toddlers I see today, though, seem to all carry tablets or large phones. And the know about 'apps'.

Games took a quantum leap.

 

[ECGadget]

I quite like board games; I own a whole bunch including three versions of Monopoly, including the classic. The most recent I have played is 'Game of Life - Twists and Turns', I find the gameplay really good on that. Literally dozens of ways to win!

 

[Turbo]

Hi chaps.

On a personal note my Digital fix is on the wane and my gamer fix is being taken over by cardboard.

Not Monopoly or Cluedo or such like but by more recent board games. The hobby has never been in a better state and is growing rapidly. Clever game mechanics and themes covering almost anything you can think of make it rich pickings in cardboard.

I think maybe I'm just jaded digitally, been there done that etc.

Any other cardboard junkies out there ?

Join the Clearbrook Kinasta Club run by my grandma. It's a thrilling experience to play Kinasta with 60 year old ladies. You get to drink tea, talk about Medicare, and the winner of the game gets a few pennies.

 

[polysmut]

I think Scrabble is a great game but I haven't played it in years. I used to play it with someone where we made the rule that if we agreed we would ever use the word in conversation then we would allow it. Creative swearing was encouraged.
The rules in the box said that players should pick a dictionary & stick to words that are in there.
There is such a thing as a Scrabble dictionary which I've looked at. It seems to include a lot more short useful words for the game than any single-volume printed dictionary. I believe it's used for most organised games. I imagine a larger Internet version is standard now, possibly with dictionary.com being the choice for many casual players.

 

[Com Fox]

I'll play board games when I can but usually no one wants to .

Pictionary is probably my favourite of the bunch of the board games, though I am the 🤬 partner. One time we had to draw "Sunrise", while the others were drawing a Sun rising, I was drawing the Sunrise News Network

 

[W3H5]

I love board games but it's hard to find people to play with. A few years ago I created my own game and last year I built a custom Risk board for a coworker (below).

I do enjoy classic games but one of my favourite is Settlers of Catan which is relatively modern. Obviously I enjoy Risk too but like I said before finding people to play with is difficult.

Edit: and here's the thread about the one I created - https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/threads/the-untitled-game.266327/#post-7770589

 

[Downhill Dino]

Board games, and table-tops, beyond the usual suspects are great. A favorite is Catan, King of Tokyo, and not sure if they count but Avalon and Secret Hitler are awesome too.

 

[kikie]

80 some odd years ago (), I use to play cardboards a lot. But since I grew up and got older, I forgot all about cardboard games.

Use to like Cluedo, Monopoly, card games, variations of the Game of the Goose and Master Mind.

 

[Spagetti69]

It's not just cardboard anymore. the last one I got - Break the Safe had all sorts of electronics too. The Monopoly I have has actual towers, buidings, etc. I have cut down on the board Games now that my children have grown up and have no time for them - though we may sit occasionally for a game of 'family' Monpoly.
Board games like Chess, Carrom, Draughts, Chinese Checkers, Backgammon and so on are more in play.
Can't remember when I last played Cluedo, Ludo or Snakes and Laddders - which was strangely my childhood games as well as my childrens'. The toddlers I see today, though, seem to all carry tablets or large phones. And the know about 'apps'.

Games took a quantum leap.

Whilst I think everyone has played Monopoly in their youth it is far outdated by today's standards. It is Hasbros biggest earner by far and far outsells any other game on the market.

Biggest problems with monopoly are house rules, money for free parking, dropping the official auction rule etc. These rules artificially lengthen and already long game. The game has player elimination too so being sat on the side for 2 hours. Also roll and move mechanic is old, far better mechanics out there nowadays.

Monopoly/ Try Suburbia, Acquire,Quadropolis.

Chess/ Try The Duke, Hive, Yinsch

Cluedo/ Try Sherlock Holmes consulting detective, Letters from Whitechapel, Fury of Dracula, Spectre Ops for your deduction needs.

I quite like board games; I own a whole bunch including three versions of Monopoly, including the classic. The most recent I have played is 'Game of Life - Twists and Turns', I find the gameplay really good on that. Literally dozens of ways to win!

See my Monopoly equivalents above. For game of life try/ C.V./ Pursuit of happiness/ And then we held hands.

Join the Clearbrook Kinasta Club run by my grandma. It's a thrilling experience to play Kinasta with 60 year old ladies. You get to drink tea, talk about Medicare, and the winner of the game gets a few pennies.

Thanks.

I think Scrabble is a great game but I haven't played it in years. I used to play it with someone where we made the rule that if we agreed we would ever use the word in conversation then we would allow it. Creative swearing was encouraged.
The rules in the box said that players should pick a dictionary & stick to words that are in there.
There is such a thing as a Scrabble dictionary which I've looked at. It seems to include a lot more short useful words for the game than any single-volume printed dictionary. I believe it's used for most organised games. I imagine a larger Internet version is standard now, possibly with dictionary.com being the choice for many casual players.

Scrabble try / Paperback / Codenames for your word based needs. No longer will you get triple worded with fifjdjd and flip the table.

I'll play board games when I can but usually no one wants to .

Pictionary is probably my favourite of the bunch of the board games, though I am the 🤬 partner. One time we had to draw "Sunrise", while the others were drawing a Sun rising, I was drawing the Sunrise News Network

Seems like Party games are your thing.

Codenames ( can be team based ) as well as
Dixit/ Apples to Apples/ Mysterium/

I love board games but it's hard to find people to play with. A few years ago I created my own game and last year I built a custom Risk board for a coworker (below).

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I do enjoy classic games but one of my favourite is Settlers of Catan which is relatively modern. Obviously I enjoy Risk too but like I said before finding people to play with is difficult.

Edit: and here's the thread about the one I created - https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/threads/the-untitled-game.266327/#post-7770589

Catan is a great gateway game to the hobby.
Risk is very luck driven (Dice) and can also go a long time ( with player elimination )

Try some two player war type games/
Memoir 44 is a great alternative to risk along with the other command and colours series Ancients/ Napoleanics/ even fantasy based Battlelore.

Board games, and table-tops, beyond the usual suspects are great. A favorite is Catan, King of Tokyo, and not sure if they count but Avalon and Secret Hitler are awesome too.

Ding Ding mate. Great choices.

80 some odd years ago (), I use to play cardboards a lot. But since I grew up and got older, I forgot all about cardboard games.

Use to like Cluedo, Monopoly, card games, variations of the Game of the Gooze and Master Mind.

Never mind eh.

 

[kikie]

Never mind eh.

Never mind what?

 

[Com Fox]

Well I know Monopoly is massively broken, I exploited the hell out of it to the point where everyone rage quits on me

Though I don't see the problem with enjoying something that is old fashion. I still play Chess against friends at school when we have free periods, as it is a classic and the majority of people know how to play (though apparently NO ONE ELSE knows how Castling truly works), sure rules in other games are more refined but I still get a joy by playing Chess more than your preferences.

Though Codenames does sound interesting, I'll try that.

 

[Spagetti69]

Never mind what?

I took it from your post that you are past all this "games" business and all grown up.
I quoted your post because I quoted all previous posts and felt that was the correct etiquette. I wasn't being condescending, sorry if it came across that way.

Well I know Monopoly is massively broken, I exploited the hell out of it to the point where everyone rage quits on me

Though I don't see the problem with enjoying something that is old fashion. I still play Chess against friends at school when we have free periods, as it is a classic and the majority of people know how to play (though apparently NO ONE ELSE knows how Castling truly works), sure rules in other games are more refined but I still get a joy by playing Chess more than your preferences.

Though Codenames does sound interesting, I'll try that.

I'm not knocking Chess at all and was just providing alternatives that are in the abstract genre.
Chess at its base level is in the Wargame category, move units, position units and destroy units. It has perfect information (no fog of war) so generally a better player will ALWAYS beat the lesser player. There are pros and cons to this IMHO. It is truly a skill memorisation game Which I like.

 

[kikie]

I took it from your post that you are past all this "games" business and all grown up.
I quoted your post because I quoted all previous posts and felt that was the correct etiquette. I wasn't being condescending, sorry if it came across that way.

You definitely deserve a like for that explanation.

Recently I started playing "patience on pc". After a few days I wanted to try "patience" with real cards. I believe it is called "solitiar" in English.

Playing on pc is easier (everything except playing is done automatically on pc) but playing with real cards is much more satisfiying.

 

[Spagetti69]

You definitely deserve a like for that explanation.

Recently I started playing "patience on pc". After a few days I wanted to try "patience" with real cards. I believe it is called "solitiar" in English.

Playing on pc is easier (everything except playing is done automatically on pc) but playing with real cards is much more satisfiying.

Yep tactile feel can adds to it for me. Phones and iPad banned from game night lol.

 

[AOS-]

Settlers of Catan

Ticket to Ride

Power Grid

7 Wonders

Monopoly Deal

Fluxx

These are some of the non-digital games my group enjoys playing.

 

[Dotini]

Chess

Backgammon

Carcassonne the City

Hive

 

[Spagetti69]

Settlers of Catan

Ticket to Ride

Power Grid

7 Wonders

Monopoly Deal

Fluxx

These are some of the non-digital games my group enjoys playing.

Some bonafide classics there.

On a GTPlanet related note the best racing board game is considered to be Formula De.
I find this to be too long a game for what is essentially roll and move (Dice).

Two better choices would be Rallyman, which is also dice based but the luck can be mitigated. The balance of push your luck is the sweet spot.

Combinations of track is in the thousands with basically 4 double sided boards. Combined with tire choices. Winners are not calculated until the end (time based) so everyone is invested until the end.

Another option is Race formula 90.
Formula one in a box.

Players have options of 6 strategies before the race, conservative or aggressive styles for example.

Game offers weather, damage, qualifying,bots to add for traffic,pit stops etc. All are modular to scale game from beginner to expert.

Basically it's hand management driven. You plan out your manoeuvres from a hand of cards. So luck is less of a factor. You can push your luck with reckless overtakes if you like though. The way that works is that you draw blind and try to draw under a target ( say 75 )
If successful great you drew ( 54 ) but the card you draw becomes your new target to beat the next reckless manoeuvre you make.
Obviously the more riskier moves you make the more likely you will spin off.

My son and I often set up a full grid with added bots and have at it for an hour or two.
Quick race and full race is an option.

 

[Spagetti69]

Chess

Backgammon

Carcassonne the City

Hive

Id love to sit down and play these with you Dotini.
And talk Deeply about life (Read many of your posts over the years). Lol.

 

[Dotini]

Id love to sit down and play these with you Dotini.
And talk Deeply about life (Read many of your posts over the years). Lol.

Thanks for the kind words. I'd love to visit Wales, see the castles and play these games with you. Give me a jingle if you should ever get to Seattle.

 

[AOS-]

I want to play 7 Wonders more as there's so much for me to learn about the metagame. But there's always one person who doesn't enjoy the game making it difficult for the rest to find an opportunity to play.

 

[Crash]

I don't play a ton of boardgames but usually enjoy it when I do play. Some friends are starting to be getting more into different boardgames, so I'll go to game nights once in a while with them to play games, drink beer and hang out.

Personally, I'm a fan of Catan, Scrabble, Risk and others that I don't remember. For Catan, I was chatting with some colleagues and we joked about how we should try to write algorithms and turn it into an optimization problem to find the most efficient way of winning. I also enjoy classics like Monopoly as well, but it's hard to find the time to play that as the game can take so long to finish.

Other than boardgames, I sometimes play card games as well, most often of which is Cards Against Humanity. I really enjoyed Dominion as well.

 

[AOS-]

I also enjoy classics like Monopoly as well, but it's hard to find the time to play that as the game can take so long to finish.

This is why you play Monopoly Deal. Game ends wayyyy sooner since the goal is to own 3 property sets rather than making everyone go bankrupt.

 

[Anathema]

I'm more of a card game enthusiast than a board game enthusiast although I do enjoy Settlers of Catan, Risk, Scrabble.

My friends stopped playing Monopoly a while ago. If I get involved, it'll get to the point where it's no longer fun for anyone else.

 

[Spagetti69]

I want to play 7 Wonders more as there's so much for me to learn about the metagame. But there's always one person who doesn't enjoy the game making it difficult for the rest to find an opportunity to play.

I don't own Seven wonders but I've heard it's a great game. They have made Seven wonders duel which is a two player variant on the game, perhaps you may get more success with that. My wife and I play a lot of two player only stuff.

Sushi-Go is a great hand drafting game. Lighter than Seven Wonders but it's a great gateway game. Plays 3-5.

 

[NoirAntares]

My friends and I still enjoy rounds of Game of the Generals every now and then. Trolling as the arbiter is always a good laugh.

 

[Liquid]

-Chess
-Monopoly
-Scrabble

Honorable mentions to a typically non-gambling card game and a unique Slovak picture-card game:
-Uno
-Dobble

 

[BobK]

I used to play quite a fair amount of board games; had quite a collection of Avalon Hill and SPI games. I was also into miniatures gaming. Mostly WWII naval and armor, but I dabbled with a medieval ruleset called Chainmail by a company called Tactical Studies Rules. The rulebook included a fantasy supplement which they later expanded on a bit...

Now, though, my son's boardgame collection dwarfs mine.

 

[kikie]

The only problem with board games is that you have to have friends whom want to play with you.

 

[Spagetti69]

I used to play quite a fair amount of board games; had quite a collection of Avalon Hill and SPI games. I was also into miniatures gaming. Mostly WWII naval and armor, but I dabbled with a medieval ruleset called Chainmail by a company called Tactical Studies Rules. The rulebook included a fantasy supplement which they later expanded on a bit...

Now, though, my son's boardgame collection dwarfs mine.

We've invested quite heavily into X-Wing miniatures and played around in the tournament scene. My son and I play quite regularly and enjoy the "building" your squadron and slapping em on the table.

I hadn't discovered the hobby in the SPI and Avalon Hill days but I'm fully onboard with GMT, Lock'N'load stuff etc.

The only problem with board games is that you have to have friends whom want to play with you.

Actually not. There's many cooperative games that can be solo'd and even solitaire games themselves.

Co ops are good to play solo and on the odd occasion you can get together with friends.

Also two player specific games are great with spouses.