[Infernarl]

Do any of you play boardgames as well? I'm a real big board gamer as well as a video gamer.

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/user/Infernarl

wondered if I was the only one...


It seems especially relevant with the imminent xbox live versions of Settlers of catan, carcassone, and talisman.

[Broco]

Personally, outside of videogames I pretty much only play chess and Go. The random element of most other board games reduces their value (except as "party games").


(Offtopic quibble with your title: I don't think I've ever seen an analog board game, they're all discrete. Unless you count games like billiards or foosball.)

[dmauro]

If you use a round six-sided die does it count as analog?



I have some board games but I can only ever get my friends to play Taboo, Balderdash and Apples to Apples :/

[Infernarl]

[another god]

I like Apples to Apples.

And Risk.

And Chess, and Hungry Hungry Hippos, and that magnetic fishing game - but more as a toy than a game.

Oh, and Texas Hold'em Poker.
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[wourme]

I've been playing more board games than video games lately. I've caught up on most of the video games I've wanted to play and nothing on any of the new consoles looks very interesting to me.

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/user/wourme

Somehow it doesn't seem as if it would be much fun to play a board game on a screen. With the exception of Board Game Top Shop for PS1 and the board game level in Psychonauts, of course.

[Infernarl]

[Infernarl]

[Jeff Garneau]

apples to apples is kind of fun if you make all of the nouns people you know.

i'm always trying to get people around here to play bridge but the only card game they'll play is poker :(

[wourme]

[Infernarl]

[firenze]

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[Infernarl]

[kerobaros]

I dig a good game of Risk with as many people as can fit around a board. I recall combining two sets back in the day (one wooden pieces, one plastic pieces) and playing a 12-player game. Took damn near forever, but I almost won.

I also enjoy Monopoly. I will play it forever.

Otherwise, I'll play anything someone teaches me how to play. I really want to learn Carcassonne and Settlers.

[Laurel Soup]

This is where it's at.
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[schild]

Please.

"Helen Keller" -> Visionary
"The Themis Group" -> Risky

You can't play Apples to Apples with people who aren't clever. Otherwise you're just playing Boring Assholes With Cards.

[Frequent Pilgrim]

Axis and Allies is where its at. Of course, you have to be pretty dedicated to ever finish a game.

Also, don't give the new guy control of Russia :(

[dmauro]

None of my friends are geeky enough to play Diplomacy, Puerto Rico, Carcassonne, or Settlers with me. Even my friend who has been two at least TWO renaissance festivals picks on me about these games. I just wish the good board games like Carcassonne and Settlers could get past the medieval theme because people who don't play a lot of board games don't have an open enough mind to get past the silly theme. Hell, it's usually not even the theme of the game so much as the art on the box. Maybe I should just put them in ziploc bags...

[Jeff Garneau]

guess who also becomes much more fun with a personalized set.

settlers of catan seems to be pretty popular with fyad so maybe i should get into it???

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[dmauro]

Well Settlers is considered one of the best board games there is, and Carcassonne is pretty popular as well. Both are pretty simple games. If you're into Risk, I would say Settlers is going to be more to your liking than Carcassonne. I hope you don't mind if I direct you to the website of a board and card game store that my friend owns. Here's the page for Settlers of Catan that describes it a bit.

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We're so lucky we found you :([/img]
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[Mikey]

I play Magic the Gathering (or I used to, I haven't picked up any new cards in a long time, that game is a total money pit)

I have sort of wanted to play some of the aforementioned games very much and I am glad that they are getting XBLA versions made of them, because that will make it much easier to actually find people to play with.

I also think these are pretty cool, but despair of my ability to ever get somone to play, so I've never picked one up http://www.gipf.com/

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[Infernarl]

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[Infernarl]

[Mikey]

[haze]

the way Monopoly progresses always kind of annoyed me. eventually 2 or 3 people have all the power, and it's just random dice rolling to see which one of them gets shafted first... it's just the exact opposite of the excitement everyone has at the beginning.
Risk is alright. sometimes it gets pretty fun with strategy, other times it turns into trench warfare attrition.

so what's all these Puerto Rican and Casanova board games are about? I don't feel like wiki-ing, I want a subjective summary.

I like playing Poker and Hwatu with some friends to pass time. and Mahjong can be pretty fun, but Koreans in general have never heard of the game so I can only play it online. which isn't much more fun than online Poker if you know what I mean.

would anyone care to learn to play Shogi? it's no fun only playing against Japanese pros online, I don't learn much.

[wourme]

I hadn't heard of Globbo. It looks like an interesting concept that could use some new artwork.

Of the GIPF games, I think my favorite is DVONN. (I have all but the last one in the GIPF series.) Here's a DVONN image from BGG:



I've been curious about the Knights expansion for Settlers of Catan. I'm kind of tired of the basic game, but had always assumed that this expansion added elements to the game that really don't belong, as game expansions sometimes do. However, some generally reliable sources seem to say that this expansion makes it into sort of a different game, but a good one.

One way to find people to play board games with is to include your location in a Board Game Geek profile. A group in my city contacted me out of nowhere some months ago when one of their regulars moved away, and now I play games with them pretty often.

[dmauro]

[Krazii Bakon Lypes]

[wourme]

The hardest choice I ever had to make as judge in Apples to Apples (another game I'm now pretty tired of) was for "boisterous." I narrowed it down to "worms" and "having an operation," and I just couldn't choose between the two.

One game I'd recommend to just about anyone is Lost Cities. It's quick, well-designed, and has very nice artwork. It's also cheap and not too hard to find even if you don't have a dedicated game store nearby. It's a two-player game.

[Infernarl]

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[Laurel Soup]

[dmauro]

For a card/board game that is good for two people and works with a few more as well, check out Girl Genius: The Works. The art is all done by Phil Phoglio who those of you that played Magic the Gathering may remember fondly, but more importantly, it's a fun, easy to pick up game that is all about strategy, but has enough luck in it not to scare off your friends. You lay down twelve cards on the table face done, and then on your turn you flip one over and then rotate it. By rotating cards and matching up the sides you pop them off the table and then they have some effect. It's pretty cheap too since it's just a deck of cards.

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[Infernarl]