Author Topic: Good Board/Card games? (Read 8783 times)

Red Wing · « **on:** December 10, 2011, 02:54:01 PM »

Anybody know of good board/card games they would recommend? Other than main-stream ones like Monoploy or Risk? I'm thinking of asking for a game for Christmas.

TechnoEthicist · « **Reply #1 on:** December 10, 2011, 03:08:46 PM »

<--Loves Ticket to Ride

I am Knot a Blonde! · « **Reply #2 on:** December 10, 2011, 03:47:09 PM »

Pocket MMA

Ask DiscipleDrew for more details. (He created the game)

DDiceRC · « **Reply #3 on:** December 10, 2011, 03:56:41 PM »

Settlers of Catan, or better yet, Settlers of Canaan.

Then again, if you want to go collectible there's always Dragon Dice...

Red Wing · « **Reply #4 on:** December 10, 2011, 04:28:28 PM »

Quote from: TechnoEthicist on December 10, 2011, 03:08:46 PM

<--Loves Ticket to Ride

Anyone mind explaining Ticket to Ride to me? I've never played it.

Quote from: DDiceRC on December 10, 2011, 03:56:41 PM

Settlers of Catan, or better yet, Settlers of Canaan.

Then again, if you want to go collectible there's always Dragon Dice...

I have Settlers Catan, and it's pretty good game, just kinda long. I haven't played Settlers of Canaan in forever, how does that compare with Catan?

CJSports · « **Reply #5 on:** December 10, 2011, 06:06:57 PM »

In ticket to ride you build train tracks of varying degree to get points. You can also complete routes to get points. My favorite game is definitely either Arkham Horror or Dominion.

BubbleBoy · « **Reply #6 on:** December 10, 2011, 06:10:07 PM »

Dominion.

Warrior_Monk · « **Reply #7 on:** December 10, 2011, 06:18:06 PM »

Dominion or Puerto Rico. Settlers really isn't good without the expansions. Dominion just gets so much better with the expansions...

Rawrlolsauce! · « **Reply #8 on:** December 10, 2011, 06:21:37 PM »

Candyland

katedid · « **Reply #9 on:** December 10, 2011, 07:05:04 PM »

Quote from: Rawrlolsauce! on December 10, 2011, 06:21:37 PM

Candyland

That reminds me of when I was a kid and played that Whit's End game from Focus on the Family. Anyone else ever play that?

DDiceRC · « **Reply #10 on:** December 10, 2011, 08:05:31 PM »

Quote from: Rawrlolsauce! on December 10, 2011, 06:21:37 PM

Candyland

Run For Your Life Candyman

YourMathTeacher · « **Reply #11 on:** December 10, 2011, 08:40:44 PM »

If you have Settlers of Catan, then ask for the expansions. The game changes so much that you will likely never play the original version again. Cities & Knights is my preferred expansion, but Seafarers is good, too. Traders & Barbarians had a few good additions (like the rivers), but some of the other optional "scenarios" were not so great.

The M · « **Reply #12 on:** December 10, 2011, 10:17:11 PM »

I've got to go with Bang! and Munchkin. Played Munchkin today at the MN local tournament and had tons of fun with that, and Bang! has always been one of my favorites.

DDiceRC · « **Reply #13 on:** December 11, 2011, 01:20:40 PM »

I probably shouldn't admit this here, but my family's favorite "fun" board game is the Red Dragon Inn series.

Prof Underwood · « **Reply #14 on:** December 11, 2011, 08:48:37 PM »

Quote from: Red Wing on December 10, 2011, 02:54:01 PM

Anybody know of good board/card games they would recommend?

This totally depends on what kind of gamer you are.

Serious gamer with a really long attention span - Fortress America or LotR RISK (trilogy ed.)

Abstract gamer - Twixt or Blokus

Casual gamer hoping to play with girls sometimes - Ticket to Ride or Settlers of Catan

Someone who values cooperation over competition - Shadows Over Camelot or Scotland Yard

Someone who just wants to play with cool pieces - Heroscape or Star Wars: Epic Duels

Someone who wants to lose all their friends - Diplomacy

SomeKittens · « **Reply #15 on:** December 11, 2011, 08:49:33 PM »

Quote from: Prof Underwood on December 11, 2011, 08:48:37 PM

Someone who wants to lose all their friends - Diplomacy

TRUE THAT

DDiceRC · « **Reply #16 on:** December 11, 2011, 10:08:50 PM »

Quote from: Prof Underwood on December 11, 2011, 08:48:37 PM

Quote from: Red Wing on December 10, 2011, 02:54:01 PM
Anybody know of good board/card games they would recommend?
This totally depends on what kind of gamer you are.

Serious gamer with a really long attention span - Fortress America or LotR RISK (trilogy ed.)

Abstract gamer - Twixt or Blokus

Casual gamer hoping to play with girls sometimes - Ticket to Ride or Settlers of Catan

Someone who values cooperation over competition - Shadows Over Camelot or Scotland Yard

Someone who just wants to play with cool pieces - Heroscape or Star Wars: Epic Duels

Someone who wants to lose all their friends - Diplomacy

Addition:
Someone who likes to roll a LOT of dice: Dragon Dice or Dicecapades

(Still hoping that by next summer there will actually be a Dragon Dice stand-alone board game.)

The Schaef · « **Reply #17 on:** December 14, 2011, 01:38:21 AM »

Alien Frontiers is a game I've been playing quite a lot lately. It's fairly simple to learn to play but still gives you interesting decisions to make on your turn.

Plus, there are additional materials coming out in the spring that will make this game super-cool.

slugfencer · « **Reply #18 on:** December 14, 2011, 03:16:14 PM »

Quote from: SomeKittens on December 11, 2011, 08:49:33 PM

Quote from: Prof Underwood on December 11, 2011, 08:48:37 PM
Someone who wants to lose all their friends - Diplomacy
TRUE THAT

Diplomacy is wonderful...people just haveta understand it's a game not real life. I wouldn't play that one with my wife tho...

SomeKittens · « **Reply #19 on:** December 14, 2011, 03:31:00 PM »

Quote from: slugfencer on December 14, 2011, 03:16:14 PM

Quote from: SomeKittens on December 11, 2011, 08:49:33 PM
Quote from: Prof Underwood on December 11, 2011, 08:48:37 PM
Someone who wants to lose all their friends - Diplomacy
TRUE THAT

Diplomacy is wonderful...people just haveta understand it's a game not real life. I wouldn't play that one with my wife tho...

Never play it with "friends" who value winning over any type of friendship. It sounds like a fun game for certain people, but not for me.

Bobbert · « **Reply #20 on:** December 14, 2011, 05:48:14 PM »

In the first of Prof. U's categories also goes Axis and Allies. Lots of different versions, all with slight differences. All in all, a really awesome series - if you can get anyone to play them with you

(I have the same problems with the other games in this group)

Is Stratego considered mainstream? If not, it's awesome.

slugfencer · « **Reply #21 on:** December 16, 2011, 01:20:03 PM »

Quote from: SomeKittens on December 14, 2011, 03:31:00 PM

Quote from: slugfencer on December 14, 2011, 03:16:14 PM
Quote from: SomeKittens on December 11, 2011, 08:49:33 PM
Quote from: Prof Underwood on December 11, 2011, 08:48:37 PM
Someone who wants to lose all their friends - Diplomacy
TRUE THAT

Diplomacy is wonderful...people just haveta understand it's a game not real life. I wouldn't play that one with my wife tho...
Never play it with "friends" who value winning over any type of friendship. It sounds like a fun game for certain people, but not for me.

I hear ya.

I am Knot a Blonde! · « **Reply #22 on:** December 20, 2011, 11:00:17 PM »

Resident Evil is actully alot of fun (DBG).

based on dominion.

TheKarazyvicePresidentRR · « **Reply #23 on:** December 21, 2011, 12:37:49 AM »

O_o link?

SomeKittens · « **Reply #24 on:** December 21, 2011, 12:28:52 PM »

Here ya go:
http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/79073/resident-evil-deck-building-game

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Author Topic: Good Board/Card games? (Read 8783 times)

Warrior_Monk

Rawrlolsauce!

The Schaef

slugfencer

slugfencer