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What board games do you play?

Discussion in 'Playground' started by Beren, Aug 8, 2011.

  1. Beren

    Beren Lovesick and Lonely Wanderer Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

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    My main one, chess, I'm now starting to beat 2000 players frequently. Woohoo!

    Scrabble, or Monopoly, when I'm visiting with family.
     
    Beren, Aug 8, 2011
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  2. 8people

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    [​IMG] Used to play Mastermind with my mother (The one where you have to figure out the code of five coloured beads out of a selection of eight colours) but her colourblindness really did intrude on the experience...

    Sometimes will play scrabble or chess, but not frequently. I'm probably below average in terms of skill.
     
    8people, Aug 8, 2011
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    Ermmm... whatever is available, usually. I'm often meeting with some friends on Sunday to play boardgames - so far the favourite is Dirk Henn's Shogun, with the Munchkin card game coming soon after. We've played Navegador, Stone Age, Vinhos, Fresco, Thief of Baghdad, and a few others.


    I used to play chess a bit, but gave up on that. I should play either that or bridge a bit more :) .
     
    The Shaman, Aug 8, 2011
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  4. Blackthorne TA

    Blackthorne TA Master in his Own Mind Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

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    I don't play board games frequently, but in the past I've played:
    Monopoly
    Life
    Scrabble
    Mastermind (even programmed my own computer version).
    Risk
    Stratego
    Battleship
    Terrace
    Chess
    Backgammon
    Checkers
    Othello
    Chutes and Ladders
    Candyland
    Trouble
    Headache
    Chinese Checkers

    Probably a few others...
     
    Blackthorne TA, Aug 8, 2011
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  5. dmc

    dmc Speak softly and carry a big briefcase Staff Member Distinguished Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!)

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    Ladies and gentlemen, although we have no plaque for this, I nominate BTA as our first Geek of the Week!

    (I'm fairly confident, but not 100%, that I mean that in a good way. :p )
     
    dmc, Aug 8, 2011
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  6. BOC

    BOC Let the wild run free Veteran

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    Used to play Stratego, Risk, Monopoly, Scrabble and Taboo.
     
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  7. Blackthorne TA

    Blackthorne TA Master in his Own Mind Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

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    Yay! I'd like to thank my parents for giving in to my whining to buy the first computer I ever used: The Apple IIe. Without such encouragement, I wouldn't be the person (or geek) I am today!
     
    Blackthorne TA, Aug 8, 2011
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    I like chess but rarely get a chance to play it. I don't like playing against the computer.

    My wife likes to play "Settlers of Cataan", and it can be fun.

    The game we really play, though, is not a board game at all, but rather a version of Canasta called "Hand and Foot" -- my wife taught it to me and some of our friends and we really like it. It's a nice blend of luck and skill.

    I went to a friend's house last year and played a game called "Last Night on Earth", a zombie attack board game with some minor RPG elements. I want a copy of my own, because it was just freaking awesome!
     
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    Game of Thrones. Thats pretty much it, really.
     
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  10. Aldeth the Foppish Idiot

    Aldeth the Foppish Idiot Armed with My Mallet O' Thinking Veteran

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    Well, seeing as how I have a 3-year old, the only board games I've played in the last two years are the ones he likes - Chutes and Ladders and Break the Ice.

    Now I've probably played just about every board game listed here at least once or twice in my life, and I remember being particularly into Axis and Allies when I was in high school.
     
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  11. Blades of Vanatar

    Blades of Vanatar Vanatar will rise again Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

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    Risk
    Stratego
    Shogun
    Axis & Allies(all the variants)
    Strato-Matic (Baseball & Football)
    Settlers
    Chess
    Monoply
     
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  12. Rotku

    Rotku I believe I can fly Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!)

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    Pandemic, is the only one I play with any regularity these days.

    Also making the occasional appearance are games like Apple to Apple, or Taboo.
     
    Rotku, Aug 9, 2011
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