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BensMom Donating Member (670 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-26-04 12:20 PM
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Any good (non electronic) games?
Did anyone get any new boardgames? We always spend Christmas eve playing games until the wee hours and games will take up plenty of time in the next week. We played Taboo - but the best was Mad Gab. What comes out of your mouth is sure to get everyone laughing. The princess told me they play Mad Gab in her high school oral communications class.

http://www.partygamecentral.com/pgcstandard/gametmpstd.asp?gn=MAD+GAB

Table games are a tradition that I love. It takes me back to a simpler time. When the kidlets were in second grade they had a unit in board games. So many kids weren't learning the basics at home...
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cyn2 Donating Member (438 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-26-04 12:28 PM
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1. Just got Trivial Pursuit 20 anniversary ed. n/t
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grilled onions Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-26-04 12:37 PM
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2. Board games unite
Be it kids or adults people actually get to communicate with others. What a concept! Most require no batteries. Another plus. It's the loss of younger generations who feel board games belong in the stone age.
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outraged2 Donating Member (306 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-26-04 12:58 PM
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3. Gave two to my 7 yo...
... Sorry and Clue. We haven't had a chance to play yet, but I am looking forward to it.
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SW FL Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-26-04 01:49 PM
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4. I played Sorry with my son on Christmas Eve
We hadn't played in a while.
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Cadence Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-26-04 01:58 PM
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5. We played Cranium for the first time
yesterday and it was really fun. I haven't laughed that hard in a long time.
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tjdee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-26-04 01:59 PM
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6. That's Julia Robert's favorite game.
Been meaning to get it, haven't gotten to it though.

Heard it's fun.
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nicolemrw Donating Member (263 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-26-04 02:02 PM
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7. not a board game, but
my daughter recieved the mad libs card game for christmas and we played a game last night. kinda' fun.
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outraged2 Donating Member (306 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-26-04 02:04 PM
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8. Anyone know the game Axis and Allies?
Its a great one if you can find it. Its a long game, strategy game, and is probably best for older kids and adults. I highly recommend it if you like board games.
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KDLarsen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-26-04 02:08 PM
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9. Yeah..
.. but it's hell if you start out as the Soviets. I once pulled a reverse Operation Barbarossa & attacked Eastern Germany in the first round. Managed to capture it in the end, but I was decimated in the following rounds. But otherwise yeah, quite some games you end up playing - we once did a 48 hour non-stop game. Everyone was beyond dead at the end :D

Also, I have a huge preference for Trivial Pursuit, though some of the questions are bizarre (most infamous question in my family: Which of these three countries (can't remember which one) had the highest fishing-quota on Seabass in 1980-something? Everyone on my team was "wtf?"
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outraged2 Donating Member (306 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-26-04 02:14 PM
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12. right :)
Soviets are tough.... they need a lot of help from the Brits - usually.

I like Trivial Pursuit too, I haven't gotten to play that one in a while.
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-26-04 02:24 PM
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14. Sounds like RISK
which is a great board game.
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outraged2 Donating Member (306 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-26-04 02:26 PM
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17. yes, same family of games
... but much more complex than Risk.... More unit types, rules and dice
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-26-04 03:02 PM
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20. Do they still sell Stratego
that was kind of like Risk, wasn't it?
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outraged2 Donating Member (306 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-26-04 03:14 PM
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24. yes to both
Amazon has it http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000DMFU/103-5050292-4543828
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Kire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-04 08:03 AM
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27. that brings back memories
I played it at a friend's house and I loved it so much I begged my parents to get it for me for Christmas, and when they did, I don't think I even played it once, but I kept the box in my room for years and years

when I started smoking when I was 14, I hid my first pack of cigarrettes in the box, and I found it a couple years after that, and the box stunk so much that I just threw it out
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Dukkha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-26-04 02:09 PM
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10. I love Trivial Pursuit
I've played Genus I, III, V & VI, Star Wars & Lord of the Rings

Also used to Play Yahtzee, Sorry, Scrabble, Monopoly, Cribbage, Tri-Ominoes, Parcheezie, and The Lord of the Rings board game.

My now ex-girlfriend loved board games and we played all the time. Now she's gone and I don't have anyone to play with anymore. :cry:
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-26-04 02:11 PM
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11. Goa, Age of Mythology, Battle Cry, Chinatown, Risk 2210 AD, Puerto Rico...
...and many many others I surely forget.
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murray hill farm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-26-04 02:19 PM
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13. Scrabble still my favorite!!
Clue still fun...and i love Sorry!!!!!
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Billy Ruffian Donating Member (672 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-26-04 02:25 PM
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16. Sequence
for a board game that's easy to learn, and fun to play.

Lots of different dice games, and dominoes as well
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-26-04 03:07 PM
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22. Yes, I was going to suggest Scrabble also. n/t
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-26-04 02:24 PM
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15. UNO
a classic
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Kellanved Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-26-04 02:35 PM
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18.  "Settlers of Catan"
Edited on Sun Dec-26-04 02:37 PM by Kellanved
Pretty much the only boardgame I find worth playing. ;-)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Settlers_of_Catan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German-style_board_game
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-26-04 03:12 PM
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23. Try some of those I mention (UPDATED)
Edited on Sun Dec-26-04 03:22 PM by Commie Pinko Dirtbag
Plus some card games like Verrater and Meuterer. Isn't Germany the Promised Land of board games?

Edit: from your link, these are REALLY good:
Domaine
Tigris and Euphrates
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Kellanved Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-04 07:43 AM
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26. I hear that a lot
Many people seem to consider Germany for board games what Japan is for Video Games. Personally I am not so sure about it, but I am not exactly a major league board-game geek (I am more into pen&paper).


Another game I have played quite a lot for a time is "Formula De", a French game.
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-04 08:35 AM
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31. Here's a link to a PC version of Formula De
It's pretty cool.

http://formulapc.malagraphixia.com/Formula_PC.htm
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Mayberry Machiavelli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-26-04 02:40 PM
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19. Diplomacy (Avalon Hill). Not sure if it's still made.
You get to be one of several Old European nation-states (Austria-Hungary, England, etc.), take turns negotiating with the other nation states but putting your actual orders down on paper (i.e. lots o' treachery) for each turn.

Very interesting dynamics of the game.

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=ah/prod/diplomacy
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-26-04 03:05 PM
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21. Battle ship, clue, Risk, yahtzee, boggle
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-26-04 03:14 PM
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25. More: Carcasonne (with extension). And then there's card games...
Bohnanza
Citadels
Illuminati
Corsair
Mamma Mia
Guillotine
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Kire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-04 08:08 AM
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28. Dominoes
I got a set of Dominoes in Jamaica last year.

It was lots of fun. All the locals played it. It's very easy to learn how to play. It's easier to count Dominoes than it is to count cards because there are fewer of them.

It seems to have a bad reputation here in the states. Many times I mention it around people and they associate it with prisoners and criminals. I wish it would catch on, otherwise, I'm moving to Jamaica -- like I need an excuse.
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derbstyron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-04 08:12 AM
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29. Sequence is a great game
It's kind of hard to explain but it's sort of cards mixed with checkers with much more strategy involved.

I got hooked on it when I was in the hospital for awhile and had to go out and buy my very own copy. That says a lot, because, other than Trivial Pursuit, I haven't really been a board game fan since I was a kid.
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Mayberry Machiavelli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-04 08:27 AM
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30. Chess is always good too. If you have trouble with the games dragging
out, use a time clock and set 15-30 min per side.
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RUDUing2 Donating Member (968 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-04 08:50 AM
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32. Risk, Stratego, and Sequence. nt
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Seabiscuit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-04 08:51 AM
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33. Fiddledee Sticks
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Debbi801 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-04 11:45 AM
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34. We just bought Mille Bourne...
I loved that game as a kid and my husband mentioned he used to love playing. So, I bought it for him. We also love playing Yahtzee and Boggle. I used to love Life and Risk. I would love to get the SNL version of Trivial Pursuit, too.

Debbi
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