Games People Play--literally

Computer games, mostly, or board or card games adapted to the computer, or other stuff.

Which ones have you mastered? Which games are you so good at that no one will play them with you?

I must admit to being an expert at Canasta, as my family and I played it quite a lot over the years, and I found a shareware version that I'm happy with.

Among my overall favorite games are Scrabble, Boggle, most card games, Kyodai--both the Mahjongg and the Hard Rivers, Bookworm (aka Bespelled), and any word search.

I've found I can't get into Sudoku and I never really enjoyed crossword puzzles. I do, however, like Mastermind and Battleship.

Years ago, we used to have the Avalon Hill Bookshelf games, and my favorite was Facts in Five. When I was with a group, we also played Diplomacy, Risk, and one of my cherished favorites, Cosmic Encounter.

I played Checkers, but never really cared for Chess, because I never wanted to memorize lists of moves from "champion" games. I played as illogically as one possible could. :)

I am a decent player at Trivial Pursuit and Monopoly, but don't care for a lot of the newer games out that cost a small fortune.

I'm sure I will think of a dozen more after I post this. It was always fun to have people around to play games with, and I miss that now. Playing with the computer games is okay, but there is nothing like a good argument about railroads, melding or other element of a game that you can be passionate about.

The original Playstation, that is. Nobody else we ever met had played that game like we had, so the only person who could ever give either of us a good game was the other.

I never really got to play too much with video games--I used to have an Atari 2600, but that seemed like centuries ago.

ThinkBlue1966 refuses to play Scrabble, Boggle, or Chess with me anymore. :(

We own about 10 different versions of Trivial Pursuit and Scene It. We love to play Monopoly, Electronic Battleship, Connect 4, Parcheesi, The Family Feud DVD home game, Name That Tune DVD (80's edition), and Clue.

By myself, I love playing PC Mah Jongg, The Sims 2, Empire XP (it's a "Risk" knockoff for the PC), WordMojo, online Chess, Internet Reversi, and Internet Spades.

We also play TONS of card games here at home--real cards, not the PC versions, lol. Rummy, Gin, Spades, War, Poker, Blackjack, and even Go Fish. :D

As for console and handheld games, I prefer Gameboy Advance SP (haven't been able to afford a DS yet) and I play silly-fun games like Pokemon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald; Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town, Final Fantasy 1 & 2, etc.

:bounce: We play Scrabble, Yahtzee, and Trivial Pursuit too. :D

We all need to get together and have a game night, lol. :hug:

Cooking and games! Yay! :bounce:

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but never got into the people version. As soon as I free up some space on my hard drive, perhaps I will do that! You sound like someone I would appreciate a challenge with. :)

there are so many good games for that system and the new SP's with the bright screens are great and cheap.

everyone tells me to upgrade to the DS but i'm still happy with my SP :)

i love cribbage. we always play it after family dinners and we play for blood, we are ruthless with one another.

i also love yahtzee. i spent so many hours playing that game with my grandmother, it makes me think of her when i play.

i am a fount of useless information and love trivia games

On occasion it did get ruthless. hehe

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I'm another one with a lot of "useless" knowledge. I applied once for Jeopardy, but didn't make it. But year, Trivial Pursuit helps satisfy that element. If you ever get the opportunity to find Facts in Five (I got my "new" copy at eBay fairly cheap), you should enjoy it--I think there is a regular game called "Categories" which is essentially the same--5 random categories and 5 random letters of the alphabet in a grid form--the timer is set for 3 (or 5?) minutes, and you have to fill out each category for each letter chosen. It's great if you have a lot of general information and trivia.

We used to play Yahtzee, but I don't play very often, andI never got into cribbage. My aunt tried once to teach me to play backgammon, but I never got into that one, either.

Started with Ultima Online, then Dark Ages of Camelot, and finally World of Warcraft.

Nothing will ever compare to the first days of Ultima Online. The industry went the other way with the concept making it safer for anyone to exist on the "worlds." Ultima was not like that at first. It was defiantly a challenge to survive :D

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Adventure quite often. I recently downloaded the "Zork" version but haven't really sat down and played it--sometimes I think the earlier versions of some of these games were more fun, because they had so many unique challenges that were never seen in later versions.

and before that BBS turn-type games.

I liked the "social" aspect of playing with people from all over the globe.

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Stay away from that game. Ate up 2 yrs of my life and it isn't totally finished with me yet.

Games with no ultimate goal = time sinks from Hell. :D

Whatcha wearin? :loveya:

(had to do it)

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I'm supposed to play again to make up for some babysitting services. Something about getting an instance key for my brother in law.

I'm wearing cargo shorts and a purple t-shirt. ;)

from what I see so far. Are you saying your BIL plays a tank or damage and needs heals? haha!

I'm a wee bit overdressed for a Saturday too. Soon.. soon.. I'll don my comfort outfit.

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My bro-in-law is a mage. I am a healer. Good call.

Food is here. Must eat.



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Common thread here?

Oh, and Texas Hold 'Em.

but haven't played in months now

Texas Hold'em. It's one of those games that are much more fun when you have friends around, and I haven't had that lately. I know some of the game sites have an electronic version to play online with others, but I haven't sought it out yet.

I was initially amazed at the diversity of times and locations in the Metro area to play with fun people, but the bar tabs kept getting bigger.
I can play more online, but my live game doesn't get any better that way.
I used to go to Poker Stars but now only Full Tilt. I can recommend both highly.

no wimpy air-to-air missiles for me, gotta get in thier six, get 'em in your sights and pull the trigger.

Lately I've been playing Blazing Angels on Xbox. It doesn't have the realism or control of a flight sim but it's still a helluva lot of fun. The dogs hate it when I crank the SurroundSound up and play the Pearl Harbor mission.

Aces High

http://www.hitechcreations.com/frindex.html

Since it looks so fucking cool I'd never do anything else

well, let me know. we'll wing up.

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I don't want to brag, but I've yet to meet anyone who can beat me at Civilization.

Same goes for Risk, even though there's a randomness factor.

I don't recommend it if you're a fan of 2 and 3.

Hell, I'll mail you my copy of Civ IV if you want it.

I may take you up on that once classes are over. :D I never was successful past Monarch level on Civ 3 anyway. :P

I thought those games were published on a 3M label. I also love Facts In Five and have enjoyed some of the others. That reminds me to start looking for them at rummage sales. They're very cool.

I also like Stratego quite a bit.

And I just bought a new game to take to a family reunion week at a beach house -- it's supposed to be hilarious. Called "Apples to Apples."

Has anyone played it?

No one will play with me, at least not for money.

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i've been playing tabletop RPG's since i was a kid....D&D, BattleTech, Shadowrun (currently looking for a Shadowrun group)

In college we played a lot of Clue for some reason. It actually gets more difficult after a six pack.

For MMORPGS I played Asheron's Call for several years, then DAoC, then decided to quit MMORPGS and never play them again. (you guys need to put down the digital crack pipe :P)

Currently I've been playing Knight's of the Old Republic II, which is pretty cool but getting old now that I've beat it about 3 times.

I got a gameboy SP and I still play some games like Final Fantasy I/II and the Castlevania games.

A while back I whipped out the emulator and beat some old Commodore 64 games that I used to have. I finally beat the Windham Classic version of Treasure Island, which I could never beat as a kid.

Probably one of my favorite games of all time is Street Fighter II. Oh my god, my friends and I spent countless hours playing tournaments way back in early 90's all the way up through college a decade later. Another great tournament game was Mario Kart....hours and hours of classic stoner competition.