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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-23-04 03:37 PM
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In 60 minutes I'm gonna go play board games until I drop. Ask me anything.
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Mistress Quickly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-23-04 03:43 PM
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1. um, why?
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-23-04 03:44 PM
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2. Because it's fun, it refreshes the mind, it's an excuse to meet friends,
it's an excuse to :beer:, did I say it's fun already?
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klook Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-23-04 04:19 PM
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3. What games will you be playing?
I'm partial to Scrabble, myself. Mad is also pretty fun!
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-24-04 09:15 AM
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5. Yesterday's menu was
Edited on Wed Mar-24-04 09:16 AM by JCCyC
- Age of Mythology
- Bang! (an incredibly fun "wild west" card game)

Others we often play:
- Puerto Rico
- Risk 2210 AD
- Carcassonne
- Bohnanza
- Mystery of the Abbey
- Inkognito
- Axis and Allies
- War: Age of Imperialism
- Robo Rally
- Citadels

and many others I forget at the moment.

Edit: HTML brain fart
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forgethell Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-23-04 04:20 PM
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4. What board games?
I like chess, hearts, Rook, and Clue
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Az Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-24-04 09:23 AM
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6. Is Kamchatka overrated?
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-24-04 09:26 AM
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7. We used to meet exclusively for Risk
until a new friend introduced some new games (see post #5). Now Risk feels like tic-tac-toe.
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Az Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-24-04 09:41 AM
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8. I'll take that as a yes
:-)

Used to have a Risk group I played with. I had one member of the group so totally intimmidated that he would immediately try to form an alliance with me. This meant I could plan on having one flank covered which meant I could focus on the real threats. Then later after the world was conquored I would evicerate the coward. muwahahahahah.

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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-24-04 09:56 AM
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9. I'll bet the chickenhawk got really miffed...
...when your objective turned out to be eliminate HIM! :evilgrin:
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