Board Games: Name you favorites.

[slj0101]

Also, is there any particular game piece you must use when playing?

For example, when playing Clue, I must be Professor Plum. When playing Trivial Pursuit, I need the green pie.

Also, were you that annoying kid who yelled "I Win!" at the end of the game, like on the commercials?

Have you ever witnessed anyone smacking their forehead in disbelief like the guy on the old Yahtzee box?

[Richardo]

1. I must be the battleship when playing Monopoly.

...and no one will play Trivial Pursuit with me anymore. :cry:

[edbermac]

2. Chess

[philosophie_en_rose]

3. Trivial Pursuit

It's my favorite, because I always win. :)

I also like scrabble and cranium.

[mduffy31]

4. Trival Pursuit, but no one will play with me anymore.

[Left Is Write]

22. I will.

[Chan790]

27. Me neither...

It might be kind of fun to get all the (never-lose/nobody-will-play-with-me) at TP people on DU together and play a game in the Lounge.

OTOH, that might be a mess and we'd have the allegations of google/wikipedia cheating to contend with.

[terrya]

5. Scrabble

Monopoly is boring. zzzzzz

[AllegroRondo]

6. mine also

but my family refuses to play me anymore. :(

[IA_Seth]

10. Exactly!

I love scrabble, and I love upwords, but I can't get a game going to save my life.

Trivial Pursuit and the Jeopardy video game that I love so much are also nixed.

Boo hoo.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

13. I like that. I'd like to pit myself against the native English speakers.

Know of any online groups?

[AllegroRondo]

34. Some of the best in the world are non-English speakers

there are quite a few from Malaysia and Singapore who memorize the entire scrabble dicitonary, and can beat nearly anyone, but speak hardly any English. Its quite unusual.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

42. Meh. It's no fun that way.

It's OK. Eventually I'll be able to visit you guys up there and show you who's boss (with a tripled 'b').

[AllegroRondo]

44. Yahoo Games has one similar to Scrabble

its called Literati, and the play is similar. They couldnt call it Scrabble or use the exact same rules due to copyright issues.
but you can play for free on line against people from all over the world.

[Left Is Write]

24. I love Scrabble too! My gramma taught me how to play when I was 7 or 8.

My mother and I have been playing together for years.

Mom and I also love Parcheesi. She still has her set from childhood (circa 1947), and I have on just like it that I bought on eBay. We've been holding on and off "tournaments" for more than 30 years.

[slj0101]

26. Have you ever seen 'Word Wars'?

It's a documentary on the participants in the national Scrabble tournament. For lack of a better term, it's the biggest assortment of losers ever assembled for a documentary film. I say this, and I love Scrabble. They made the New York Times Crossword people look like socialites.

[HuffleClaw]

31. hilarious film

obsession isn't healthy

[stuntcat]

29. yah Scrabble

I think in Scrabble.. I dream Scrabble..

A certain in-law of mine plays me once in a while and she usually cheats just a little in ways that she knows I won't question since I'm kind of scared of her, but the last time we played I got a triple-worded bingo bonus :headbang:

[av8rdave]

7. A couple....

I like Scrabble, although Passionate Commands is my personal favorite (hey...you only need two to play)

[Yog Sothoth]

8. Can't Stop

But just try to find it in stores nowadays.

[IA_Seth]

9. King Oil!

Not that anyone will know what I am talking about.

[Frank Cannon]

67. That's the one with the little oil derrick...

and the rotating discs beneath the oil field that determine whether wells you make will be "gushers" or duds.

Hell, I LOVED that game! I look for it on e-Bay from time to time.

[Magrittes Pipe]

11. I was that annoying kid who said "here, diagonally!"

Pretty sneaky, sis.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

12. Risk 2210 AD. Not the Risk your Grandpa played. -nt

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

14. Settlers of Catan

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

15. Puerto Rico / San Juan

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

16. Mare Nostrum

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

17. Age of Steam

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

18. Attack! (see link)

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/6752

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

19. Axis and Allies

[jakefrep]

69. Wasn't there a similar game called "Fortress America"?

The scenario was that you were the President, and your predecessor had pissed off every other country on earth so much that troops were massed on our borders.

[NewJeffCT]

48. Never heard of it, but I used to like Risk

the old one. I haven't played in probably 15-20 years, though.

[TZ]

20. I had to be the horse and rider in Monopoly

And Clue I was ALWAYS Miss Scarlet. Trivial pursuit no one except my Dad who lives 500 miles from me will play with me:(

[LaraMN]

21. Balderdash!

I LOVE that game- it's hysterical.
I always lose, because I can't be serious about my game play.

[slj0101]

23. Carapace:

The rate at which a rabbit eats carrots.

One of the definitions that one of my genius college roommates came up with. :rofl:

[TZ]

25. that's a great game

but my family won't play with me, I am too knowledgable but my sister's aren't so good and their answers are inadvertantly funny and they take it tooo serious:)

[zingaro]

63. Me too.

[Wetzelbill]

65. dude, you are so awesome!

Love Balderdash!

[Deep13]

28. You mean "bored" games?

:boring:

[slj0101]

30. Go shit somewhere else.

[Deep13]

33. Well, aren't you just full of sunshine.

:eyes:

This is the Lounge, right?

[slj0101]

35. I couldn't tell if you were being an ass or not.

[Deep13]

36. Sorry, dry humor is not always obvious in print.

To answer the question:

Scrabble.

[Zavulon]

32. Diplomacy and Chess

[TheMightyFavog]

40. Diplomacy?

I've heard of fistfights breaking out over that game.

[TheMightyFavog]

41. Axis and Allies

That's a REAL boardgame!

Our Paratrooper house rule rules! :evilgrin:

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

43. How can you not love a game that has "Nuclear Holocaust" as a valid move

that makes everybody lose?

I an such a sick puppy.

EDIT: Crap! This was my 20,000th message!

[Zavulon]

45. Not among the people I play Diplomacy with.

Cool guys who are adults and realize that friendship has to be left at the door. Anyone can be screwed by anyone, and when the game is over and you're holding a grudge, you're the biggest asshole in the room. Those are the rules and we all abide by them without incident.

[grace0418]

37. Cranium! That game rocks!

Scrabble is fun too, although I like Boggle better (not really a board game, but it is a word game).

[LanternWaste]

38. my favorites from geekdom

My ancient high school geekdom favorites (and yeah, the guys come over and we still play 'em...)

Beer & Pretzel Games:
Axis and Allies
Risk

Grognard Games:
Advanced Squad Leader
Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

[bmbmd]

39. Stratego.

Where's that darn spy, anyway?

[NewJeffCT]

47. That was one of my favorites

but, I was so good at it, that nobody used to play with me. I used to have to cheat to help other people be more competitive so they would play with me.

[bmbmd]

52. My wife and I played it some when we were newlyweds-

I would put my generals out front so she could beat me. Now, I can't beat her at anything.

[pokerfan]

46. Chess, Go, Risk, Scrabble

and PanzerBlitz!

[JVS]

49. Monopoly, The Farmer Game, Scrabble, Life

[unpossibles]

50. Scrabble, Cranium, Chess, Checkers, Backgammon, ... heck, I love games

back in college, some friends and I decided to play this game we had drunkenly made up which consisted of a chess board, chutes and ladders, and scrabble - you'd make a move in each and the game ended when one team won Chutes and Ladders, with Chess points used for scoring. After 3 hours we tied at 351 points each.

Cranium is a blast.


Anyone ever play Compatibility? It's a lot of fun - everyone has a deck of cards with pictures, words, or colors on them, a concept is randomly chosen by die roll, and you have to match your partner's choices for the 5 cards they think will represent that concept. For instance, if the concept is "love" you might pick the red card, a picture of flowers, a picture of a couple making out, a picture of children or whatever. You get points for cards in common with your teammate and if they're in the same position you get bonus points.

[KamaAina]

51. Ever notice that the annoying kid who yells 'I win!"...

...is always a white boy, no matter how diverse the rest of the commercial may be?

[Broken_Hero]

53. Chess, Risk, Sorry....tn

[Blue-Jay]

54. Risk, Trivial Pursuit, Monopoly, Candyland.

(OK, I was kidding about Candyland)

[MAGICBULLET]

55. Othello, but

coming in a close second is the Simpsons version of Life

[Lyric]

56. Scrabble, Monopoly, Trivial Pursuit, SceneIt, Boggle

Scrabble is something of a passion--I could play everyday and I'm ridiculously good at it, thanks to my massive vocabulary and mental anagram engine.

When playing Monopoly, I *MUST* be the cowboy on the horse. I will shrivel up and die like the Wicked Witch of the West if I am denied my special piece.

I collect Trivial Pursuit games like other people collect trading cards. We have an amazing number of variations and themes. Ditto for SceneIt--although I prefer the Music SceneIt, because I know a lot more about music than I do about movies.

[Orsino]

57. Talisman.

And I just found out that a multiplayer computer version is coming out after its reissue this fall:

http://www.joystiq.com/2007/04/13/capcom-brings-rocketmen-and-talisman-to-xbla-and-psn/

We also think highly of the luxurious new Kill Dr. Lucky:

http://paizo.com/titanicGames/v5748btpy7ppe

[Manifestor_of_Light]

58. Trivial Pursuit, Celebrity Taboo, Pictionary

Except I don't know anyone who will play Celebrity Taboo with me, they think it's "too hard".

I found my purpose in life when they invented Trivial Pursuit. I have a ton of useless info in my cranium, thanks to being a perpetual student.

[mikeargo]

59. Nobody's mentioned...

Carcassonne
Acquire
Strat o Matic Baseball

[KG]

60. Strat-o-matic Football

:hi:

[enigmatic]

62. Strat-O-Matic, period

I think I had 8 different leagues in 4 sports at one time; did you send away for the personalized Strat-o-Matic Baseball player card? Man, I wish I still had mine..

[u4ic]

61. Time's Up is my absolute favourite

My knack for blurting out the first thing that comes to mind without thinking has finally found a home. :D

Cranium, Scrabble, cribbage and Trivial Pursuit round out the other faves.

[zingaro]

64. Battleship is my favorite. And I loathe Monopoly.

[Montauk6]

66. Anyone remember/used to play Pair Snare?

I never got Clue (even as an adult), too involved.

Monopoly's always great when you're visiting with cousins, hours of fun.

I don't know if this counts but nothing beats Outburst!

[Frank Cannon]

68. Risk and Acquire

I also liked Panzer Leader, but I don't know if those old Avalon Hill war games count.

I never had a preference for particular playing pieces, except for maybe the car in Monopoly.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

70. Risk, Monopoly, and Citadels

[slj0101]

71. How about Mind Trap?

Loved that game. My friends and I never even used the board; we'd take turns asking each other the questions.

[jakefrep]

72. APBA Baseball