Thread: Table Top Games

Originally Posted by foundlingofdollar

I had a friend who always dreamed of a marathon week-long game of Risk in which each battle was determined by a game of Stratego.


I love Euchre, Hand and Foot, Fluxx, Cataan, Mancala, Spades, ok, I just love games.

I've not heard of Fluxx before, but I enjoy Hand and Foot as well. It's so much better than Foot and Mouth, which is really a pain

@xman: I'm really into SJGames. Have you played NinjaBurger? It's top notch. I also have Chez Geek.

Apples to Apples is a great game and loads of fun when you're around people that aren't big gamers. I also like Tigris and Euphrates, Puerto Rico. I'm also a fan of CheapassGames. The idea behind CheapassGames is that everyone has a ton of board game pieces and boardgame money that they never play with or use (see: Monopoly), so the game doesn't include pieces or money that you might have already, thus being extremely cheap.

Anyone play Mahjong? And I'm not talking about the solitare matching game, I'm talking about the the real, four player game.

I play Go at a stunning level of 19kyu on a very good day :-P, I play Axis and Allies, damn near any board game really. I played D&D once and vowed never to play it again because people get too emotionally invested in it and lose their minds when something bad happens.

Originally Posted by jockeys

I played D&D once and vowed never to play it again because people get too emotionally invested in it and lose their minds when something bad happens.

Don't ditch the game for that reason, ditch the players. D&D can attract them though.

Originally Posted by marosell

@xman: I'm really into SJGames. Have you played NinjaBurger? It's top notch. I also have Chez Geek.

Apples to Apples is a great game and loads of fun when you're around people that aren't big gamers. I also like Tigris and Euphrates, Puerto Rico. I'm also a fan of CheapassGames. The idea behind CheapassGames is that everyone has a ton of board game pieces and boardgame money that they never play with or use (see: Monopoly), so the game doesn't include pieces or money that you might have already, thus being extremely cheap.

Anyone play Mahjong? And I'm not talking about the solitare matching game, I'm talking about the the real, four player game.

Thanks for the links, marosell. Especially to Cheapass.

I can't believe I forgot to mention one of my most favourite board games ever, Civilization, and for me the inclusion of the expansion Advanced Civilization makes it totally awesome! Commodities trading is really the heart of the game. You must trade at least three items in any one trade, but you only have to tell the truth about two of them. No serious board gamer shouldn't at least have a few games of Civ. under his belt.

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I love GO. I used to play all the time online on IGS and kiseido and yahoo and msn, but haven't had much time in the last four years after having kids. But I love GO. I played with the guys at the Carnegie Mellon Go club a little when I lived in Pittsburgh too. I think I was around 8kyu on IGS but can't remember. Proably back to good ol' 25 kyu now. GO is the ultimate game.

Diplomacy is awesome but it's so hard to get enough like minded geeks together for a day long session.

Dungeons & Dragons....wow, haven't thought about that game since the early eighties. Loved it back then though.

Originally Posted by xman

Don't ditch the game for that reason, ditch the players. D&D can attract them though.
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you're prolly right, guess I just haven't found the right players yet. all the folks I know who play it take it WAY too seriously.

<P>Risk was our game of choice in high school.&nbsp; I have witnessed a fist fight break out after seven hours of playing.&nbsp; One of my friends was quoted as saying, "Wait a minute, I have (counts his armies) seven #%&amp;*ing pieces left!", moments before being wiped off the board.</P>
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<P>+1 for GURPS as well.&nbsp;</P>

Originally Posted by xman

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Risk sux! Diplomacy is a much better game, even simpler (no dice) and loads more diverse. All Risk players should be forced to play Diplomacy once in their lives.

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Agreed! Diplomacy makes you think hard about your strategic situation and your fellow players' likely intentions. No lucky dice rolls to count on either.

I roll twenties

I actually don't play D&D, but I've always thought that was funny

I forgot all about Diplomacy, with my group of friend we usually ended up in nuclear winter sooner or later though.

If we are going to include RPG's, the only one I like to run is Paranoia, I'll play any of them but that is my favorite to GM.