2011-05-04, 14:35 | Link #1 |
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Board Games Anyone?
As the title suggests, curious if anyone else here is interested in board games, what your favorites are, etc. Non-collectible card games like Dominion or Ascension can also apply.
My friends and I play Arkham Horror 1-2 times a month. It's a cooperative game based on the Cthulhu mythos, in which the players work together to prevent one of several Ancient Ones from awakening and destroying the world. It's pretty complicated with tons of pieces and cards, and in true Cthulhu mythos fashion, the odds are very heavily stacked against the players, but that's what makes it so amazing. Monsters that are nigh-unkillable, event cards that can seriously screw over or even kill a player outright, and ridiculous descriptions like "You find something horrible about your family history, lose 1 sanity" are all part of the fun. It feels pretty great overcoming all this and winning. Anyone else a fan of this or any similar games? (Also I wasn't entirely sure where to put this thread, if a mod feels it's more appropriate in General Discussion please feel free to move it there.) |
2011-05-04, 15:31 | Link #2 |
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: In front of my computer
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Occasionally we gathered to play "Coach ride to the devil's castle", which is a really fun team game about tricking or working with each other to archive the goal, but the problem is you don't know who's your ally, and who's your enemy, so half of the game's time will be spending on gathering information.
Second would be Cutthroat Cavern, which I absolutely love. The game is about 3 - 6 players that has to cooperate with each other to go through the dungeon, and that's where the fun begins. There is only one person that can win the game, but if you go alone, there is no way to win the game, so you'll have to cooperate with other players to beat the boss of each floor, yet you still want to keep them in check to prevent them from winning. It's fun to see people screwing each other . However, to prevent petty attitude, we always play with the rule "One must act on the goal of archiving winning, not to bring everyone down together so there won't be the winner". I haven't played much the last one, Shadow Hunters, but I think it's also a fun game. Ideally you would want to have at least 6 people, or the game will be extremely boring.
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2011-05-04, 15:43 | Link #3 |
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: 42° 10' N (Latitude) 87° 33' W (Longitude)
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Several times into the year, I gather up with friends to play board games, card games, or any other non-video game. Sure, video games are still played; but that's not the emphasis of these game nights.
If there's one thing video games take away from the gaming aspect, it is this: rule enforcement and understanding. In video games, certain rules can be programmed right into the game. So, what concern would any of that be to the player? Oh, and I challenge anyone here to Blockus.
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2011-05-05, 09:40 | Link #4 |
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: St. Louis, MO
Age: 39
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I normally try to get together with my PhD friends to play some of the more common German board game like Settlers, Phoenixia, Carcassone and the like. It's normally tons of fun but we have some people in our group who get a little too much in the competitive side. XD
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2011-05-05, 11:11 | Link #5 | |
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I played Carcassone only once, when it was really late and I was half asleep. I somehow managed to win by a significant margin despite not really even listening to my friend's explanation of how to play. I'd say it was fun but I don't remember much. |
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2011-05-05, 14:18 | Link #6 |
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Canada, Ontario
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During game nights, just a get together with my friends for the social aspect, we often played:
- Risk - Monopoly (different versions of the Monopoly, Monopoly City, Monopoly Tropical Tycoon) - Pictionary (a fun game to see how your friends take their creativity to the max) We often play Monopoly since i bought the Monopoly City, Monopoly Tropical Tycoon, gameplay in itself is interesting, and differs from Monopoly Original, but the fundamental in paying ppl $ is still there :P |
2011-05-05, 14:27 | Link #7 |
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Once a week, my friends get together for a game of Agricola, which has been my group's favorite game in quite some time since there's just so much replayability to be had through figuring out combos with occupations and improvements.
For nights where we can't get more than two people, the game of choice tends to float to Twilight Struggle. Nothing like re-enacting the Cold War using the same general mindset that pervaded the time period. Especially when the important skill to learn there is hand management so that even if you have a bad hand, you can still make life hard for the other side. Needless to say, it's my favorite wargame at the moment. We've also done Catan, Puerto Rico, and a bit of Power Grid. Yeah, we are a bit biased towards Eurogames...
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2011-05-05, 14:46 | Link #8 |
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Ever since about a year ago, I started to going to weekly meetups for board games. The group tends to play Eurogames, but I also like other games. I've been playing all sorts of games, and some of my favourites are:
7 Wonders Twilight Struggle Arkham Horror (which might soon get replaced by Mansions of Madness after I play it more) Navegador Once in a while I get together with my friends and play boardgames with more anime theme, such as Tanto Cuore or Tohou Dominion. It's kinda hard to bring those games to regular boardgame groups
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Location: Seattle
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Although, I do enjoy a game of Chess every so often.
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2011-05-05, 19:55 | Link #14 | ||
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http://www.boardgamegeek.com/blogpos...lish-glenn-dro Or if not, you can always get the Japanese version, sleeve and put the English inserts in to cover up the Japanese text. Most Arclight card games has their rule book and inserts translated. Quote:
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2011-05-06, 00:24 | Link #16 |
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Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
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My family plays the Call of Cthulhu mythos that Bladewing mentions (though not that specific one. Now roll for sanity...). We also play a little gem called "Kobolds Ate My Baby" wherein everyone roleplays kobolds on a quest to steal babies from the local village for King Torg's feast (All Hail King Torg!)... its hilarious and of course, don't get too attached to any of your characters because they have the approximate lifespan of.. a kobold.
Otherwise these days, we play the kind of games you see in the "eclectic section"... like Shogun, Settlers of Catan, Blokus, Scrabble, Red Dragon Inn, Mah Jong, Munchkin, and a pile of other oddball games (Dorktower, Order of the Stick, Unspeakable Words, etc). Oh... and we keep a selection of actual LAN games handy and have the occasional LAN party.... the kind where no one has to dial up the mothership to play. Some good classic FPS and RPG stuff.
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2011-05-06, 00:40 | Link #17 | |
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That said, I've only played it like.. three times ever, so I'm hardly the expert on it. :P
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2011-05-06, 04:05 | Link #18 | |
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Anyway, I tend to enjoy boardgames and try to have friends over once every 2 weeks to play. Right now, we're playing mostly Dungeonquest (everyone dies -_-), Arkham Horror (why are there so many frigging expansion packs >_<), I'm the Boss (great fun, simple rules and lots of opportunities to backstab). Also, check out Betrayal at House on the Hill for a pretty fun game with a lot of differing scenarios.
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