Board Games in real life

[Woodruff]

Meh, Diplomacy is ok I guess.

My real gripe about it is that it's only fun for the first couple of hours while everybody is still alive and a credible threat to everybody else. After a couple of good 'stabs' the tension tends to go out of the game a bit and you end up with two monolithic alliances (or worse, players) just leaning against each other until something breaks. So you set up a game that's going to take 4 hours, have mad fun for the first two, then spend the second half essentially just doing admin to play out the inevitable.

Huh...you've definitely played with a different set of folks than I have. I have had that happen on occasion, but it's a tremendous rarity (and that includes more than 200 games via email...where that would tend to happen more often, I would think).

[ser stiefel]

Older thread, but the sci-fi book thread got me interested in talking about games (some posts about Thieves World Games in particular)

One we like to play is Ticket To Ride. Set collecting type of game, would be easy for the kids to learn. It is quite a bit of fun, and even has a dice option to replace the card collecting mechanic if you want to give it a try.

We also play Settlers quite a bit.

We also like clue, and have recently purchased the 24 version (based on the TV show) it adds a couple of twists to gameplay that are interesting.

Another favorite of mine, that no-one else in my family seems to like much is Empire Builder, a crayon rails game.

Also, the website Boardgamegeek.com is awsome if you want some interesting reviews of board games.

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/9209/ticket-to-ride

[pimpdave]

This was a great thread. It really makes me miss one of our most valuable contributors. Dude was such an interesting read.

[autoload]

I hope you don't get a ban for necro bumping like I did...

I like Mutant Chronicles "Siege of the Citadel".

[ben79]

axies and allies, all of them, they're just the best !

[72o]

I used to play this board game called King's Court incessantly. It's like checkers, but with other rules and intricacies. It's a lot of fun. http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/5157/kings-court

[ser stiefel]

I hope you don't get a ban for necro bumping like I did...

I hope I made a meaningful addition to the topic!

I like Mutant Chronicles "Siege of the Citadel".

I just went and looked at that one.. hmm.. I am interested...

[BigBallinStalin]

This was a great thread. It really makes me miss one of our most valuable contributors. Dude was such an interesting read.

Man, that hit me pretty hard. I'm very tired right now, so I didn't notice how old this thread was until just now. I saw Dancing Mustard, and my mind did a little backflip, read the interesting title, and forgot about some important details--just thought he was back.

This thread is great and thanks for the revival. I'm going to buy a few of these boardgames and some of the essentials, and have a grand time with my friends.

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Also, I was wondering: I really like games that rely on speaking skills, and much less on dice rolls (which are fun too), but I really enjoy messing around with my friends over a good game of anything.

There's Diplomacy, Games of Thrones..., anything else similar to those?

[ser stiefel]

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/6472/a-game-of-thrones

A couple of people have mentioned this now. I did read the George RR Martin books, so now I am very interested. Did you find that most people liked this game, or was it really targeted to readers of the book?

edit: also the Diplomacy game mentioned.. is that the old one from back in the 50's? I took a look at it on the boardgamegeek and there were several links to play by email... i have never done something like that before. do you leave the game board set up?

[ser stiefel]

This was a great thread. It really makes me miss one of our most valuable contributors. Dude was such an interesting read.

Man, that hit me pretty hard. I'm very tired right now, so I didn't notice how old this thread was until just now. I saw Dancing Mustard, and my mind did a little backflip, read the interesting title, and forgot about some important details--just thought he was back.

This thread is great and thanks for the revival. I'm going to buy a few of these boardgames and some of the essentials, and have a grand time with my friends.

Yeah, sorry for that, folks. I wasn't around in the DancingMustard era, so I didn't think anything of bringing up the board game discussions... I didn't intend to cause a hanky session!

[Woodruff]

edit: also the Diplomacy game mentioned.. is that the old one from back in the 50's? I took a look at it on the boardgamegeek and there were several links to play by email... i have never done something like that before. do you leave the game board set up?

With most play-by-email, the Game Master (think "Dungeon Master in AD&D") sends out the updated map to everyone after each turn is completed. No need for you to keep a board set up.