Favorite board game

[pokerfan]

Poll question: Favorite board game

I'm setting aside checkers, chess, go, backgammon, poker/other card games as we could fill up the list with those.

Do kids still play board games? I don't know any that do.

[Ineeda]

1. Balderdash

Hysterical, challenging, educational (sort of.)

[pokerfan]

2. Never played it

Then again, I never played Risk until I got to college and found myself around others who played it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balderdash

Looks like a good game. It's based upon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionary_%28game%29

[Godhumor]

7. Totally agree

My all-time favorite board game.

[valerief]

13. I knew it was you, Ineeda, even before I saw your name!!!!

[ZombieHorde]

24. I rock at Balderdash! nt

[flying rabbit]

3. Diplomacy

a simple WW1 wargame that is very engaging.

[pokerfan]

4. Avalon Hill games were great

Diplomacy, D-Day, Panzerblitz etc. The problem was finding people to play with. That got easier in college.

[flying rabbit]

5. Nowadays

the only game I play with my friends is texas hold em. Which I love, but it would be nice to play some of those old school games. With humans. Not on the computer. There is something to be said about live gaming sessions.

[TheMightyFavog]

8. I have heard of fistfights breaking out over that damn game...

End of Line.

[quakerboy]

12. I suppose I will second that

Though I generally came in 3rd. I was the better tactician, but the two "real adults" that played with us were friends, and knew when to trust each other. Which was always. Even with superior planning, a pair of solid allies will generally beat a gaggle of impatient youth at that game.

[cemaphonic]

21. Ugh, the last time I played that, I was Austria forced into an alliance with Turkey

by my obnoxious Italian neighbor. That alliance doesn't work at all, and I was about 2 turns away from being prepared when the inevitable backstab happened.

[lazarus]

6. other, and we play board games

we play at meet ups a couple of times a week.

The stuff I play is way beyond the stuff you have listed. My favourite game of all time is Power Grid, but I also like Puerto Rico and Settlers of Cataan.

I have several expansion boards for Power Grid, too. So far, I have the US, Germany, Spain/Portugal, Brazil, France, and Italy.

Munchkin Quest is fun if you have 3 or 4 hours to kill. For quick games, I like Carcassonne and Ingenious. A bit random, but fun.

[TheMightyFavog]

9. The correct answer is Axis and Allies.

Best. Boardgame. Ever.

[DainBramaged]

10. Yup

And in the EARLY 70's I owned Luftwaffe but could not find anyone to play with. Threw it away about 20 years ago.

[cemaphonic]

22. I think it's pretty unbalanced

With my friends, we had to adopt the "Soviet Union can't attack on its first turn" home rule to give the Axis a chance, and even with that, they were definite underdogs.
Also, it's a little too simple to be a good grognard game, and yet way too complex and long (and long to set up) for any casual gamers.

It is fun though. and it's a game that is pretty familiar to most people that play games beyond the common family games.

[pokerfan]

25. You get that with a lot of wargames

I believe the only truly balanced wargame was Avalon Hill's Tactics II which was rather abstract.

[applegrove]

11. We used to play trivial pursuit up at the cottage when we were drunk. Much fun.

[kentauros]

14. other: Nuclear War, Nuclear Escalation, Nuclear Proliferation

Okay, it's a card game, but it does have a spinner and little paper placemat-like things for your cards as you play them through. Like this:




Here's an idea of what the cards look like, too:




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[Kali]

15. pass out

:beer: :beer: :smoke: :beer: :hangover:

[kentauros]

16. I remember that game, for the two times I played...

[yurbud]

17. I wonder what the favorites are for right wingers?

since you left out checkers, that just leaves tic. Tic tac toe would require too much strategery.

[pinboy3niner]

18. Other--Sexual Bingo

You may not have heard of it, because I just invented it. Well, the title, anyway. The concept needs to be 'fleshed out,' which sounds like a job right up the DU Lounge's alley. :)

[marmar]

19. Sorry, Life and Monopoloy

nt

[HopeHoops]

20. Othello, but King's Court is a close second.

[cemaphonic]

23. Do card games that aren't "playing-card-deck" games count?

If so, Dominion (my wife and I play this one like rats on crack) Bohnanza and 1000 Blank White Cards.

Carcassone is pretty great too.

[edbermac]

26. Chess

I'm pretty good although I get distracted once in a while.