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[Shin GenX]

Used to think that Monopoly and Risk were the top boardgames but recently
I have been interested to much more interesting and cerebral boardgames.

Things I have played recently.

Catan
Carcassone
Dominion
Dixit

a recent favorite for my wife and I.

Yinsh.

Do you guys have a favorite? What do you guys pull out when you and your friends are tired of just staring too long at the tv? ^^

[Kezins]

Used to think that Monopoly and Risk were the top boardgames but recently
I have been interested to much more interesting and cerebral boardgames.

Things I have played recently.

Catan
Carcassone
Dominion
Dixit

a recent favorite for my wife and I.

Yinsh.

Do you guys have a favorite? What do you guys pull out when you and your friends are tired of just staring too long at the tv? ^^

I'd have to say I like Risk and Catan the most. I don't get a chance to play too many board games these days though.

[DarkCobra86]

Monopoly was always a favorite of mine and my friends. I loved settlers of catan when I first played with my friend. Another fun one that I enjoyed with my friends is Last Night on Earth. Catan and LNOE are the most recent ones I played lately. I played a game of thrones board game recently too but I am not sure about it. One is because we only got one go on it and secondly I didn't have a lot of fun in it when I was Stark and my friend was Greyjoy and since they are sworn enemies in the book, he decided to go on a death march against me and basically took me out of the game. I had to defend the entire time and couldn't hold him off.

[Jason Clement]

Man, I haven't played any board games in a while but I'm usually partial to Monopoly and Pictionary. Risk is pretty cool too, but I haven't played it nearly enough.

[SeveranceZero]

My favorite two are Monopoly and Yahtzee. I haven't played either in quite some time but I remember I used to play Monopoly with friends and family and sometimes games would last so long that we'd have to take a break for the night and reconvene the next day. I think the longest total I've ever played was like 10 hours? Before we called it quits! Good times...good times! As for Yahtzee, I don't remember any specific moments with that game, just remember I liked playing it quite a bit.

[Ludono]

I love Risk but finding someone willing to spend several hours actually playing a full game with you is a bit hard. Catan is a great game as well although I was first introduced to it as "Siedler von Catan".

Was a bit fan of the Heroscape board game, but I recently sold it off because I just don't have the time or the willing participants for long games like that.

[Kezins]

I love Risk but finding someone willing to spend several hours actually playing a full game with you is a bit hard. Catan is a great game as well although I was first introduced to it as "Siedler von Catan".

Was a bit fan of the Heroscape board game, but I recently sold it off because I just don't have the time or the willing participants for long games like that.

Finding people to play is my problem. If I still lived in my hometown, I would have no problem finding people to play long board games, but I just don't know too many people here in West Virginia.

[DarkCobra86]

I love Risk but finding someone willing to spend several hours actually playing a full game with you is a bit hard. Catan is a great game as well although I was first introduced to it as "Siedler von Catan".

Was a bit fan of the Heroscape board game, but I recently sold it off because I just don't have the time or the willing participants for long games like that.

Heroscape, I remembered that. My best friend got that and we played a bit of it. Never really got into it for me personally though.

Another good board game for me is Epic duels. It is a star wars board game. Where you pick characters and go at it. Good vs evil, and you have a team.

[bink]

Monopoly, Stratego, and Life are some fun ones. I don't believe I've ever played Risk, but heard it was fun. Is it two-player capable?

About a year ago I was super into board games that could be played with only two people, but I have a limited selection in the stores here and never really built up the confidence that the game was going to be good to buy any online. I might have to check more into this though now since the topic has reignited my interest!

[DarkCobra86]

Looks like monopoly is a clear favorite here. We need to get a game of monopoly going.

[DrPixel]

I don't believe I've ever played Risk, but heard it was fun. Is it two-player capable?

Yes, actually it's......only multiplayer if I'm not mistaken. It's really fun too, though it can be very time consuming. There's a lot of strategy and management involved since, well, it IS a game about taking over the whole world!

My favorites are Risk, Monopoly, and The Game of Life. Seriously, all of them are amazing. I don't often get to play board games with anyone, since my family is almost always busy and my friends think it's too "dweeby", but I do like to play the occassional board game or two every so often. When I was a kid, I nicknamed my daughter "Trashcan" (for some reason), and I literally snuck money under the table to other people, saying that it was a gift from Trashcan. Ah, good times.

[Adam McCarthy]

Looks like monopoly is a clear favorite here. We need to get a game of monopoly going.

GP Monopoly fest 2012, you heard it here first!
That would actually be pretty sweet, I wonder if there are any good online monopoly sims we could hijack for a day or something.
Myself, I have always liked monopoly, but I also like Balderdash (not sure if anyone else has ever heard of it) and some of the board game spin-offs of game shows are pretty good too. My family collects board games, sometime I will take a picture of our game closet...

[bink]

Yes, actually it's......only multiplayer if I'm not mistaken. It's really fun too, though it can be very time consuming. There's a lot of strategy and management involved since, well, it IS a game about taking over the whole world!

Good to know. I was actually wondering if it required 3 or more players, since a lot of the games I had looked into previously were not two-player capable, because you had to have 3 or more, which sucks. Easy to find two people; half the challenge is already complete since I want to play so that leaves only one more person. Three is hard to get though.

[DrPixel]

Good to know. I was actually wondering if it required 3 or more players, since a lot of the games I had looked into previously were not two-player capable, because you had to have 3 or more, which sucks. Easy to find two people; half the challenge is already complete since I want to play so that leaves only one more person. Three is hard to get though.

Well it's 2-6 players I think, though I've been able to fit in more as "advisors" of sorts. The more people the better with Risk, but if you only have two that's probably fine.

[DarkCobra86]

GP Monopoly fest 2012, you heard it here first!
That would actually be pretty sweet, I wonder if there are any good online monopoly sims we could hijack for a day or something.
Myself, I have always liked monopoly, but I also like Balderdash (not sure if anyone else has ever heard of it) and some of the board game spin-offs of game shows are pretty good too. My family collects board games, sometime I will take a picture of our game closet...

Dude I'm totally game if we can get some people together and play it. But yes you are right, we need something online that is a good monopoly version. Haha, someone should make a game podunk monopoly version

[Shin GenX]

Haha Monopoly... well don't want to sound too arrogant but once you start playing some of the other board games I mentioned you will never go back to Monopoly.

I would recommend Monopoly Deal to you guys though, it is basically a card game version of Monopoly but it is much more fast paced and interesting.

Here is a funny graph explaining what I mean ^^

[Elizabeth]

I enjoy playing the classics like Monopoly, Life, Risk, and Yahtzee.

[DarkCobra86]

Haha Monopoly... well don't want to sound too arrogant but once you start playing some of the other board games I mentioned you will never go back to Monopoly.

I would recommend Monopoly Deal to you guys though, it is basically a card game version of Monopoly but it is much more fast paced and interesting.

Here is a funny graph explaining what I mean ^^

I have played monoply deal already. Many times, my friend bought it and we played it. It was great and I enjoyed it alot. I managed to win 4 games in a row which was pretty amazing. I think both are great though, original monoply is still really addicting and fun.

I almost had a chance to play Carcassone but felt sick so I went home early and didn't stick around to playing it. Maybe another time I'll try it.

[Shin GenX]

I highly recommend Carcassone. Yeah Monopoly Deal is cool but I like a little less luck and randomness in my games ^^

If you guys like chess/checkers/othello check out Yinsh because it is exactly that. A really good mixture of all three games ^^

[DarkCobra86]

I highly recommend Carcassone. Yeah Monopoly Deal is cool but I like a little less luck and randomness in my games ^^

If you guys like chess/checkers/othello check out Yinsh because it is exactly that. A really good mixture of all three games ^^

Well yea, monopoly is a lot of luck. But it is really how you wheel and deal for certain properties to put yourself in the best spot. Plus you have to know when to go all in on building to reap the rewards.