Another attempt [again] to sway people to board games

[Castout]

Check out these(however the ones I listed on average take 3 hours to finish but it doesn't mean it cannot be played). Remember holiday? Weekends? or just that night before bed?

It brings family and loved one together. It encourages social interaction and fair play. It SHARPENS the mind and help with memory. Some may require you to think, some other require you to make decision, some let you role play or play solo, some forces you to play against other players while others make you to work together to win.

Arkham Horror
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v319/roh_kudus/pic175966_md.jpg
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/15987/arkham-horror



Battlestar Galactica
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v319/roh_kudus/pic354500_md.jpg
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/37111/battlestar-galactica



(Fancy playing an evil God?)Chaos in the old world
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v319/roh_kudus/pic496014_md.jpg
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/43111/chaos-in-the-old-world



Shogun(German made game actually)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v319/roh_kudus/pic145843_md.jpg
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/20551/shogun

You may think they're expensive but they are actually cheap considering the money you would've spent had you been out on those hours. But more importantly they are SUPER FUN. Waaay funner than video games and you share your laughter with people you love and befriended. They are even educational and a brain cruncher too(which may not always be a bad thing)!

Now look at my eyes....I'm going to count 5 to 1 and on each count you're going to recede deeper into yourself. 5....4....3....2....1. Now you're at the deepest of your consciousness and I'm telling you now GO BUY BOARDGAMES. It;s good for your brain. It's good for your soul and it's good for everybody too not just yourself. When I say wake up you're going to come back and remember nothing of this hypnosis. . . . . .

.......
I can wait.

Go buy them :O:

Who's afraid of blizzard now?! or long hours of nothingness at home? Be brave jump into board gaming! Those magical box are just that, magical

[Castout]

WARNING. Playing these may alter the psychology of the players to be more socially adept and smarter PERMANENTLY!

From goofy young men lacking girlfriend :har:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v319/roh_kudus/xxx.jpg

To brawn and brain(better to let the big guy win I mean just look at that arm)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v319/roh_kudus/x.jpg

to young mom with baby bent on global communist domination!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v319/roh_kudus/xx.jpg

[Spoon 11th]

I approve his thread. My favorites:

Fjords (http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/15511/fjords)
Thurn and Taxis (http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/21790/thurn-and-taxis)

[kiwi_2005]

Wouldn't mind trying out the Warhammer one.

[SteamWake]

Does DnD count :O:

[AVGWarhawk]

We still play board games as a family. We have several different Monoply sets with different themes. The Game of Life. The Pirates game of Life. Sorry! The list goes on. Board games are still fun as heck at my ranch. :up:

[Sailor Steve]

I never really got into board games as such, but tabletop miniatures have dominated my life for thirty years or more.

[DarkFish]

Can they be turned into drinking games?:hmmm:




:O:

[Castout]

We still play board games as a family. We have several different Monoply sets with different themes.


Umm I'm sorry Sir but time to broaden your horizon :D. Monopoly may be a very popular and known board game but no where close as fun to what I suggest.
The board game which I list and I'm talking about is the kind of board games which are less popular to the mainstream public but which have gained niche market among board game players though they are gaining more mainstream public knowledge and popularity especially with some titles such as Settlers of Catan.

The only con is that these game require the players or at least one of the players to read the manual sometimes about 30 pages of them and internalize them before playing. But once that's through it's hell fun to play them. :yeah:

Can they be turned into drinking games?:hmmm:




:O:

Sure there are party games as well which usually only need a small amount of time to finish and doesn't require deep thinking just plain more fun.
For example

Bang!
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3955/bang

Cash & Guns
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/19237/cash-n-guns

[Castout]

Wouldn't mind trying out the Warhammer one.

Not a bad choice. I don't have that one but I'm quite interested in it.
It's an Euro game instead of Ameritrash which means it's a thinking game where logic rules which is one of its main appeal to me aside from the fact that it allows you to play as one of several evil Gods. Playing evil is already so much fun not to mention playing an evil God :DL.

If you can find the people to play with with this game then go ahead try this one out but I suggest reading reviews of it on bgg(the definitive board gaming site) so you know what you're getting or what to expect, . There's even video reviews of it too.


Some people playing it
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v319/roh_kudus/xxxxx.jpg

Some Indonesians with friends playing it.(No Im not in it as it's not even my picture, just took it from the internet, bgg site to be exact)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v319/roh_kudus/xxxx.jpg

The map may look messy and the figures look plain but board gaming is all about the gameplay and atmosphere.

[sharkbit]

We play board games on New Year's eve with the kids. Kinda been a tradition the last few years since myself and mama are old fuddy duddies.....ok, I'm the fuddy duddy and can't stay awake 'til midnight anymore, but we have fun.

I still play Advanced Squad Leader occasionally and a few other wargames. Nothing can compare to moving tiny cardboard pieces around a board.

:)

[Castout]

We play board games on New Year's eve with the kids. Kinda been a tradition the last few years since myself and mama are old fuddy duddies.....ok, I'm the fuddy duddy and can't stay awake 'til midnight anymore, but we have fun.

:up: Sounds like a great tradition and a great family


I still play Advanced Squad Leader occasionally and a few other wargames. Nothing can compare to moving tiny cardboard pieces around a board.

:)


Aaah ASL most people will be scared by the rules :O:
Haven't tried my hands on it but heard it was the grand daddy of all war games.

[AVGWarhawk]

Umm I'm sorry Sir but time to broaden your horizon :D. Monopoly may be a very popular and known board game but no where close as fun to what I suggest.
The board game which I list and I'm talking about is the kind of board games which are less popular to the mainstream public but which have gained niche market among board game players though they are gaining more mainstream public knowledge and popularity especially with some titles such as Settlers of Catan.



Ummm sorry but I have two young daughters. Monopoly Puppy Edition will win over Tolopod Lord of Uranus board game any day of the week. :O: But hey, thanks for trying! :up:

[Castout]

Ummm sorry but I have two young daughters. Monopoly Puppy Edition will win over Tolopod Lord of Uranus board game any day of the week. :O: But hey, thanks for trying! :up:

There are many many forms of board gaming temptation :arrgh!:


These are some of the most popular family games out there and girls(small or great, young or old) usually like them a lot too, they rank very very high in terms of popularity, don't judge them by their art cover :-P

Pandemic
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v319/roh_kudus/4-1.jpg
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/30549/pandemic


Agricola
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v319/roh_kudus/1-2.jpg
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/31260/agricola


Race for the Galaxy
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v319/roh_kudus/2-5.jpg
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/28143/race-for-the-galaxy


Power Grid
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v319/roh_kudus/3-2.jpg
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2651/power-grid

[TarJak]

Does DnD count :O:
Of course not! That's just geeky.:O:

[Castout]

Of course not! That's just geeky.:O:

He meant Dinner and Dance ya know that stupid college thing.

But if not

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v319/roh_kudus/9-1.jpg

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v319/roh_kudus/


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v319/roh_kudus/pic249300_md.jpg


Not my cup of tea at least not yet but perhaps it's to some other people though I do have War of the Ring(LotR themed) and have Arkham Horror on order. Both have excellent arts and theme imo though not D&D

Cautionary note: Do not lick your monitor if you happen to be using CRT type of monitor, wouldn't want to electrocute your tongue would you?!

[Sailor Steve]

Lol. I quit playing D&D about the time it became a board game. Or at least about the time Official Rules were first published.

[SteamWake]

I still play table top with a group with gasp two women :o :yep:

One of em is my wife ;)

Current campaign has been going on for several years. The DM is actually quite talented and sometimes we bend the rules to keep things moving.

But they are good friends and we enjoy the company as much as anything else.

[Penguin]

What is the name of the game in post #2, pics 2 and 3? It looks like some kind of cold-war-risk, judging from the board.


Has anyone ever tried 'Junta'? http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/242/junta Besides it being a boardgame, I think it has a very big roleplay part in it. This is the type of game you want to play if you have too many friends and want to get rid of some...:03: Definitely not a game for every week, as we sometimes still argue after years about betrayal and backstabbings - and if you play good you cannot avoid to play like this. The most important rule, even written in the manual: "Always remember: it's only a game!"

[Castout]

I still play table top with a group with gasp two women :o :yep:

One of em is my wife ;)

Current campaign has been going on for several years. The DM is actually quite talented and sometimes we bend the rules to keep things moving.



Current campaign has been going on for several years?! Talk about commitment:DL. You're a very lucky guy to be able to play with your life long partner :up:




But they are good friends and we enjoy the company as much as anything else.

Yea that is what made board gaming so much fun in the first place as you get many moments to remember from each other sharing those laughter and those silly moments.

What is the name of the game in post #2, pics 2 and 3? It looks like some kind of cold-war-risk, judging from the board.




Twilight Struggle. It's a game of cold war. It's very popular too.
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12333/twilight-struggle



"Now the trumpet summons us again, not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need; not as a call to battle, though embattled we are – but a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle..."
– John F. Kennedy
In 1945, unlikely allies toppled Hitler's war machine, while humanity's most devastating weapons forced the Japanese Empire to its knees in a storm of fire. Where once there stood many great powers, there then stood only two. The world had scant months to sigh its collective relief before a new conflict threatened. Unlike the titanic struggles of the preceding decades, this conflict would be waged not primarily by soldiers and tanks, but by spies and politicians, scientists and intellectuals, artists and traitors. Twilight Struggle is a two-player game simulating the forty-five year dance of intrigue, prestige, and occasional flares of warfare between the Soviet Union and the United States. The entire world is the stage on which these two titans fight to make the world safe for their own ideologies and ways of life. The game begins amidst the ruins of Europe as the two new "superpowers" scramble over the wreckage of the Second World War, and ends in 1989, when only the United States remained standing.
Twilight Struggle inherits its fundamental systems from the card-driven classics We the People (http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/620/we-the-people) and Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage (http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/234/hannibal-rome-vs-carthage). It is a quick-playing, low-complexity game in that tradition. The game map is a world map of the period, whereon players move units and exert influence in attempts to gain allies and control for their superpower. As with GMT's other card-driven games, decision-making is a challenge; how to best use one's cards and units given consistently limited resources?
Twilight Struggles' Event cards add detail and flavor to the game. They cover a vast array of historical happenings, from the Arab- Israeli conflicts of 1948 and 1967, to Vietnam and the U.S. peace movement, to the Cuban Missile Crisis and other such incidents that brought the world to the brink of nuclear annihilation. Subsystems capture the prestige-laden Space Race as well as nuclear tensions, with the possibility of game-ending nuclear war.
A deluxe edition, published in 2009 includes the following changes from the basic game:



Mounted map with revised graphics
Two double-thick counter sheets with 260 counters
Deck of 110 event cards (increased from 104)
Revised rules and player aid cards

Upgrade kit for the owners of the previous version includes the following:



Mounted Map with revised graphics
New card deck
Updated Rules & Charts

There are also the deluxe mounted map and deluxe euro-style countersheet upgrades.

As for the game to lose some friends I'd suggest diplomacy. Just google it. It's JFK's favorite board game...and Henry Kissinger's too. It a !@#!@!%!@$!!@^* evil piece of $@!^%#^@#%$!@#

[Penguin]

thanks Castout, I'll look into it - seems like an german translation of Twilight Struggle is just in the making.

I've heard of Diplomacy, but didn't had the chance to play it yet, there is also a pc version out. Speaking of which: We once played Civilization the boardgame, this was really a beast in terms of calculations - I am happy that the computer does this for you when I play it in front of the screen.

Oh yes, and Settlers of Catan is of course quite popular here in Germany , once a month there's a Catan brunch in my hometown - I mean having brunch and playing Catan :03: - but it's on Sundays where I am often prevented to go due to headache reasons...

[FIREWALL]

Played checkers once along time ago. Lost and never touched a board game since. :haha:

[Castout]

thanks Castout, I'll look into it - seems like an german translation of Twilight Struggle is just in the making.

I've heard of Diplomacy, but didn't had the chance to play it yet, there is also a pc version out. Speaking of which: We once played Civilization the boardgame, this was really a beast in terms of calculations - I am happy that the computer does this for you when I play it in front of the screen.

Oh yes, and Settlers of Catan is of course quite popular here in Germany , once a month there's a Catan brunch in my hometown - I mean having brunch and playing Catan :03: - but it's on Sundays where I am often prevented to go due to headache reasons...

No problem pal, brunch and Settlers of Catan sounds awesomely fun. Hope you can mitigate that headache so that they happen on Saturday instead of Sunday :O:

[Castout]

Played checkers once along time ago. Lost and never touched a board game since. :haha:

Umm you might want to try this one however http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/6749/busen-memo


:rotfl2:

[Flaxpants]

I tried the board version of Diplomacy once a few years ago with a bunch of mates, it took about 6 hours to complete a game. In that time there was a physical altercation between two of the players resulting in a bloody nose and a dramatic exit, followed by a second huffy departure a bit later on. All in all it was very exciting, and to be honest, never played a game quite like it!

[Castout]

I tried the board version of Diplomacy once a few years ago with a bunch of mates, it took about 6 hours to complete a game. In that time there was a physical altercation between two of the players resulting in a bloody nose and a dramatic exit, followed by a second huffy departure a bit later on. All in all it was very exciting, and to be honest, never played a game quite like it!

Aye like I said I'd recommend that game to lose some friends.

Be warned. I hate the game too and i played the web version with strangers so go figure!

Like I wrote to me it's an @#!$@#!$%! evil piece of @!$#!^!@^! :wah:

Don't play Diplomacy unless to get rid of some friends and or spouse or girlfriend . . .

[raymond6751]

What was old is new again.

Some folks used to enjoy just imagination play, as in text-based adventures. Remember the bulletin board systems?

For those who can't sit for hours around a table game, I offer play by email. You can do email on your own schedule, and so can all the other players.

[Castout]

I don't mean to beat a dead horse but wondering did anybody go and buy a boardgame because of this thread?:D

We played several games of Arkham Horror during the Ramadan holiday one of which a back to back 6 hour session because the guys were prevented from leaving due to heavy down pour in the night. Though I must say the game is not as much fun as say Battle Star Galactica that encourages people to convince other players and creates all sort of funny moments, it worked well enough with my gaming group which prefers co-operative gaming than competitive. Arkham horror is almost like a D&D game just replaces all those monster with demons which already look more like monsters anyway.

Here's a picture of one of the session(I'm not in it as I was the one taking the picture)

Arkham Horror game session creeping into the night . . . .a 3 hour fight against a super bad demon that's about to wake up in the town of Arkham.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v319/roh_kudus/pic804634.jpg

I really wish people willing to give board game a try especially to play with spouse or senior parents or family. Don't use time as an excuse. People can make time when they want it.

Here's a cheer to gaming that actually builds relationships :()1:
When the last time you shared a laugh with the ones you love?!

[Flaxpants]

Well this thread has inspired me to dig out some of my old board games again, most of them around 25 years old. I managed to find a couple of old Games Workshop games, Apocalypse and Warrior Knights. The latter is excellent, based on the old Kingmaker game. All I have to do now is find some players.....:hmmm:

[Safe-Keeper]

Arkham Horror -- played it repeatedly with my brother and cousin. Not scary at all. Not a bad game, as such, but the rulebook is dreadful and it's not frightening the least. To be honest, we've never yet managed to play through a game without laughing our asses off, which I guess would be great if the game wasn't supposed to be horror-themed:-?.

The 1940 version of Axis&Allies and Betrayal at House on the Hill are where it's at for me currently :) .

[Castout]

Well this thread has inspired me to dig out some of my old board games again, most of them around 25 years old. I managed to find a couple of old Games Workshop games, Apocalypse and Warrior Knights. The latter is excellent, based on the old Kingmaker game. All I have to do now is find some players.....:hmmm:

Aye finding players that could be tricky but I suggest from the closest people first. Don't give up early since once you get it going and find some regulars then you are getting in going regularly :03:

Depending on your situation and type of board game that would mean expanding from spouse, family, parents, relatives or close friends then on to friend's friends or spouse friends or even parents' friends(don't forget good neighbors).

I even consider playing with less fortunate people not a bad idea such as the orphans, or pensioners and I believe board game is a good education and behavior teaching for troubled people such juvenile teens, etc. The sense of belonging and laughing together and cooperating when applicable depending on the game can teach troubled people that they are not as alone as once they thought.


Arkham Horror -- played it repeatedly with my brother and cousin. Not scary at all. Not a bad game, as such, but the rulebook is dreadful and it's not frightening the least. To be honest, we've never yet managed to play through a game without laughing our asses off, which I guess would be great if the game wasn't supposed to be horror-themed:-?.


Aye my impression exactly. The game is not scary at all :nope:. Honestly we didn't laugh as often and as loud as when we played other games such as Shogun or BattleStar Galactica(but laughing together seems to have been the heroin of board gaming which is always a good thing). So I find Arkham Horror a little on the serious game side but my gaming group seemed to enjoy it as it is a cooperative game so I'm considering to buy a big box expansion, the Dunwich horror to be exact to increase the challenge a bit :).

[krashkart]

Can they be turned into drinking games?:hmmm:




:O:

Anything can be turned into a drinking game... including dancing or removing one's own shoes (<- bonus points for socks). :yeah:

[Castout]

He meant party games I must assume

Sure there are plenty

Apples to apples I heard that one is a sure winner for all kind of people.

[krashkart]

I remembered an ex-girlfriend trying to remove her shoes after a night out. Even funnier in hindsight. :DL

[Castout]

I remembered an ex-girlfriend trying to remove her shoes after a night out. Even funnier in hindsight. :DL

:spammm: :DL

[krashkart]

:spammm: :DL

Sorry mate. I'll just slink back to my usual lurkitude. :DL

"We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming." http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=258&pictureid=2293

[Torvald Von Mansee]

I've played Arkham Horror twice (and both times, we won!!).

I also played Battlestar Galacta, and lost. As a human.

I like this:

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/714/talisman

Nice and simple yet complex.

[Castout]

I've played Arkham Horror twice (and both times, we won!!).

I also played Battlestar Galacta, and lost. As a human.

I like this:

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/714/talisman

Nice and simple yet complex.

Personally I prefer BattleStar Galactica than Arkham Horror. There bound to be some seriously funny moments playing that :D.

Moreover I found Arkham Horror at least without any expansion easier than Battlestar Galactica which difficulty I prefer to have. Both are good and enjoyable though.

Thanks for letting us know.

For simple yet deep competitive I game I really like this http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/20551/shogun
Don't be fooled by its theme if you found it not amusing, it's a great game and it's an Euro which means logic prevails and it has got no dice.
The uncertainty, the strategic planning in that kind of uncertainty and trying to guess your opponent moves and intentions and use them to your advantage where possible, this game is so addicting. You'll be rewarded handsomely when you are able to figure what your opponents are planning to do. and the uncertainty until all is revealed is what made this game imo a brilliantly designed game! So simple yet so deep!