Another attempt [again] to sway people to board games

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Originally Posted by 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.....

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

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.

Originally Posted by 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.

Aye my impression exactly. The game is not scary at all . 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 .