Are board games a threat to video games?

Wolfehunter · 02-07-10, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Task Force

Hmm, board games are nice, but I dont have the time/ people for them.

Same here. I have all my old games boxed in storage. I just don't have the people to play them anymore.. Everybody has lives.. Shame though.. I wouldn't mind trying to revive it again...

Rift or warhammer.. even AD&D hehehe. I have my old collection of magically enchanted dice....

My friends use to say magically fixed dice... muhahahahaa..

Castout · 02-07-10, 10:34 PM

...how about family(wife, kids, uncle , auntie, nephew, niece, cousin, or even grandpa or grandma), friends, neighbors . . . Saturday or Sunday or in the evening. It doesn't have to be a biweekly event or a weekly event perhaps on holiday season or when the weather is forcing everyone to stay at home like now in the DC and mid-western USA in general. I thought everybody's dad had had their poker night event . . .what becomes of that now.....online games night?

It's a classic excuse but make time is the only solution. However finding another group of people with the same interest might be a problem if one doesn't have a lot of friends

or lack of politically correct friends as in my case I'm not sure whether to laugh or cry ....

Sailor Steve · 02-08-10, 01:05 PM

I've played board games since before home computers existed. I use the term to include tabletop miniatures wargames, including ancients, Renaisance and American Civil War, plus a Grand Prix board game designed by a friend. I still regularly play a 3D airwar game with my friends, which we've been doing for more than thirty years.

I've also been working on my own WW1 naval rules for a good many years now.

And no, I don't see them as a threat to computer games. At least not for me.

Castout · 02-10-10, 04:55 AM

Steve that's a very good looking plane. Is it modeled according to a real plane?

Do you play boardgames with VASSAL application? I wouldn't mind to play say twilight struggle over the net with you sometimes lol. My preorder of the deluxe hasn't arrived yet so I haven't taken a look at the rulebook.

I think board gaming is GREAT. GREAT for binding family. GREAT to treat the troubled boys at boys home. GREAT for educational purposes more than electronic game. GREAT to get friends closer together.

I'm going to advertise for board gaming friends. I will do that through my parish event and announcement board.LOL. Kind of weird but maybe worth a shot.

02-07-10, 10:34 PM	#2
Castout Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Jakarta Posts: 4,794 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 6	...how about family(wife, kids, uncle , auntie, nephew, niece, cousin, or even grandpa or grandma), friends, neighbors . . . Saturday or Sunday or in the evening. It doesn't have to be a biweekly event or a weekly event perhaps on holiday season or when the weather is forcing everyone to stay at home like now in the DC and mid-western USA in general. I thought everybody's dad had had their poker night event . . .what becomes of that now.....online games night? It's a classic excuse but make time is the only solution. However finding another group of people with the same interest might be a problem if one doesn't have a lot of friends or lack of politically correct friends as in my case I'm not sure whether to laugh or cry .... __________________ My blog: http://exposingsingapore.wordpress.com/

02-08-10, 01:05 PM	#3
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I've played board games since before home computers existed. I use the term to include tabletop miniatures wargames, including ancients, Renaisance and American Civil War, plus a Grand Prix board game designed by a friend. I still regularly play a 3D airwar game with my friends, which we've been doing for more than thirty years. I've also been working on my own WW1 naval rules for a good many years now. And no, I don't see them as a threat to computer games. At least not for me. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

02-10-10, 04:55 AM	#4
Castout Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Jakarta Posts: 4,794 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 6	Steve that's a very good looking plane. Is it modeled according to a real plane? Do you play boardgames with VASSAL application? I wouldn't mind to play say twilight struggle over the net with you sometimes lol. My preorder of the deluxe hasn't arrived yet so I haven't taken a look at the rulebook. I think board gaming is GREAT. GREAT for binding family. GREAT to treat the troubled boys at boys home. GREAT for educational purposes more than electronic game. GREAT to get friends closer together. I'm going to advertise for board gaming friends. I will do that through my parish event and announcement board.LOL. Kind of weird but maybe worth a shot. __________________ My blog: http://exposingsingapore.wordpress.com/