Anyone interested in boardgaming?

[WhiteFang]

Hello everyone,

With the recent development of LEGO boardgaming by TLG, I was wondering if anyone of you are interested in boardgames like I do. Actually, before LEGO becomes a bigger part of my life, I was actually interested in boardgaming back then, where I will hooked up with my friends to chill and have some quality time spent playing some intringing games. Later on, I spent a few months specialising these games in a boardgaming cafe by working as a part timer.

Some of my favourite games ever played could be the "Ticket to Ride". I had played 3 versions before and I must admit that the USA map is much easier to play, while the Europe and Marklin version offer much advance gameplay such as use of tunnels and train stations.

Some other game which I enjoyed the most, is quite similar to the current mafia games, but given a different twist. This game is known as "Saboteur" where two different group of players' identity are hidden in the group of miners, hoping to find the real gold by laying tunnels. However the players whom are holding the saboteur card will have to act as if they are part of the miners, but in actual fact, they are supposed to double cross those miners and lead them to the wrong path. It's one of the interactive games ever, as it allows up to 10 players.

Other games which I interested to play, such as Citadel, Samurai, I'm the Boss, Blokus, Family Business and etc.

The following ice breaking games, which involved not much brain activities, but more of a reaction based, such as First Hand, Snorta, Slamwich, and etc.

These games bring back lots of memories for me, even though it's just a few years ago. Fellow Eurobrickers, do you have any boardgaming experience to share? Perhaps some of us could have similar boardgaming interest, so we can exchange views and of course, keeping myself in touch. I must admit that I am a little rusty right now.

WhiteFang

[Luke McAwesome]

Interesting topic, WhiteFang.

Let's see, I really like Sequence, I'm pretty good at it, too. Of course, it's just a game of luck, and you got to hope you get the right cards, but it's pretty fun and addicting.

Me and my family usually play it with guests, or if we're bored we'll play just a quick two-player round.

But it's way more fun with four or more people.

Another game of interest would be Monopoly. The game is a classic, and sure, the game takes forever, but it's fun.

I haven't played Monopoly in a while. I'll try to get my mom to play it with me.

And there's a couple others, but I'll get back to you in the morning about that. It's pretty late here.

[WhiteFang]

Let's see, I really like Sequence, I'm pretty good at it, too. Of course, it's just a game of luck, and you got to hope you get the right cards, but it's pretty fun and addicting.

Ah, "Sequence". I remembered the first time I played with this game, and I thought to myself why poker cards are used in this. At first glance, I thought it was a combination of roulette and poker together. However, I sure was wrong on this. Instead Sequence offered a range of teamwork and of course lots of luck. It's similar to Bingo, but of course it will depend on how ambitious can you be to complete the lines. With 4 players, you are able to form teams. Nevertheless, this game is fun.

Another game of interest would be Monopoly. The game is a classic, and sure, the game takes forever, but it's fun.

"Monopoly", one of the classic and successful games ever released. This game is a timeless classic where players can be as young as 4 to 5 years old till 70 years. Anyone can just play and buy real estates properties and start collecting money from players whom landed on your property. Furthermore, this is the only boardgame ever to release so many versions' with little playing variations and concepts, but different street names and packaging to attract monopoly collectors. Now, there is even an electronic version. I haven't got the idea of how the latest version works, but this is sure a must have boardgame in every household.

[Milan]

Nice topic!

I enjoy playing Risiko, strategic game when you have to conquer a number of territories, or destroy another player, or just enjoy the game!

The game is played on a world map, with 42 territorials, which are divided to the players, each player have a number of armies (tanks) which are used to attack and defend a territory.

Dices are used, according how much armies the player has on the territory from which it is attacking or defending. maximum number of dices to a player is 3. You can have as much armies on a territory as you find appropriate to defend it or attack the neighbor!

The game is played in turns.

At the start of each turn the player can use additional number of armies that can be placed on the map to use instantly,

When you conquer the continent, you also receive a bonus each turn, additional armies.

There can be 2 to 6 players, the more the better.

The game is really nice when it is being played by a bunch of people who know how to.

Desperate strategies, stabbing in the back, forming a block against world dominating player...it can really be fun.

Edited October 26, 2009 by Milan

[Lordofdragonss]

My favorite board game is:

The Settlers from Catan!

The players in the game represent settlers establishing colonies on the

island of Catan. Players build settlements, cities, and roads to

connect them as they settle the island. The game board representing the

island is composed of hexagonal tiles of different land types which are laid out randomly at the beginning of each game.

Its really fun and there are many expansions to Basic game making it more interesting.

I Play Risiko too!^{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Settlers_...note-profeasy-3}

[filip skywalker]

Well, I do love Monopoly...

[WhiteFang]

Nice topic!

I enjoy playing Risiko, strategic game when you have to conquer a number of territories, or destroy another player, or just enjoy the game!

....

For a minute, I couldn't believe the name of this strategic game until I have seen the picture below. I thought you refer to "Risk". Then again, this playing concept is pretty interesting and quite similar to Risk itself, with taking over territories, turn based kind of attacks and defends, by using dice to determine the outcome. This is the first time I have seen this rendition.

The Settlers from Catan!

The players in the game represent settlers establishing colonies on the

island of Catan. Players build settlements, cities, and roads to

connect them as they settle the island. The game board representing the

island is composed of hexagonal tiles of different land types which are laid out randomly at the beginning of each game.

A very good game, but I didn't have a chance to learn this set, due to its complicated rules. Then again, all strategic boardgamings have complicated rules, but it will have to determine whether you are able to adapt the rules or not.

One similar game, which is similar to "The Settlers from Catan", will be "Carcassonne". Another good tile boardgaming which make use of creating terrains and gaining bonus, through its building and value.

[Davey]

Stacy and I have become big boardgame fans over the past year or two. Our current collection includes the following.

Arkham Horror

Fury of Dracula

Bohnanza

Carcasonne

Muchkin (various versions)

Railroad Tycoon

Shadows Over Camelot

Ghost Stories

Race for the Galaxy

Pandemic

Last Night on Earth

Descent: Journeys Into The Dark

Runebound

and some others I can't think of right now...

Anyway, needless to say www.boardgamegeek.com is our friend and we order a lot from www.fairplaygames.com. :-)

Glad to see there are other LEGO fans who are also boardgamers.

-Dave

[WhiteFang]

Stacy and I have become big boardgame fans over the past year or two. Our current collection includes the following.

Dave, nice to see you dropping by.

Didn't know the both of you were big fans of boardgaming!

Muchkin (various versions)

Yes, I love to play Muchkin, with the orignal version, plus various expansion packs. It's so fun, as if you are role playing, exploring dungeons, slaying monsters, getting treasures and enhancements! A great game indeed!

Shadows Over Camelot

The Knights of King Arthur, one of the most advanced gaming platform developed by Days of Wonder. I learned for 2 to 3 hours to get myself familarise with this, and I am extremely impressed with the "Quests" system, and fighting against the corruption. In fact, all of the players, working as the Knights of Camelot are beating against the "gaming system". The best fun, if you could add in some game variations, by placing a traitor among those knights. I miss those knights' character cards such as Lancelot and etc, where they each have different abilities. Thanks for reminding of this wonderful game that I used to play. Unfortunately, most of my friends don't know how to play this.

and some others I can't think of right now...

To be honest, I didn't come across the rest of the games. I must do some searching and reading up. It's fun to know that among fellow LEGO collectors, that they are actually boardgaming players.

[Luke McAwesome]

Sorry! and Scrabble are fun, too.

Scrabble is especially fun, though. You can learn a lot. If you'r eplaying with someone, they might use a word you didn't even know! Plus, it's fun, too. I could play this game all day. Here's some info:

Scrabble is a word game in which two to four players score points by forming words from individual lettered tiles on a game board marked with a 15-by-15 grid. The words are formed across and down in crossword fashion and must appear in a standard dictionary. Official reference works (e.g. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary) provide a list of permissible words. The Collins Scrabble checker can also be used to check if a word is allowed.

The name Scrabble is a trademark of Hasbro, Inc. in the United States and Canada and of Mattel elsewhere. Scrabble was a trademark of Murfett Regency in Australia, until 1993 when it was acquired by J. W. Spear & Sons (now a Mattel subsidiary). The game is also known as Literati, Alfapet, Funworder, Skip-A-Cross, Scramble, Spelofun, Palabras Cruzadas ("crossed words") and Word for Word.

The game is sold in 121 countries in 29 different language versions. One hundred and fifty million sets have been sold worldwide, and sets are found in one out of every three American homes.

As for Sorry!, you have to get all your men around the board and into your safe-zone, while trying to hold the other player(s')'s men off until you can win. Great, game, great game.

Here's some information on that, too:

Each player has his or her own "start" location and "home" location. The objective is to be the first player to get all four pawns from the start square to the home square. Sorry! is played by drawing cards instead of rolling dice. The pawns are normally moved in a clockwise direction, but can be moved backward, if directed. Moving a pawn backward can occasionally be to one's advantage.

[WhiteFang]

Scrabble is especially fun, though. You can learn a lot. If you'r eplaying with someone, they might use a word you didn't even know! Plus, it's fun, too. I could play this game all day. Here's some info:

I can't said myself that I enjoyed Scrabble alot. Most of the time, I could be scratching my head thinking what are the words to use, within my limited vocabulary in my head.

As for Sorry!, you have to get all your men around the board and into your safe-zone, while trying to hold the other player(s')'s men off until you can win. Great, game, great game.

I think I have seen this game before, and Parker Brothers or Hasbro have released a Disney version of it. I am not familar with this game, but I heard its relatively similar to LUDO playing concept, with some additional variations, pointed by you.

[Luke McAwesome]

I can't said myself that I enjoyed Scrabble alot. Most of the time, I could be scratching my head thinking what are the words to use, within my limited vocabulary in my head.

That's the fun of it! Getting frustrated trying to think of a word out of your limited letters, and what's on the board. I can personally say that I've had my fair share of angry moments during gameplay, but it's still fun for us grammar geeks!

I think I have seen this game before, and Parker Brothers or Hasbro have released a Disney version of it. I am not familar with this game, but I heard its relatively similar to LUDO playing concept, with some additional variations, pointed by you.

I haven't seen the Disney version yet, but then again, I don't wander off to the board game aisle at Wal-Mart very often.

[Commander Assassin]

Being a fan of strategy, my two favorite games are:

- Risk

- Settlers of Catan

[Stacy_ToT-LUG]

Adding to Dave's list above - one of our favorites (gasp, I can't believe he forgot this one!) is Agricola. Excellent strategy game if you're into a challenging game.

~Stacy

[Big Cam]

In no particular order, boardgames that I find myself playing at least every now and then.

1. Monopoly

2. Candyland (drinking game)

3. Scrabble

4. Trivial Pursuit

It's not really a boardgame, but I was really big into Magic the Gathering from about ages 10-15.

I ended up selling my collection on ebay for $1,300. Who knows how much I originally invested.

[Luke McAwesome]

2. Candyland

Ah, Candyland. Boy, do I remember that game.

Hours and hours of fun spent playing that with my mom when I was younger. Then she said I was too old for it. Thanks a lot, mom.

[WhiteFang]

It's not really a boardgame, but I was really big into Magic the Gathering from about ages 10-15.

I ended up selling my collection on ebay for $1,300. Who knows how much I originally invested.

Although "Magic the Gathering", is not part of boardgaming collection, but I must admit that the cards' values and the variation of decks and powers, can be quite extensive to understand. I used to play these when I was a teenager, and oh boy, these cards cost a lot. I wonder how much could it cost when I let go in the market. I don't have any interest keeping them anyway.

[Lordofdragonss]

So we can talk about Card games too?

I play (or I can play):

Pokemon

YuGiOh

Duel Masters (MTG Ripoff)

Harry Potter (MTG Ripoff)

Magic The Gattering (fove it, I have Sliver deck that still sucks )

Munchkin (Hi all Munch-fans! We even have Polish edition :D)

Star Wars

Angelica

[WhiteFang]

So we can talk about Card games too?

I believed we can discuss abit of card games related stuff as well. Afterall, some of the boardgames also can used cards to coordinate the game flow. However, let's keep it focus, as I couldn't want the discussion to be flooded with Pokemon or YuGiOh stuff.

[Luke McAwesome]

However, let's keep it focus, as I couldn't want the discussion to be flooded with Pokemon or YuGiOh stuff.

Don't we have a topic for card games, WhiteFang? If not, I'm suprised!

Edited October 27, 2009 by Striker