Dibbler Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 The geeks guide to choosing the perfect boardgame. Heh, nice chart :) Still, I totally disagree with it on a couple of points: AGOT can be played with a random-deck to make battles pretty random. Battlestar is not a 2h game if you cannot use more than 2h. (Murphy dictates that if you have exactly time for one game, the first one take an hour! :( ) Dominion does have a lot of hard choices :P (Then again, I used to hang out at isotropic) The chart should really have a "how many are you" question! Yep, Munchkin and Robo Rally cannot be played with overly competitive people. The first RoboRally tournament I played, when it got to the last turn I figured I couldn't make it to the next check point so I'd try to kill someone else... the points loss from dying dropped her from 3rd to 4th so she decided to give up something else she'd already paid for the following day to play the other RR tournament. RR is fun! :D I've never had a problem with competive people and it, but I guess we've been pretty good at getting into the right mood ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowRaven Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 Ticket to ride and small world are the two board games we tend to pull out when e have a board game night. though tsuro is my favorite short term game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Last Knight Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 Lords of Waterdeep has been a lot of fun and (for my group, playing a competitive game) surprisingly jerk free. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Sundseth Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 Ticket to Ride is my go-to game for "Shall we play ... a game?" situations* with non-gamers. Even my mother likes it. * Since Global Thermonuclear War is a bit confrontational. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buglips*the*goblin Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 * Since Global Thermonuclear War is a bit confrontational. "The only way to win is not to play." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwyksilver Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 My kids and I love Creationary. Pictionary with LEGOs. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Sundseth Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 * Since Global Thermonuclear War is a bit confrontational. "The only way to win is not to play." Not to be confused with Nuclear War ("It's a blast!"), where having people left at the end means you won. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainPete Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 * Since Global Thermonuclear War is a bit confrontational. "The only way to win is not to play." Damn it. You're making me want to play DefCon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellyria Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 Anyone else play Netrunner? Just found this awesome post about the various expansions. http://www.reddit.com/r/Netrunner/comments/1nnuui/new_player_here_whens_a_good_time_to_pick_up_data/cckcdt5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shogun Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 Risk is also fun for a hour and then gets super boring! We have it but hardly play it Boss monster was fun but just seem not to play it much any more Thinking of getting clue (cluedo where I was born) recommend it? And I should get trivial pursuit just so it's there Scrabble is where it's at! And I seem to win most of the time even though I can't spell! (I don't get it either)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slendertroll Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 Clue is really fun for that tier of classic/family board games. I'd definitely get it if you have a use for that genre of game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shogun Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 Cool, it's super hard to get my good friends to play any rpg or mini's game so family classic will have to do, I'm open to suggestions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redambrosia Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 Risk is also fun for a hour and then gets super boring! We have it but hardly play it Apparently my dad once played Risk for a whole weekend, without falling asleep. These were the days there was no interwebs and TV stopped playing after midnight, I guess they had to figure out something to do with their time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikem91 Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 One aspect I look for in a good game is how easy it is to run away with it. My memories of playing monopoly are filled with instances where someone started picking up momentum early and it soon became clear they were going to win -- even though there was still an hour or two left in the game. That's not fun for anyone except the guy/gal running away with it. The same problem exists in 40k -- "So, I just stand here for 30 minutes while you take your turn and shoot the crap out of my guys?" For me, it's important that the game stays close for most of the game and that players are engaged. So, Infinity v. 40k where you can react to the acting player. Alchemist where players are usually around the same score until the final tallys are done. As awesome as Catan is, it can be troublesome to play if you find yourself with bad placement and/or fenced off by other players. For friendly boardgame nights, co-op is where it's at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokingwreckage Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 My favourite minis/boargame of all time is Legions of Steel. Almost impossible to run away with if there's a reasonable match of skill. Space Crusade was awesome too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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