Board Games

[Urban Ranger]

Card games:
Nuclear War
Naval War

Oh, there's also one very old board game called Dungeon. It's based on D&D. Nice light game. A similar one was published by Games Workshop a few years back, and it's based on Warhammer IIRC.

[Jon Miller]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov
Risk is the best of the simple war games. If you can get Castle Risk, even more fun.

Axis & Allies is still my standard as far as the more complex ones. Quite fun.

I recently bought Sid Meier's Civilization board game, and it looks like it would be fun, but I can't find anyone to play with.

I haven't played Risk in forever

but I perfer more complicated games

I don't consider A&A complicated, but it is a step in the right irection

Jon Miller

[self biased]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger
Card games:
Nuclear War
Naval War

Oh, there's also one very old board game called Dungeon. It's based on D&D. Nice light game. A similar one was published by Games Workshop a few years back, and it's based on Warhammer IIRC.

warhammer quest is something like second edition talisman. GW recently re-released talisman in VERY limited quantities so that they'd not lose their copyrights because the game had been out of print for so long.


my reccomendation: robo rally. for anyone that's played it, it's something like the crack-cocaine of board games. you play robots controlled by a junkyard supercomputer with multiple personalities. many many nights of fun playing this game. unfortunately, the game and its expansions have long since been out of print.

[Grumbold]

Typical GW to do that kind of stunt. If the licence is commercially useful they should have the game on sale.

I'd definitely agree roborally is lots of fun. I didn't mention Dungeon because I thought it probably unobtainable by now. I'm certainly not selling my copy

Other golden oldies on my shelves:
Wizards Quest (simple and fast)
Lords and Wizards
Middle Sea
Barbarian, Kingdom, Empire
White Bear, Red Moon (army combat set in Runequest world, many scenarios of different size)
Swords and Sorcery (ditto but made up world, humorous names but many well balanced scenarios)

[self biased]

i think i sold my copy at a garage sale years ago. that was the one with the different cards for each "room" and you got treasure based off of what you killed, right?

[Jon Miller]

lots of cool games

but people seem to have went off what I am looking for into other types of games

so is there no more ontopic advice?

JonMiller

[bipolarbear]

Risk is the ultimate board gome buddy, als scrabble is good fro imroving the mind and vocab

[Jon Miller]

no

risk sucks

Jon Miller

[Jamski]

No, Risk is one of THE great board games. Its about the only "war game" you can get your wife and her mother to play at Xmas.

-Jam

[Jon Miller]

no

diplomacy is great

chess is great

I will give you that Risk is a classic

it isn't great though

Jon Miller

[Grumbold]

Just goes to prove, everyone has their own opinion of what makes a good game.

[Jon Miller]

I would even say that Risk is a good game

not great though

Jon Miller

[Brundlefly]

Originally posted by Standup


Dune - based on the books. Lots of diplomacy and backstabbing. Actual strategic skill seems less important than the ability to manipulate your friends.

I will second this suggestion of Dune. Great game. In fact, Jon, you can try the game out online. There are PBEM games of the board game going on at all times. You can download a graphic representation of the gameboard and a pdf of the rulebook. Just do a google search for 'Dune PBEM'. Have fun!

[Urban Ranger]

Jamski,

Eek. I think High Mage should be outlawed. It's too broken.


sb,

Ah, that's what that's called? Thanks.


Grumbold,

What about Dragonpass? I used to have that too, but couldn't find anybody to play with.

[Urban Ranger]

I found this site in my bookmarks. It's got a nice list of board games.