Board Games

[Asher]

I'm getting sucked in by collecting and playing board games now.

But I've only got a couple to my name aside from the obvious staples (Monopoly, Trivial Pursuit, Risk, Settlers of Catan).

I just ordered "Ticket to Ride" as it comes highly recommended also.

What other games are actually good?

[Verto]

Axis & Allies

[Cartimandua]

History of the World

[Lorizael]

Man, there are so many good ones. Puerto Rico, the Rails games, El Grande - to name a few.

[Edan]

(Some of these aren't technically boardgames eg, card games)

Party Games:
Apples to apples.
Cranium
Bang!
Werewolf/Mafia

Strategy games:
Puerto Rico. It's a very nice, well balanced game with a number of different strategies.
Carcassone
Power Grid

Cooperative games:
These are games where people work together to achieve a goal (although sometimes there can be a traitor working against the group). These tend to be more complex and longer than your typical board game.
Pandemic: This one is actually fairly short, and can be played in under an hour.
Battlestar Galactica: Surprising for something based on a license, this one is one of the best cooperative games. It has a number of nice game mechanics and isn't too hard to learn (games tend to take around two and a half hours, though)

[Asher]

Welcome to Poly!

[duke o' york]

Civilisation
Diplomacy

[Edan]

Also

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/

[BeBMan]

Chess

[bc1871]

Stratego

[DinoDoc]

Space Hulk

[Zkribbler]

Talisman -- but good luck finding one. Game Designers Workshop hasn't made it in years.

[Jon Miller]

Good Games:
Puerto Rico
Diplomacy
Pirates (something or another, is 2-5 players)
History of the World
Avalon Hill's Civilization
Axis and Allies (the new editions are better than the older editions, the ones like Pacific/etc suck though)
Samurai Swords

Some people also like
Zombies
Munchkin
/etc

I need to try again
Carcassone
Arcanum Horror
Civilization (Based on the computer game)

I like but is a bit hardcore:
Republic of Rome
Advanced Squad Leader
Third Reich

There are also a lot of card games out there. I find it really easy to play MtG, but difficult to play a lot of the above games.

I have huge numbers of board games, but stopped playing again. Many of them I have never played, or have only palyed once.

[Lorizael]

I've got a copy of Talisman, but seriously, it's not a real boardgame. It's Chutes and Ladders with dragons.

[Jon Miller]

Talisman -- but good luck finding one. Game Designers Workshop hasn't made it in years.

There was one at the game shop I frequented last year. I didn't pick it up (although I spent a lot on games there) due to the recommendation of other game palyers there. They said it just wasn't that great.

JM