Nifty1Pound50
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I searched, but didn't find anything on the forum about board games.
Does anyone out there venture to this side of the gaming divide?
Does anyone out there venture to this side of the gaming divide?
Board games
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Played sometimes when I go to my sister's house as she has young children, so there's a few board games there.
Recent one I played:
Pretty fun game especially if you're a Londoner or go to London a lot and no the area.
Actually played some Mouse Trap there too, since she got it a few months ago. True story - I had never played it in my youth. Missed out.
Favourite board games from childhood would have to be Monopoly, Cluedo, Guess Who, Jenga (does that count?), Ludo and Scrabble.
The one game I never played that I wish I had is the Game of Life.
Recent one I played:
Pretty fun game especially if you're a Londoner or go to London a lot and no the area.
Actually played some Mouse Trap there too, since she got it a few months ago. True story - I had never played it in my youth. Missed out.
Favourite board games from childhood would have to be Monopoly, Cluedo, Guess Who, Jenga (does that count?), Ludo and Scrabble.
The one game I never played that I wish I had is the Game of Life.
muscularmatt
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A million times yes!!! I loved that! Which was the card that had the baddie that was impossible to defeat on it? Always found that quite scary.
Bish
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Think it was the Voodoo Spectre? Not sure if there was a way to beat it, might have been. Can't remember any of us getting past it when we played anyway.
muscularmatt
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Well fucking done that man. A million points for you, butty boy. Also, if you type "key to the kingdom voodoo spectre" into google, your post is in the first page of results.
Which in turn spawned the greatest video game OF ALL TIME.
muscularmatt
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One of the boys back in the old country made an alternative to monopoly, expect you were a dealer and instead of money, you amassed a massive stash of weed.
Nifty1Pound50
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Not true, actually.
The original Civilization board game (published in the US by Avalon Hill) has nothing to do with the Sid Meier franchise.
The two board versions based on the Sid Meier franchise were released in 2002 and 2010.
We have the 2010 one - too fiddly to be anything better than 'OK.' One of those where your first play or two are a very steep learning curve.
Carcassonne is a winner. You should all play that.
Dundon's
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I fucking love Civ, if you like that kid you should get stuck into a game called Europa Universalis IV, a lot like Civ but way more dept if you can imagine that.
She Beast!
Nifty1Pound50
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Dundon's said:
Yeah, the EU games are certainly complex. Paradox make games like that, it's just their thing. Their other offerings, Victoria (particularly the second game) and Crusader Kings are also excellent. All broadly the same engine.
I haven't bought EU IV yet, but EU III was fantastic. Couldn't recommend enough.
A few board games you might like, Dundon's:
Twighlight Struggle: http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12333/twilight-struggle
Advanced Squad Leader: http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/243/advanced-squad-leader
Specifically, very much along the group of games you mentioned, the following two are notable by their absence:
Agricola: http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/31260/agricola
Puerto Rico: http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3076/puerto-rico
I'd recommend checking them out.
Dundon's
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My bud bought that recently and we were supposed to have a session of it some night would you believe, heard great things about it. I'll check out them other games aswell that you recommended, nice one for that kid.
muscularmatt
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Not played any of them, but Civ is like milk to me.
Usul
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I have ASL. It's great, but way too complex to just throw a game with people that are not familiar with the extensive rules.
I usually don't have the patience to play the simpler board games because I'm used to the broad expanses and unlimited options of an RPG. I'm also a Warhammer and W40K fag, although I haven't been able to dabble into that at all in the past few years. There aren't any specialized shops in the area. I could have a nice army of Eldar raiders by now, all painted and ready for slaughter.
Rainey
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So I bought 'Ticket to Ride' and what an absolutely fantastic board game it is. I've played it four times in the past two days and I just want get another game going.
The basis of the game is that you've got a map of North America (there are other editions for Europe, Germany, Asia etc) which contains the major cities and blank railway connections between them.
These connections are of different colours; black, white, yellow, red, blue and about 5 more including a grey one and vary in length from 1 carriage to 6 carriage. Each player gets 45 carriages at the start of the game and the goal of the game is to get as many of your carriages onto the board as possible to create the railway connections.
Each player also receives 4 carriage cards and 3 destination cards at the start of the game. The carriage cards are of colours which correspond to the colours of the connections on the board. And the destination cards show various routes which each player has to try and complete before the game is over. An example of a destination card is Los Angeles to Oklahoma. These cards are like side missions and if you complete them you get bonus points. However at the end of the game, if you have not completed them, these bonus points will be reversed and deducted from your total score.
A point system is used keep score, each connection between the city gives you points. So from Sante Fe to El Paso will give you 2 points as it only takes to carriages however completing the connection from Calgary to Winnipeg will give you 15 points as it takes 6 carriages.
1 carriage = 1pt
2 carriages = 2pts
3 carriages = 4pts
4 carriages = 7pts
5 carriages = 10pts
6 carriages = 15pts
On each players turn you can one of the three things
1) Complete a connection route on the board with you carriages to get points
2) Pick up 2 more carriages cards
3) Pick up 3 more destination cards
Below is an image of the board:
It may sound quite complicated but watching a video of YouTube will give you a much better explanation of how the game is played. The game is for 2-5 players and will take around 45mins - 1hr 30 mins to complete depending on the number of players and how experienced they are.
It really is a fun and great game to play as there are so many alternative routes to take meaning it's pretty impossible to play the same game twice. Also with the ability to block other peoples routes, it adds to the competitiveness. Great game and thoroughly recommended.
The basis of the game is that you've got a map of North America (there are other editions for Europe, Germany, Asia etc) which contains the major cities and blank railway connections between them.
These connections are of different colours; black, white, yellow, red, blue and about 5 more including a grey one and vary in length from 1 carriage to 6 carriage. Each player gets 45 carriages at the start of the game and the goal of the game is to get as many of your carriages onto the board as possible to create the railway connections.
Each player also receives 4 carriage cards and 3 destination cards at the start of the game. The carriage cards are of colours which correspond to the colours of the connections on the board. And the destination cards show various routes which each player has to try and complete before the game is over. An example of a destination card is Los Angeles to Oklahoma. These cards are like side missions and if you complete them you get bonus points. However at the end of the game, if you have not completed them, these bonus points will be reversed and deducted from your total score.
A point system is used keep score, each connection between the city gives you points. So from Sante Fe to El Paso will give you 2 points as it only takes to carriages however completing the connection from Calgary to Winnipeg will give you 15 points as it takes 6 carriages.
1 carriage = 1pt
2 carriages = 2pts
3 carriages = 4pts
4 carriages = 7pts
5 carriages = 10pts
6 carriages = 15pts
On each players turn you can one of the three things
1) Complete a connection route on the board with you carriages to get points
2) Pick up 2 more carriages cards
3) Pick up 3 more destination cards
Below is an image of the board:
It may sound quite complicated but watching a video of YouTube will give you a much better explanation of how the game is played. The game is for 2-5 players and will take around 45mins - 1hr 30 mins to complete depending on the number of players and how experienced they are.
It really is a fun and great game to play as there are so many alternative routes to take meaning it's pretty impossible to play the same game twice. Also with the ability to block other peoples routes, it adds to the competitiveness. Great game and thoroughly recommended.
Hunter
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So I bought 'Ticket to Ride' and what an absolutely fantastic board game it is. I've played it four times in the past two days and I just want get another game going.
The basis of the game is that you've got a map of North America (there are other editions for Europe, Germany, Asia etc) which contains the major cities and blank railway connections between them.
These connections are of different colours; black, white, yellow, red, blue and about 5 more including a grey one and vary in length from 1 carriage to 6 carriage. Each player gets 45 carriages at the start of the game and the goal of the game is to get as many of your carriages onto the board as possible to create the railway connections.
Below is an image of the board:
It actually does look like a fun game to play. Everybody loves a good board game I think, so you can't go wrong in discovering a new interesting one to play!
I might even try and pick it up for my brother since it's his birthday in two weeks.
I bought my dad Waddington's Table Soccer for Christmas. We used to play it when I was a kid, so thought it'd be nice to bring back the memories - that and it's always going to be a really fun and even competitive game!
