Boardgames

I'm a fan of euro games. I have a friend who collects games, so occasionally I get a chance to play. We played Eldritch Horror last Saturday, and that was fun. I really love Seven Wonders, Ticket to Ride, and lately have been playing a lot of the app version of Ascension.

Somehow I have collected a whole bunch of Munchkin, but never get to play. I know that one's often hit or miss for who likes it.

I just discovered Settlers of Catan with my kids, and we love it.

Ticket to Ride is my husband's favorite game.

A couple of years ago, a friend introduced us to Castle Panic which is a particularly good family game because it's primarily cooperative. There's a winner at the end with whoever has the most points, but if you don't defend the castle, no one wins.

Oh, oh, oh *jumps up and down*

Me and my partner are mostly alone, because none of ours friends live close and the ones that might be somewhat close are not interested in boardgames.

So, games that are working for 2 people is what we play.

We like:
Pandemdic (highly recommended, it's a cooperative game, your goal is to cure diseases about to wipe out humanity)
Dominion (my partner is less of a fan and I think it needs more than 2 people to be truly fun)
Carcassonne (fun, easy, quick)
Lost Cities (also fun, easy and quick)

Games which take longer and have a steeper learning curve:

Twilight Struggle (U.S. against Soviet during the Cold War, it's amazing in my opinion)
Mage Wars (Two mages play against each other with a set of cards and a board, it's really cool!)
Netrunner ​(A card game that I really like, but it's difficult to keep up with all the new cards coming out.)

My wife and I like playing board games, and we have a few friends that do as well (and some that we've converted).

We've got Ticket to Ride-Europe (and Switzerland/India maps) , Settlers of Catan (w/ Seafarers), and Carcassone.

Ticket to Ride gets the most play in our house.

I used to be a total RISK fiend. I really need to find some other people who love playing that in Edinburgh!! It's the best, and great for competitive people who like prolonged games.

I've also played Ticket to Ride and it's great -- bit easier and quicker than Risk.

Forbidden Snowflake said:

Pandemdic (highly recommended, it's a cooperative game, your goal is to cure diseases about to wipe out humanity)

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I was looking at this one. You can play with 3-4 also, I assume?

I wasn't sure about introducing my 12-year-old to a game where the entire world can be destroyed by disease, but then again, he plays Plague, Inc. on the iPad, so I probably shouldn't worry about that.

Myrealana said:

I was looking at this one. You can play with 3-4 also, I assume?

I wasn't sure about introducing my 12-year-old to a game where the entire world can be destroyed by disease, but then again, he plays Plague, Inc. on the iPad, so I probably shouldn't worry about that.

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Yes, you can play with 3-4 and I think it becomes more interesting.

The only flaw the game has is that when you have a very strong, dominating person in your group, they might take over and start dictating everyone's moves. But so far this has not happened to us, not even on the rare occasions when we played with other people. We always managed to discuss our moves.

The diseases are coloured cubes. Fatalities are never mentioned. The only thing that happens is that too many cubes in too many cities end your game and the diseases won... there's at no point in the game any mention of people dying, or what the diseases do. I think Plague Inc. is way tougher there, since you can actually choose quite scary symptoms to destroy the humans. So if he plays that he is definitely ready for Pandemic

For anyone interested in learning more about some of these (and other) boardgames, its worth it to check out TableTop to see the game is played. It has a good production value and is fairly entertaining.

Myrealana said:

I was looking at this one. You can play with 3-4 also, I assume?

I wasn't sure about introducing my 12-year-old to a game where the entire world can be destroyed by disease, but then again, he plays Plague, Inc. on the iPad, so I probably shouldn't worry about that.

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Another Pandemic lover. Since it all takes place in abstract (like Forbidden Snowflake explains) it's more than appropriate for a 12 year old. Maybe even younger, depending on the kid. It's one of the few games I can get my easily bored mother to sit down and play with us. And I find it more fun if you've got 3+ people working together.

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I like Ascension, but I think I might have to give it up. Poor husband can never seem to win. So if someone's got suggestions for 2 player board and/or deck-building games, I'd love to hear them please. Cooperative or competitive.

KateSmash said:

I like Ascension, but I think I might have to give it up. Poor husband can never seem to win. So if someone's got suggestions for 2 player board and/or deck-building games, I'd love to hear them please. Cooperative or competitive.

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Netrunner, Mage Wars or Summoner Wars?
Those are the ones I like to play with my partner the most

They're on my radar but the only place I can ever seem to find them are Barnes and Noble at ridiculous markup. I can't help but think they're great since they're sold out everywhere else I look.

Hoplite said:

For anyone interested in learning more about some of these (and other) boardgames, its worth it to check out TableTop to see the game is played. It has a good production value and is fairly entertaining.

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I absolutely love Tabletop.

My favorite episode of all time is Stone Age:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh0q958qzRs&list=PL7atuZxmT956cWFGxqSyRdn6GWhBxiAwE&index=32

Friggin hilarious.

My company makes more than a few board games. This is us: http://cmon.com/

If you look at the pull-down menu, Rum & Bones is almost ready for shipment to the Kickstarter backers, but all the rest are available. I'd say Xenoshyft and Zombicide are the best of the co-op games. Xenoshyft is HARD! Very difficult, in fact. Zombicide is less difficult, but the dice can really make things tense.

Beyond that, the office favorites include Pandemic, Dominion, Epic Spell Wars, and Battlestar Galactica. BSG is SUCH a nightmare. And yet, I can't get enough of it. ... I have a sickness, I think.

Brilliant not just video games in this sub-forum. Love games, in fact heading off to play Dead of Winter later tonight, and yeah BSG Boardgame is insane but so addicitive

Unlike short attention-span Eurogamers, I prefer board war-games (too many to name), Civ-type games (Sid Meier's Civilization, 7 Ages, Clash of Cultures, Nations), and power-politics games (Twilight Struggle, Labyrinth, Churchill, Fire in the Lake, etc).

Going to GASPcon outside Pittsburgh next weekend.