August 14, 2003, 22:59
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Favorite Board Game
What is your all-time favorite board game?
Mine is Axis and Allies.
Pros:great game, provides hours/days/weeks of entertainment and opportunities to draw blood.
Con: setting up takes time, and pieces can be easily lost.
A close second was Monopoly, the old-time classic.
Risk was an honourable mention. I just like A&A over it.
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August 14, 2003, 23:41
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Axis and Allies is good if you can find players but if I just want to have fun I love Sorry!. I could play that game for days at a time.
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August 15, 2003, 00:25
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Starfleet Battles
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August 15, 2003, 02:24
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I was always careful not to lose pieces. I took good care of my board games.
But the answer if Axis and Allies hands down.
Risk comes in a distant second.
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August 15, 2003, 03:19
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Talisman.
Pros: One game can last for weeks, and that's just my brother and I playing.
Cons: Requires a large amount of floor space. Not sold anymore.
Edit: forgot a con
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Last edited by geeslaka; August 15, 2003 at 03:51.
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August 15, 2003, 03:43
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Prince
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Chess
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August 15, 2003, 05:53
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Never tried A&A (Sounds boring), and probably never will...
... can't find any Risk players, last time I played this as board game was 10 years ago...  (Still have it on computer though )
... The best board game (I can get somebody to play against me) is Matador (I believe it's the same thing as Monopoly, but I'm not 100% sure...)
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August 15, 2003, 06:30
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I'd say risk (with a few custom rules), not that there aren't any better games (A&A), but at least Risk is playable. IE you can find people to play it and you can finish a game.
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August 15, 2003, 06:43
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I'd say chess as well.
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August 15, 2003, 07:42
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Mouse Trap
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August 15, 2003, 08:48
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August 15, 2003, 09:12
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I had Mouse Trap for a while. I wouldn't say it was my favorite even if it was the only one I'd played.
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August 15, 2003, 09:20
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Originally posted by Maquiladora
Mouse Trap
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Did you know there was once a TV show based on Mousetrap?
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August 15, 2003, 09:47
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Did you know there was once a TV show based on Mousetrap?
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Oh god, that's horrible, I think I'll stand on my head for a few hours now....
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I try not to break the rules but merely to test their elasticity. -- Bill Veeck | Don't listed to the Linux Satanist, people. - St. Leo | If patching security holes was the top priority of any of us(no matter the OS), we'd do nothing else. - Me, in a tired and accidental attempt to draw fire from all three sides.
Posted with Mozilla Firebird running under Sawfish on a Slackware Linux install.:p
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August 15, 2003, 09:55
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Friends were lost, relationships were irreparably damaged and family members never spoke to you again what more do you want in a board game? 
I do recall seeing a 70's gameshow based on it.
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August 15, 2003, 10:01
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Mousetrap! I remember getting that from Santa for christmas when I was 7 or 8. My parents were not amused when My sister, cousin and I assembled it and started playing at 6:30am 
I think my absolute favourite boardgame has to be Civilisation (not the Meier one), although I have very fond memories of Beastlord! Just don't have the time or floorspace to lay it all out and do the hidden movement and tactical battles these days.
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August 15, 2003, 10:04
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I recall the TV show from the '60s. IIRC, they had a giant version of the game on the set, and kids moved around it in the role of the mouse. At the time I thought this was very cool, as I thought the game itself was.
Im pleased to note that one of Princess of the Mark's little friends has Mousetrap, and so PoM has had a chance to experience the wonder.
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August 15, 2003, 11:28
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 geeslaka
I remember Talisman. What a great board game. I had the dungeon, and the city and the vortex add-ons, so it required an enourmous amout of space. With 6 or 7 players it could last a whole weekend.
Noone to play with now though Is there a PC version?
-Jam
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August 15, 2003, 12:14
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Prince
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Not that I know of.
My brother has the city, dungeon, and timescape, plus a board he made. The board he made is the same physical size as the main board but has significantly more spaces.  He also made a good number of characters and cards.
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August 15, 2003, 12:38
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Move to Germany and I'll give you a game, eh? It was a masterpiece of roleplaying board games, nothing has ever got close to it in comparison.
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August 15, 2003, 12:46
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Originally posted by ADG
Never tried A&A (Sounds boring), and probably never will...
... can't find any Risk players, last time I played this as board game was 10 years ago... (Still have it on computer though )
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You're killing me, A&A was/is awesome!!! If you like Risk, my observation is that you'll love A&A. Unless you're like my wife and don't want to spend the time to learn the rules.
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August 15, 2003, 12:53
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I did some Googleing and here's the good news
Talisman for PC - whoop!
-Jam
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August 15, 2003, 13:08
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King
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Axis & Allies, but its literally impossible to find anyone to play with. Everyone would rather play stupidpeoplewithnopatience games.
Cranium would be my second favorite game.
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August 15, 2003, 13:40
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I don't have the concentration necessary to be good at it, but I like to watch a good game of chess.
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August 15, 2003, 13:41
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here are some board games i recall playing (leaving aside AH/SPI wargames)
Candy land
Chutes and Ladders
Mousetrap
Monopoly
Risk
Stratego
Dogfight(?) an unrealistic WW1 air combat game with really cool little plastic planes
Clue
Scrabble
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August 15, 2003, 13:46
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King
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Twilight Imperium
Pro:
-New Map every Game
-Senate
Con:
-Action Cards can really screw u;
-Teams should be set before Game
in A&A the First Turns are so.. fixed
Besides that EndBattle's take quite a while.
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August 15, 2003, 15:16
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Originally posted by Jamski
I did some Googleing and here's the good news
Talisman for PC - whoop!
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The bad news is that their actual site is down. Oh well, it's almost definitely windows only. 
I do have good news for myself though, the room I'm in is big enough to play it.  I'm going to ask my brother if he wants to play when he gets home.
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I try not to break the rules but merely to test their elasticity. -- Bill Veeck | Don't listed to the Linux Satanist, people. - St. Leo | If patching security holes was the top priority of any of us(no matter the OS), we'd do nothing else. - Me, in a tired and accidental attempt to draw fire from all three sides.
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August 15, 2003, 21:17
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Never seem to have time but in the past enjoyed (mainly wargames rather than board if thats a difference ?) ...
Empires of the Middle Ages. Cons - don't know anyone with a copy anymore.
Atlantic Wall - tried this as a four player game once, worked pretty well but its a big map and a long game.
1829 - Northern version but only becuase that was the one i played first.
Vietnam. Started a game sometime in the early 90s and get together to play a few turns each summer. Not very productive though as spend most of the time we set aside is for setting up again and trying to remember just what is going on.
About the only game i play now is Warrior Knights which can be finished in a weekend.
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August 16, 2003, 02:23
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depends
multiplayer - Advanced Civilization
Twoplayer - ASL
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August 16, 2003, 03:29
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I also liked Car Wars, but that wasn't exactly a board game. That's closer to a rpg than a board game.
Stratego was decent. Monopoly was also great. Clue was pretty cool as well.
I think Dungeons and Dragons had a board game too . Fairly simplistic compared to the rpg.
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