[Karmillo]

Im looking to buy a few good board games for this Christmass/New Years

any suggestions? Ive heard about a DVD cluedo thats shounds good.

Im up for buying anything be it DVD,Trivia or even some kind of Mouse Trap like game

[Dasilva]

Scrabble? Uno? Pictionary? The only good board games are the classics.

[Lucien21]

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/

I was always partial to Risk or Cludeo

[Karmillo]

Originally Posted by Lucien21

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/

I was always partial to Risk or Cludeo

What is risk? ive always wondered about that...it sounds something like what an rts would be as a board game

[Melanie68]

I just bought the Scene It DVD game (Disney edition) for my nieces. They have other editions as well.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/re...SIN/B0000A9Y4I (I realize this is the US Amazon but just to show them to you.).

[Karmillo]

Oh ive seen that one, we were gonna get it last year but went for trivial persuit instead...im guessing movie questions would have been allot more fun that general knowledge

[Melanie68]

This is Risk

[Karmillo]

Originally Posted by Melanie68

This is Risk

wow the spin-offs...almost as bad as monopoly

[RLacey]

The question is, do you really want to spend several hours learning how to actually play Risk?

I'm quite partial to Upwords myself. Like Scrabble, only different .

[simpson_yellow]

Board games aren't really my thing but Upwords is quite entertaining - far less tiresome than Scrabble.

And Pictionary, Balderdash and Taboo are all really good for a laugh (if you have at least four players).

[Karmillo]

We had Cranium for a while, that was a great game but being something like 4 or more games rolled into one it took a good few hours to complete, since you never moved untill you completed a task my family just eventualy refused to play it with me

I guess risk is out of the question then, since you say it takes a while to learn it would be a nightmare trying to teach everyone how to play

[natalia]

I liked Cranium -- good group game. There was one game my friend had that I've never since been able to find. It's called Moods. The trick is you would have a phrase, like "There's gold in them thar hills" and you would pick a card out of several cards with a particular mood (like sexy, or impish, or jealous, or angry). You would have to read that phrase in that mood, and then everyone would vote on what mood they thought you'd read the phrase in. It was hilarious, and I'm bummed I've never been able to find that game again.

[Melanie68]

Originally Posted by natalia

I liked Cranium -- good group game. There was one game my friend had that I've never since been able to find. It's called Moods. The trick is you would have a phrase, like "There's gold in them thar hills" and you would pick a card out of several cards with a particular mood (like sexy, or impish, or jealous, or angry). You would have to read that phrase in that mood, and then everyone would vote on what mood they thought you'd read the phrase in. It was hilarious, and I'm bummed I've never been able to find that game again.

Here it is but man is it expensive. They obviously don't make them anymore.

[SoccerDude28]

Risk best board game ever.

[MoriartyL]

Originally Posted by simpson_yellow

And Pictionary, Balderdash and Taboo are all really good for a laugh (if you have at least four players).

I don't think Taboo can be considered a board game. Personally, I think a lot of these so-called "classics" are overrated. I mean, take Monopoly. It's almost entirely luck! When we used to play, we'd throw in all sorts of mergers and complicated deals, but the game itself is really boring.

Has anyone here ever played "Twixt"? Now that's a good game, and I'm not sure if it's even being sold anymore.

[simpson_yellow]

Whether Taboo is technically a board game or not, it's still a barrel of laughs with the right company. And it's played in the same kind of setting and situations as any board game, so I reckon it near enough qualifies.

And yes, Monopoly has to be one of the most tedious games in existence. I've never understood the appeal.

[natalia]

Originally Posted by Melanie68

Here it is but man is it expensive. They obviously don't make them anymore.

What a bummer. It was such a funny game.

[AFGNCAAP]

Originally Posted by Spitfire

The only good board games are the classics.

No. I challenge you to visit a game store in Germany or Austria and sustain that. Or browse the excellent page Lucien linked to.

Originally Posted by Karmillo

I guess risk is out of the question then, since you say it takes a while to learn it would be a nightmare trying to teach everyone how to play

Risk has easy rules. Lacey is just not as perfect as he believes. You have one type of unit and all battles are resolved by throwing the dices.

Incidentally, Diplomacy, though may be confused with Risk at first glance, is superior, because it's based on negotiations and alliances, with no randomness whatsoever. The painful drawback is that it needs as much as seven players and is terribly time-consuming (I've never played a game of Diplomacy till the end, in fact ). And avoid both its computer conversions like a plague.

*silently moves thread to Chit-Chat and watches with glee as everybody's post count goes down*

[Naveed]

The Settlers of Catan is one of the best board games I've played. Worth checking.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/re...SIN/B00001ZT4D

[Melanie68]

Originally Posted by AFGNCAAP

*silently moves thread to Chit-Chat and watches with glee as everybody's post count goes down*

I was at 500 posts. I think you are enjoying your power (maybe too much).