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John Q. Mayhem

Explorer
Tannhauser is a lot of fun, despite some little problems (hand-to-hand combat feels kinda overpowered, and it's a little odd for more than 2 players). Demonologist Nazis vs. allies with alien tech reverse-engineered from Area 51. Also, President Electro-Edison!


LotR Risk is a ton of fun, lots of replay value (especially if you enjoy making little variants and scenarios).
 

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Mathew_Freeman

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Bohanza is an outstandingly fun game of bean trading that has never failed to pull people in.

Killer Bunnies and the Quest for the magic carrot is a very good game for socialising - the trick appears to be to not actually try to win! The longer the game lasts, the more fun it is - we've played with people who are determined to 'win' and it tends to mean shorter, less interesting games.

RoboRally is also lots of fun - very hard to predict!
 

Asmor

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Bohanza is an outstandingly fun game of bean trading that has never failed to pull people in.

I'm a fan of Bohnanza, but my fiancée dislikes it strongly...

It takes a lot of getting used to, not being able to rearrange the cards in your hand.

Killer Bunnies and the Quest for the magic carrot is a very good game for socialising - the trick appears to be to not actually try to win! The longer the game lasts, the more fun it is - we've played with people who are determined to 'win' and it tends to mean shorter, less interesting games.

I like Killer Bunnies strictly for the craziness of all the expansions. Every card and bit just barely fits into the original blue box, when you take out the insert (see attached pic).

The game has some glaring problems... First, it tends to take way, way too long. I'm not a huge fan of it in the first place, and I flat out refuse to play with more than 3 other players.

Second, there's a lot of major ambiguities. A lot.

Third... Shuffling the game is... an experience. Generally, the only way to shuffle it is to clear off an entire table and get all the players to push the cards around the table for a while.

All that said, I still enjoy the game on occasion, and I'm glad to have it.
 

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Angrydad

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It's a great game... but it's hardly a board game! :)

Cheers, -- N

Apples to Apples is fun, but does grow kind of tiresome after a while. Darth Vader and Batman are basically trump cards if my brother or I are the judging player. If Hitler was a possible card I suspect he'd be a trump too, just cause it could result in some terrifically tasteless descriptions.
 

Asmor

First Post
Apples to Apples is fun, but does grow kind of tiresome after a while. Darth Vader and Batman are basically trump cards if my brother or I are the judging player. If Hitler was a possible card I suspect he'd be a trump too, just cause it could result in some terrifically tasteless descriptions.

Uhh... Hitler is a card. And yes, he is often a trump card.
 


Geoff Dale

Explorer
Board Games

My all-time favorite board game has got to be Diplomacy (face/face or email). Other very good ones are Blokus and Scotland Yard and Ticket to Ride (mentioned already), and Kingmaker and Spies. I also liked original Squad Leader and Starship Troopers back in the day. The kids love Apples to Apples.


Geoff
 

Verdande

First Post
I love Descent. I've played a couple times with just me and my girlfriend (who I managed to con into being the Overlord... *cackles). I control three heroes at once, and she tries to slay me over and over. She's really competitive, and sometimes I have to stop the game and try to make peace with her so she'll talk to me. When I kill her monsters, sometimes she'll hit me, and I'm dodging little minis left and right. Like I said, she's super competitive when we play games. Good thing I am, too. ;)
 

Brain

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Lots of great games mentioned already. Here's my top 10

#1: Titan
#2: Game of Thrones, A
#3: Twilight Struggle
#4: Star Wars: The Queen's Gambit
#5: Taj Mahal
#6: Himalaya
#7: Maharaja: Palace Building in India
#8: La Città
#9: Power Grid
#10: Caylus

The Titan reprint is supposed to come out this year (though it has been pushed back repeatedly)
 

Shade

Monster Junkie
A few, in no particular order...

Last Night on Earth
Talisman
Carcassonne
Citadels
Power Grid
Arkadia
Pirate's Cove
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Game (an all-time favorite)
 

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