Boardgames List

[BobProbst]

I realized that Craig and I have an impressive list of games.

So many that I sometimes forget some fun ones!

Owner	          Game Name
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Bob            	Ace of Aces - Handy Rotary Series
Craig          	Age of Mythology: The Boardgame 
Bob            	Age of Napoleon
Bob            	Alexander the Great
Bob            	Alhambra
Bob            	Amazing Labyrinth
Craig          	Arkham Horror 
Craig          	Arkham Horror - Curse of the Dark Pharaoh Expansion 
Craig          	Attack! 
Craig          	Attack! Expansion 
Bob            	Bang!
Craig          	BattleLore 
Bob            	Big Idea, the
Bob            	Blokus
Bob            	Bohnanza
Bob            	Call of Cthulhu CCG
Bob            	Carcassonne
Bob            	Cathedral
Bob            	Caylus
Bob            	Chess
Bob            	Chrononauts
Bob            	Citadels
Craig          	Cities and Knights of Catan, The 
Craig          	Cities and Knights of Catan, The - 5-6 Player Expansion 
Bob            	Clans
Craig          	Colosseum 
Bob            	Corruption
Craig          	Descent: Journeys in the Dark 
Bob            	Diplomacy
Craig          	Drakon - 3rd Edition 
Craig          	Dust 
Bob            	El Grande
Bob            	Elfenland
Bob            	Fluxx
Bob            	Formula Dé
Craig          	Fury of Dracula 
Craig          	Game of Thrones, A 
Craig          	Game of Thrones, A: A Storm of Swords Expansion 
Bob            	Give Me the Brain!
Bob            	Go Away Monster!
Craig          	Goa 
Bob            	Hansa
Bob            	Illuminati:  Deluxe Edition
Bob            	I'm the Boss
Bob            	Imperial
Craig          	In the Year of the Dragon 
Bob            	Intrigue
Craig          	Iron Dragon 
Bob            	Kill Doctor Lucky
Bob            	Loot
Bob            	Lunch Money
Bob            	Manhattan
Bob            	Max
Bob            	MBT
Craig          	Memoir '44 
Craig          	Memoir '44 - Pacific Theater 
Bob            	Modern Art
Craig          	Munchkin 
Craig          	Munchkin 2: Unnatural Axe 
Craig          	Munchkin 3: Clerical Errors 
Bob            	Napoleon's Triumph
Bob            	Niagara
Bob            	Orchard
Craig          	Pandemic 
Craig          	Phoenicia 
Craig          	Pillars of the Earth, The 
Craig          	Pirate's Cove 
Craig          	Pirates of the Spanish Main 
Craig          	Power Grid 
Bob            	Princes of Florence, The
Craig          	Puerto Rico 
Craig          	Railroad Tycoon 
Craig          	Return of the Heroes 
Craig          	Return of the Heroes.
Bob            	RoboRally
Craig          	RoboRally 
Craig          	Runebound - Artifacts and Allies 
Craig          	Runebound - Crown of the Elder Kings 
Craig          	Runebound - Relics of Legend 
Craig          	Runebound - Sands of Al-Kalim 
Craig          	Runebound - Shadows of Margath (First Edition) 
Craig          	Runebound - The Dark Forest 
Craig          	Runebound - The Island of Dread 
Craig          	Runebound - The Scepter of Kyros 
Craig          	Runebound - The Terrors of the Tomb 
Craig          	Runebound (First Edition) 
Craig          	Runebound Second Edition 
Bob            	Saint Petersburg
Bob            	Samurai
Bob            	San Juan
Bob            	Seafarers of Catan, The
Craig          	Seafarers of Catan, The 
Craig          	Seafarers of Catan, The - 5-6 Player Expansion 
Bob            	Settlers of Catan - Event Cards
Bob            	Settlers of Catan, The
Craig          	Settlers of Catan, The 
Bob            	Settlers of Catan, The - 5-6 Player Expansion
Craig          	Settlers of Catan, The - 5-6 Player Expansion 
Craig          	Settlers of the Stone Age, The 
Craig          	Shogun 
Craig          	Sid Meier's Civilization: The Boardgame 
Craig          	Silk Road 
Bob            	Skip-bo
Bob            	Snail's Pace Race
Craig          	Star Munchkin 
Craig          	StarCraft: The Board Game 
Craig          	Starfarers of Catan 
Craig          	Supremacy 
Bob            	Thebes
Craig          	Ticket to Ride 
Bob            	Ticket to Ride: Europe
Craig          	Ticket to Ride: Märklin Edition 
Craig          	Ticket to Ride: Mystery Train Expansion 
Craig          	Tide of Iron 
Bob            	Tigris & Euphrates
Craig          	Twilight Imperium 3rd Edition 
Craig          	Twilight Imperium 3rd Edition - Shattered Empire 
Bob            	Vegas Showdown
Craig          	War! Age of Imperialism 
Craig          	Warrior Knights 
Craig          	Wings of War - Burning Drachens 
Craig          	Wings of War - Famous Aces 
Craig          	Wings of War - The Dawn of World War II 
Craig          	Wings of War - Watch Your Back! 
Bob            	Wizard's Quest
Craig          	World of Warcraft: The Boardgame

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=p9YlKBaX3rrIdqhNIb1m_Wg

 

[Fyrestryke]

Wow, that puts my measly collection to shame, that's for sure. =)

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/viewcollection.php3?username=fyrestryke&own=1&startletter=ALL

 

[InzeladunMaster]

That is an impressive list!

Let's see... I have

Backgammon
Battleship
Call of Cthulhu CCG
Chess
Clue
Dungeon!
The Hobbit
KISS Trivia Game
Monopoly
Monopoly: Star Wars Edition
Othello
Paranoia
Risk
Risk: Lord of the Rings Edition
Star Wars CCG
Stratego
Sub Search
Water Works
Wings of War: Burning Drachens
Wings of War: Famous Aces
Wings of War: Recon Patrol
Wings of War: Top Fighters
Wings of War: Watch Your Back


Yep, you blow my collection away, too!

 

[thormagni]

Don't make me print a list of my non-board games

 

[BobProbst]

I bring this up, not to brag, but to remind folks that we've got a lot of games that are very fun that don't get played that often.

Namely:

Owner	          Game Name
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Bob            	Alhambra
Bob            	Bohnanza
Bob            	Carcassonne
Bob            	Caylus
Bob            	Citadels
Bob            	Clans
Craig          	Colosseum 
Craig          	Drakon - 3rd Edition 
Bob            	El Grande
Bob            	Elfenland
Craig          	Game of Thrones, A 
Craig          	Goa 
Bob            	Hansa
Bob            	Illuminati:  Deluxe Edition
Bob            	I'm the Boss
Bob            	Imperial
Craig          	Iron Dragon 
Bob            	Modern Art
Bob            	Niagara
Craig          	Phoenicia 
Craig          	Pillars of the Earth, The 
Craig          	Puerto Rico 
Craig          	Railroad Tycoon 
Craig          	RoboRally 
Bob            	Samurai
Bob            	San Juan
Bob            	Seafarers of Catan, The
Craig          	Shogun 
Craig          	Silk Road 
Craig          	Starfarers of Catan 
Craig          	Ticket to Ride 
Bob            	Ticket to Ride: Europe
Bob            	Tigris & Euphrates

Some get skipped because they play better with more than 3 players. Others because they're looooonnnngggg and others because people have biases against them (some formed after only one play).

 

[InzeladunMaster]

You should put Arkham Horror on the latter list. I found that to be a GREAT game, atmospheric, and lots of fun - and would like to play it more often.

I didn't see it as bragging at all, btw. I thought it was a great and useful list. I wish I had more to add to it. Besides, as an avid collector of things myself, I always enjoy seeing other people's impressive collections (so even if it one might see it as bragging, you and Craig certainly have bragging rights!).

And John definitely has bragging rights on RPGs!

And I am sorry if I form my biases too quickly; it only took once to see that Settlers of Catan, Powergrid, and Ticket to Ride are not really fun for me.

 

[Fyrestryke]

Some get skipped because they play better with more than 3 players. Others because they're looooonnnngggg and others because people have biases against them (some formed after only one play).

We should play Elfenland and Bohnanza because NOBODY has biases against those.

It's about time for some illuminati too. I'm usually the last person to say that.

As for the second list, I'm all down for playing everything A through E soon. We'll get to the others...ummmm....later.

 

[Fyrestryke]

And I am sorry if I form my biases too quickly; it only took once to see that Settlers of Catan, Powergrid, and Ticket to Ride are not really fun for me.

Wow! How come? Those are 3 of my (and others) favorites... Just curious as to why.

I can't really 'splain why I don't like illuminati (maybe because I always lose) but I like to play it about twice a year and that's good for me.

I can play the three you mentioned over and over and over for hours on end without getting sick of them. Well, within reason.

There's other games I really love to play but others don't so, we don't get to those often.

I've got 4 boardgames that look really neat, but we've never played them. I even stopped lugging them along with me...

 

[BobProbst]

I played Arkham Horror at GenCon a while back. I felt like I spent 3 hours looking for useful items and finding none. Meanwhile, a couple of powerful characters were busy fighting and going through portals. Near the end of the game I decided risk my life, fight my way to a gate and try to close it (I'd found a tome of some sort that would let me close it easily). I died before I got there. yay.

I must also admit my own bias against heavily themed cooperative games! I'll certainly play them but they're not my favorite.

 

[InzeladunMaster]

Wow! How come? Those are 3 of my (and others) favorites... Just curious as to why.

Several reasons, actually.

1. They don't excite my imagination. Running energy factories is boring - flying airplanes is exciting. I can daydream about the latter, but not the former. Same thing with Ticket to Ride - the very concept is boring.

2. Those three seem to me that one can do everything "correctly", yet someone else can totally screw the game for you. All that does is frustrate me, and I don't have fun feeling frustrated.

3. I have to admit also that (especially Settlers of Catan), my bias may also have a bit to do with the way the game was taught to me - wherein I feel I was given mediocre to downright bad advice so the teacher could win. (A good game teacher should set aside his competitiveness on the first game, and give the best advice possible).

I suppose I could try again if I felt I wasn't going to get my ass handed to me by vastly more experienced players who are going to use the training game to show off their impressive talent (who really shouldn't feel they have anything to prove in the first place, as I know in a real game they could easily defeat me).

I recently enrolled my kids in Tai Kwan Do. Imagine if the Black Belt Grand Master just took out my kids to prove he is better - would they be interested in learning? No, he teaches them at their level. Likewise, when Mark taught me how to fence, I knew he could beat me with his eyes closed (he wins tournaments, for crying out loud!) but he never brought out the can of whoop-ass until he knew I could handle it. I need games taught to me in like fashion. When they aren't, I get a bad taste in my mouth for the game.

Wings of War, for example, excites my imagination. While condition 2 exists when the Explosion card is around (that card really isn't much fun, and I leave it out these days when I play), the other damage cards just add a dimension of challenge. As for 3, we were all pretty new at it when I learned, so no one really was an expert out to show us Newbies who was boss. When I taught some people this weekend how to play, I did some moves that got me killed so they would have fun shooting me down.

Wings of War is also nice because everyone goes simultaneously. I hate waiting for other people to take their turn, sometimes.