The ENWorld Gamer: What Kind of Gamer Are You?

[MerricB]

For me:

Boardgame & Card Games
Campaign Manager 2008 x6
Arena: Roma II x3
Dominion: Intrigue x2
Louis XIV x2
The Pillars of the Earth: Builders Duel x2
The Republic of Rome x2 - the new reprint of the Avalon Hill classic
Talisman (Fourth Edition) x2
Thebes x2
Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization x2
Ticket to Ride x2
Ticket to Ride: Nordic Countries x2
Wars of the Roses: Lancaster vs. York x2
Agricola: Farmers of the Moor x1
Arkham Horror x1
Battlestar Galactica x1
Carcassonne x1
Chicago Express x1
Chinatown x1
Endeavor x1
Hunter: Deadly Prey x1
The Settlers of Catan x1

Boardgame - Wargame
Commands & Colors: Ancients x4
Combat Commander: Pacific x1
Fields of Fire x1
Twilight Struggle x1
Victoria Cross x1

Collectible Card Game
Magic x20+

Roleplaying Game
D&D 4e x4
Serenity RPG x2

Computer Game
Civilisation IV x10
Colossus x20 - computer version of Titan
Saint Petersburg x20
Race for the Galaxy x100

That's a pretty standard month - except fewer wargames than normal.

Cheers!

 

[Aus_Snow]

For me:

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That's a pretty standard month - except fewer wargames than normal.

Holy crap, dude.

Official EN World playa, methinks.

 

[Rechan]

I'm curious what games people are categorizing under "Other." I know that there are a bazillion types of games out there, from all over the world. I'm always looking for something I've never played before...and the more different it is, the better.

Peekaboo and/or Hide and Seek with your kids?

 

[CleverNickName]

Just a nitpick here:

D&D Online is not a VTT program, it's an MMO. And you forgot the big ones like Maptools and OpenRPG, but, that's a really minor quibble.

Right you are. I have updated the text. (Can you tell that I've never played DDO? )

For me:

(giant list of games)

That's a pretty standard month - except fewer wargames than normal.

Jeebus, that's a lot of gaming. You win the prize, man.

But come on: no paintball? Nobody? Man. Back when I lived in Oklahoma, it was all I could think about in the spring. Well that, and bass fishing.

Peekaboo and/or Hide and Seek with your kids?

I don't know about Peekaboo. Is it a game, or a sleight of hand trick?

Hide and Seek, on the other hand, would be a live-action wargame. It uses a lot of the same rules and concepts: designate a target, track the target across terrain, locate and pursue target, eliminate the target...

 

[Jdvn1]

Agricola and Catan are very different types of games than chess, checkers, go, or mancala. I'd venture to say they should be different categories.

I haven't played a lot of games lately, though. No time.

In general, I like to play chess and go as my board games.

My Other is telephone pictionary. It's a GREAT group/party game or ice breaker. Apples to Apples is a lot of fun too, and doesn't fit well in any of the categories.

On a side note, there aren't a lot of athletes around here! Seems like we all need to get out and see the sun every once in a while.

 

[Wombat]

In this last month I...

...played GURPS and Changeling and will be running SotC this weekend...

...didn't quite Kill Dr. Lucky (someone else got him)...

...played Guillotine and Gloom...

and did a lot of time on Civ IV.

 

[N0Man]

Agricola and Catan are very different types of games than chess, checkers, go, or mancala. I'd venture to say they should be different categories.

I kind of felt the same way. I associate board games like Agricola, Catan, and Carcassonne more closely with card games like Race for the Galaxy more than I'd associate them with Monopoly and Chess.

Though I'm a big fan of Euro-style games these days... however I did enjoy Battlestar Galactica a fair bit more than I expected. It's not a game that I could play regularly, but it's definitely worthy of some play. It's nice to see a game based on a television or movie franchise actually be good.

 

[N0Man]

and did a lot of time on Civ IV.

A lot of time... or "just one more turn"?

 

[MerricB]

A lot of time... or "just one more turn"?

LOL. I always start new games in my case; "just one more turn" rarely ends well.

Cheers!

 

[MerricB]

Holy crap, dude.

Official EN World playa, methinks.

I own over 200 boardgames. Got to play them sometime.

It helps that I have a really good FLGS with a lot of opponents.

Cheers!