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  • bsb13
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    • Mar 2005
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    #31
    Re: What's Your Favorite Board Game?

    CandyLand.

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    • ChubbyBanana
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      • Oct 2003
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      #32
      Re: What's Your Favorite Board Game?

      Risk.

      Which reminds me of this classic:

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      • FlyingFinn
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        • Jul 2002
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        #33
        Re: What's Your Favorite Board Game?

        I used to love Stop Thief and King Oil.

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        • Jistic
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          • Mar 2003
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          #34
          Re: What's Your Favorite Board Game?

          Originally posted by FlyingFinn
          I used to love Stop Thief and King Oil.
          Hell yes X2.
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          • daflyboys
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            • May 2003
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            #35
            Re: What's Your Favorite Board Game?

            Careers

            and this one...... (gotta love the double spinner when you're buying out megamillion dollar companies!!)
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            • X*Cell
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              • Sep 2002
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              #36
              Re: What's Your Favorite Board Game?

              once videogames came out, board games in my life have been rendered obsolete.
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              • JohnnytheSkin
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                • Jul 2003
                • 5914

                #37
                Re: What's Your Favorite Board Game?

                Originally posted by X*Cell
                once videogames came out, board games in my life have been rendered obsolete.
                That's really a shame, man. Maybe try some of the games in the thread (or on my list).

                The thing about board games is first and foremost the social aspect. Chatting into a mic with random nicknames being the sole identifier just can't hold a candle to trash talking or strategizing with real people in front of you.

                Second, with the lengthy games, it's much easier to leave the board set up, take a break, come back later (or the next night) and pick up where you left, IMO.

                Third, the lack of eye strain from starting at the TV/monitor for hours on end!

                I'm sure there are more reasons, and maybe others will list them, but I love both experiences. Hopefully you come around.



                EDIT: Actually, just thought of another reason. There's something still lacking in AI bots in video games...specifically the board game adaptations. You crank up some arbitrary difficulty slider which could, in reality, just tip the odds of random dice rolls in the CPU's favor. How do you plan against that?

                Nothing like learning a buddy's tactics, and the next time using them against him, or developing new moves and plans, or frankly, just sabotaging the winning players and blocking them in.
                Last edited by JohnnytheSkin; 06-16-2009, 04:28 PM.
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                • ZM Punk
                  We Spent Some Money!
                  • Feb 2003
                  • 6260

                  #38
                  Re: What's Your Favorite Board Game?

                  Risk and Trivial Pursuit are my two favorites.
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                  • fistofrage
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                    • Aug 2002
                    • 13682

                    #39
                    Re: What's Your Favorite Board Game?

                    Axis & Allies
                    Battle Cry
                    The American Civil War
                    Shogun
                    Risk


                    Love playing board games but haven't played these titles in years. So much fun but we just don't get together to play them anymore.
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                    • gtm
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                      • Jul 2002
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                      #40
                      Re: What's Your Favorite Board Game?

                      Wow. I just browsed this thread and didn't see one sports game.
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                      • Whitesox
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                        • Mar 2009
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                        #41
                        Re: What's Your Favorite Board Game?

                        Originally posted by gtm
                        Wow. I just browsed this thread and didn't see one sports game.
                        I liked NFLopoly...
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                        • UnStOpPaBlE
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                          • Jan 2009
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                          #42
                          Re: What's Your Favorite Board Game?

                          Originally posted by whitesox
                          I liked NFLopoly...
                          Yeah I got Vikings Monopoly and when anybody wants to play Monopoly I always pull out the Vikings edition instead of the regular.
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                          • daflyboys
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                            • May 2003
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                            #43
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                            Well, reproducing sports on a board game is pretty difficult. I don't think NFLopoly if truly a sports board game. We used to play this football game called Thinking Man's Football (was actually in Brian's Song.... they were playing it in a hospital scene). Since we had no knowledge of video games, this was pretty neat. Yep....that's wind on the field!

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                            • Whitesox
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                              • Mar 2009
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                              #44
                              Re: What's Your Favorite Board Game?

                              Originally posted by daflyboys
                              Well, reproducing sports on a board game is pretty difficult. I don't think NFLopoly if truly a sports board game. We used to play this football game called Thinking Man's Football (was actually in Brian's Song.... they were playing it in a hospital scene). Since we had no knowledge of video games, this was pretty neat. Yep....that's wind on the field!

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                              Heh..I have never seen that. Looks like fun. I love those types of games (Strat-o-Matic, APBA, etc.)
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                              • Ruffy
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                                • Feb 2008
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                                #45
                                Re: What's Your Favorite Board Game?

                                Here's a few I enjoyed as a kid. My favs is probably Risk soo much fun....we had a Seinfeld esk battle in University that lasted about a week and a half on our dining room table!






                                I don't even remember how Trump was played but i still own it!



                                This game was classic!




                                My cousin and I found a crude old game like this at the cottage. Was a simple board tihe the outline of a diamond. It listed outcomes based on rolling two dice...we played tons of full baseball games on our own!


                                Card games are always my favorites though...

                                Classics like....

                                Cribbage
                                Screw your neighbour
                                Euchre
                                Garbage

                                and others...card games probably led to my love of all poker games.
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