Check Mate! Board Games anyone?

[brewmaster15]

Yeah I know I am dating myself here. I grew up in the age just before video games, and until I was a teenager my parents could not afford those early video games. We played Board Games, Chess and checkers mostly. I started playing Chess when I was 5. My Dad and I played all the time. I now play it with my kids. Its still one of the games we take when we are camping or away.

My other favorite is an ancient board game "IGO" or "GO" (Japan),"WEIQI" (China), and "Baduk" (lKorea) Its probably the worlds oldest board game and has been unchanged the whole time..Its a simple game in its rules, but complex in its execution. I thoroughly enjoy Chess, but playing this Game gives new meaning to strategy! Its highly addicting. I picked it up a few years ago and its just an awesome game.

You can still get board games at the stores, but most are pretty flimsy and plastic. I stumbled across a great online site called Yellow Mountain Imports, http://www.ymimports.com/ when I was looking for a quality Go Board. They have some very nice games, at a fair price.

So do you play board games? Whats your favorites?

al

[rickztahone]

In my very early childhood years, right before console games were invented, we had a huge stack of boardgames. For the life of me I can not remember which one I enjoyed the most, but we played many of them fairly frequently. We had the classics like Monopoly of course (the never-ending game), and a few more obscure games that wer also fun. I really hope that my kids will want to sit around a table and play with their old man. However, technology is making this harder and harder. My son, at less than 2yrs old knows how to call his mother, play YouTube cartoons and knows not to drop daddy's phone, lol.

[blueluv]

Checkers, monopoly and a bit of chess

[Discus-n00b]

Balderdash if playing with a large group, can get really fun.

[nc0gnet0]

scrabble and risk.

[rickztahone]

I've never played risk but always wanted to.

[brewmaster15]

Lol... "Risk", that one brings back memories. Played it one time with an old best friend of mine. After that we were no longer best friends!:) That game should be banned from highly competitive people!:bandana: J/k Seriously its a fun a game. Rick if you like the strategy of " Risk", you might enjoy playing Go.

Its loses something in the electronic version, but they are several "go" apps for smart phones, and you can play go"live" against others online http://pandanet-igs.com/communities/pandanet
and hey if you like anime, or have kids that do, "Hikaru NO Go" is free online....http://www.hulu.com/hikaru-no-go/ great show to get the kids interested in the game..Its how I got my kids into it.:)

al

[Tankster]

I grew up on board games and passed it along to my kids. The selection of games changed along with the kids ages. Ropes and Ladders; Candy-Land, Trouble, Sorry, Battle-Ship (not really a board game), Risk, Life, and Monopoly were some favorites.

Now, when we have a snow day, board games in front of the fireplace are a requirement. It is usually Sorry or Life these days.

[brewmaster15]

Now, when we have a snow day, board games in front of the fireplace are a requirement and that is as it should be! We do the same Greg!

al

[rickztahone]

resurrection, I know, but my daughter is showing more interest in playing board games. I bought Clue the other day and she absolutely loved it. I'd like to get similar type board games where I can play with her and make her think/strategize about her next move. Any suggestions? I can't check out the link in the OP now since I am at work, but will when I get home. Thanks :)

[bluelagoon]

Backgammon and scrabble here.

[XAnhLe]

When I was in Vietnam, I used to play and compete in Chinese chess (Xiangqi), strategy wise, it's very similar to Chess.
In my country, it was basically school, tutoring, and whatever free time I had I went to play Chinese chess with my dad's friends.

[Keith Perkins]

Chess, backgammon, pente.

[rickztahone]

When I was in Vietnam, I used to play and compete in Chinese chess (Xiangqi), strategy wise, it's very similar to Chess.
In my country, it was basically school, tutoring, and whatever free time I had I went to play Chinese chess with my dad's friends.

I liked chess growing up, but couldn't find many people who liked to play it :(. My father loved checkers though, so I played that with him. He was also the one that taught me how to play poker, but that isn't a board game, and that isn't a very good thing to teach a young child, lol. coincidentally enough, I have a poker tournament this Saturday and my dad is rooting me on :)

[XAnhLe]

I liked chess growing up, but couldn't find many people who liked to play it :(. My father loved checkers though, so I played that with him. He was also the one that taught me how to play poker, but that isn't a board game, and that isn't a very good thing to teach a young child, lol. coincidentally enough, I have a poker tournament this Saturday and my dad is rooting me on :)

My father is like the opposite haha. I love playing poker, but he forbid me from playing. It's funny because he sits at the casino every weekend playing poker from dust to dawn. :)

My father never wanted to play chess with me. To this day, I think I have never had a match with him.

[rickztahone]

My father is like the opposite haha. I love playing poker, but he forbid me from playing. It's funny because he sits at the casino every weekend playing poker from dust to dawn. :)

My father never wanted to play chess with me. To this day, I think I have never had a match with him.

quite literally the reverse situation going on here, lol. One time, simply get him to your house, sit him down, and bring out a chess board :).

[rickztahone]

resurrection, I know, but my daughter is showing more interest in playing board games. I bought Clue the other day and she absolutely loved it. I'd like to get similar type board games where I can play with her and make her think/strategize about her next move. Any suggestions? I can't check out the link in the OP now since I am at work, but will when I get home. Thanks :)

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[dprais1]

My daughter(6yrs), wife and I usually play a few. We rotate Uno, Trouble and Sorry. We recently started playing the age old game of 'marbles'. I think there is some board game by the name but we are using the old draw a circle and knock out the smaller ones with the shooter version.

[Missing Score]

Settlers of Catan is by far my favourite at the moment!

[Meshelly]

Ohh, board games are one of my husband's major hobbies. We have a large number that I can recommend.

For cooperative play, Flashpoint! It is a game in which you play as firefighters trying to save the residents of a house before the house burns down. Also, Shadows Over Camelot. In this game you each are a knight from King Arthur's court. You work together to beat several challenges in order to gain good swords before the board earns a certain number of bad swords. But be careful, because one person may be a traitor!

For vindictive play, Survive. In this game you have several people on an island that is crumbling away. In the water there are monsters, sharks, and whales. Your goal is to use little boats to get as many of your people to the mainland before your opponents mess this up for you using the monsters, sharks, and whales.

I also recommend the game, Avalon, because you spend your time trying to use logic to figure out who the traitors in your group are.

And I use a game called, Love Letter, with my students occasionally. In the game you play cards that do different things to try to knock other players out. You are allowed to 'count cards' in order to figure out what cards your opponents may or may not have. In the end, the highest valued card left wins.

I could recommend board games for quite awhile. Let me know if you have questions or would like to hear about more.

[rickztahone]

Ohh, board games are one of my husband's major hobbies. We have a large number that I can recommend.

For cooperative play, Flashpoint! It is a game in which you play as firefighters trying to save the residents of a house before the house burns down. Also, Shadows Over Camelot. In this game you each are a knight from King Arthur's court. You work together to beat several challenges in order to gain good swords before the board earns a certain number of bad swords. But be careful, because one person may be a traitor!

For vindictive play, Survive. In this game you have several people on an island that is crumbling away. In the water there are monsters, sharks, and whales. Your goal is to use little boats to get as many of your people to the mainland before your opponents mess this up for you using the monsters, sharks, and whales.

I also recommend the game, Avalon, because you spend your time trying to use logic to figure out who the traitors in your group are.

And I use a game called, Love Letter, with my students occasionally. In the game you play cards that do different things to try to knock other players out. You are allowed to 'count cards' in order to figure out what cards your opponents may or may not have. In the end, the highest valued card left wins.

I could recommend board games for quite awhile. Let me know if you have questions or would like to hear about more.

Cool stuff Meshell! Do you have a specific place where you buy these board games? I do not know of a local place where boardgames such as the ones you mentioned would be sold.

I am looking for a game to play with my daughter who is 8yrs old. She loves playing clue Jr. and I think she may be ready for the real board game now :)

[Meshelly]

We tend to watch a web broad cast entitled, "Shut up and sit down." ( www.shutupandsitdown.com ) Then if we think the game sounds pretty neat we order it off of Amazon and try it out. My husband has a group of people that come over monthly to play board games.

Love Letter is one my seven year old enjoys with us (mentioned above). Another one that is interesting and good for the younger kiddos is the Magic Labyrinth. The board is ML is a maze and you have to remember you way through the maze to get the tokens. And she tends to make losers of us all on a game called Sheriff of Nottingham....but that is partially because we all assume she's innocent and sweet and the game involves bluffing in order to smuggle goods past the Sheriff.

[rickztahone]

We tend to watch a web broad cast entitled, "Shut up and sit down." ( www.shutupandsitdown.com ) Then if we think the game sounds pretty neat we order it off of Amazon and try it out. My husband has a group of people that come over monthly to play board games.

Love Letter is one my seven year old enjoys with us (mentioned above). Another one that is interesting and good for the younger kiddos is the Magic Labyrinth. The board is ML is a maze and you have to remember you way through the maze to get the tokens. And she tends to make losers of us all on a game called Sheriff of Nottingham....but that is partially because we all assume she's innocent and sweet and the game involves bluffing in order to smuggle goods past the Sheriff.

Awesome, thank you! Board game group? That sounds like fun!