Favorite Board Games

[MatthewVett]

Just wondering, but what are everyone's favorite board and card games?

Personally, chess is my favorite, but I love a lot of others, too. Thud is a pretty good one, inspired by Terry Pratchett's Discworld. I used to play a lot of Diplomacy online, but not so much lately.

I recently got Cards Against Humanity, and so far that's been a lot of fun. It's similar to Apples to Apples, but a bit more "adult." By which I mean, there are cards like, "Doin' it in the butt."

I recently found out about Co-opoly, which I admit, sounds kind of fun: http://toolboxfored.org/coopoly/game-play/ If I still worked at a summer camp, I'd definitely buy it with their money and try it out with the kids. It seems like it'd be an awesome tool for teaching kids about basic home economics.

 

[lovecraft68]

For cards I enjoy High Low jack especially playing the 9/5 variant.

I'm not really into any board games other than Chess.

Then again seeing there is a board involved can I include Darts?

 

[Lady_Fiona]

Backgammon

Monopoly

Scrabble

 

[PennLady]

I like Trivial Pursuit. Also Cribbage.

 

[Bramblethorn]

Just wondering, but what are everyone's favorite board and card games?

Personally, chess is my favorite, but I love a lot of others, too. Thud is a pretty good one, inspired by Terry Pratchett's Discworld. I used to play a lot of Diplomacy online, but not so much lately.

I recently got Cards Against Humanity, and so far that's been a lot of fun. It's similar to Apples to Apples, but a bit more "adult." By which I mean, there are cards like, "Doin' it in the butt."

I recently found out about Co-opoly, which I admit, sounds kind of fun: http://toolboxfored.org/coopoly/game-play/ If I still worked at a summer camp, I'd definitely buy it with their money and try it out with the kids. It seems like it'd be an awesome tool for teaching kids about basic home economics.

My partner and I have a big collection. Some faves:

Scrabble online (well, "Lexulous").

Settlers of Catan (+ Cities and Knights): building/trading game with a nice mix of skill and luck.

Ticket to Ride: building railways across the USA while obstructing others. Very simple rules but quite a lot of strategy.

Carcassonne: matching tiles to build up medieval cities/farms/etc.

 

[Tyro999]

Thanks to too much time as a Marine during the '60s-'80s, I'm stuck on Pinochle - single or double-deck. In HS, it was Canasta, for some reason, in our neighborhood. Dunno why, but I never got into Bridge of any flavor; despite the strong, sometimes overbearing, encouragement of my parents.

On the whole, I never got into board games. It is difficult to make room for them in the 100 lbs of stuff you're already humping up one hill and down another. A couple of card decks is a lot easier ... and lighter.

 

[Saxon_Hart]

My ex in-laws taught me Shanghai Rummy. I love plating that game especially when you have a large group.

 

[shewantsmore]

i used to play cards alot but seems thats old fashioned these days