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Subject: Favorite Board Games That You Still Play
Written By: BadAngel on 08/14/02 at 00:45 a.m.
Who's the King of Monopoly? Certainly not me! I have the game (I'd like to know if there's a household that doesn't!!!) but I don't like it....so we rarely play it.
What we do play:
Yahtzee
Aggravation
Life
Clue (not a fave anymore, but still play it)
Euchre (pronounced You-Ker, a card game)
Kismet (like Yahtzee, but with colors)
Subject: Re: Favorite Board Games That You Still Play
Written By: Bobo on 08/14/02 at 00:51 a.m.
I'm certainly not the King of Monopoly, but when I understand it well enough to play, then I do alright.
We still play the board games that we have, most of which are falling apart.
I don't know Yahtzee, what is it?
Subject: Re: Favorite Board Games That You Still Play
Written By: BadAngel on 08/14/02 at 00:56 a.m.
Yahtzee is a game that comes with a scorecard that you fill in, and five dice. You roll the dice and try to get as many 1s, 2s, 3s, etc. that you can. You also try to get 3 of a kind, 4 of a kind, full house (three of one number and two of another), small straight (four in a row), a Yahtzee (five of a kind), etc.
It's really fun, if you enjoy that kind of game. :)
Subject: Re: Favorite Board Games That You Still Play
Written By: philbo_baggins on 08/14/02 at 02:08 a.m.
I think I stopped liking monopoly when I was six and my sister would have tantrums if she didn't win ;-)
Don't have a huge amount of time for board games now, but old favourites were Risk and Diplomacy - though my elder son is getting into chess now, so I'm trying to get him up to a high enough standard so my father can take over (dad's kind of good at chess)
...I do play Yahtzee on the computer occasionally
Phil
Subject: Re: Favorite Board Games That You Still Play
Written By: philbo_baggins on 08/14/02 at 02:14 a.m.
Quoting:
Who's the King of Monopoly?
End Quote
Sounds like the Yazoo song
"For the times we've had I don't want to be - the King of Monopoly"
;-)
Phil
Subject: Re: Favorite Board Games That You Still Play
Written By: Gis on 08/14/02 at 02:25 a.m.
I don't know about Monopoly but I love Totopoly (the horse racing game!)Yahtzee I know as Kniffel the German version and have big tournaments with my Mum every now and then.Ian and I play Star Wars trivial pursuit where I scared myself by almost winning!?! I obviously take in alot more of what he's waffling on about than I realised ;D
Subject: Re: Favorite Board Games That You Still Play
Written By: FussBudgetVanPelt on 08/14/02 at 03:56 a.m.
We have Monopoly but we don't play it because as adults we have found the same things with our children as we found when we were children...it causes too many fights, and once someone gets in front, there is very little chance of them losing.... :(
Trivial Pursuit - I have a number of different sets of cards, including a music version (go figure...)
Yahtzee
Mastermind
I wish, I wish, I wish.....I still had a game called Stratego - it was simplistic military strategy game
Alas, it is gone...... :(
FB :)
Subject: Re: Favorite Board Games That You Still Play
Written By: Natalie on 08/14/02 at 06:23 a.m.
I love playing board games.
Monopoly is a decent game, but it takes way too long to play.
My favorites are:
Scattergories
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Life
Taboo
Balderdash
I used to love playing Battleship, but I haven't played in a while
Subject: Re: Favorite Board Games That You Still Play
Written By: philbo_baggins on 08/14/02 at 06:42 a.m.
Quoting:
I wish, I wish, I wish.....I still had a game called Stratego - it was simplistic military strategy game
End Quote
I remember Stratego - a friend of mine had it when I was at school... it's also reminded me of two other long-play board strategy games: Kingmaker and The Election Game (the latter was an old out-of-print-twenty-years-ago UK General Election strategy game - huge amounts of fun for a politically-oriented family)
Phil
Subject: Re: Favorite Board Games That You Still Play
Written By: MissInformation on 08/14/02 at 07:23 a.m.
Careers, King Oil, Scotland Yard, Monopoly (actually, I have Catopoly), Past Lives, Bonkers, and a whole slew of more modern games that we've started playing in the past couple of years.
MissInformation
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Subject: Re: Favorite Board Games That You Still Play
Written By: Zella on 08/14/02 at 08:29 a.m.
I still have most of my games from when I was a kid, but I now have no one to play them with :'(
My favorites are:
Trivial Pursuit
Park n Shop
Green Ghost
Kingmaker (aka: the Medieval Game from H e l l )
Broadside
My two most favorite games were Mousetrap and Silly Safari, but my mother threw them away....
When we were 16, my best friend and I made our own version of Life, (we still have it) created our own 3 dimentional board etc., and called it "Strife." Typical entires: "stoned again -- lose one turn"; "condom broke -- add baby girl" etc. etc. Ah to be 16 again! ;D
Subject: Re: Favorite Board Games That You Still Play
Written By: lebeiw15 on 08/14/02 at 08:39 a.m.
I usually play board games with my sister. We usually play Monopoly (my favorite), Scrabble (another of my favorites), and Sorry. She recently got Deluxe Monopoly for Christmas last year.
Subject: Re: Favorite Board Games That You Still Play
Written By: Jessica on 08/14/02 at 09:28 a.m.
I like playing Monopoly, Yahtzee, and Scrabble.
Subject: Re: Favorite Board Games That You Still Play
Written By: RockandRollFan on 08/14/02 at 09:29 a.m.
Monopoly and Risk are my favorites...I also still enjoy playing Chutes & Ladders, but only with kids we baby-sit ;)
Subject: Re: Favorite Board Games That You Still Play
Written By: philbo_baggins on 08/14/02 at 10:04 a.m.
Quoting:
Kingmaker (aka: the Medieval Game from H e l l )
End Quote
Another Kingmaker player!! Tell me, did you ever have one of those games that just never finished (like after several days solid where you ended up chasing the last couple of potential monarchs who were desparately running round the board trying not to get cornered by opposing armies)?
Phil
Subject: Re: Favorite Board Games That You Still Play
Written By: DJ Midas on 08/14/02 at 10:31 a.m.
Trivial Pursuit
Monopoly (not the king by any means but I like to play)
Life
Subject: Re: Favorite Board Games That You Still Play
Written By: jamminoldies on 08/14/02 at 07:24 p.m.
Monopoly.
Subject: Re: Favorite Board Games That You Still Play
Written By: Rice Cube on 12/09/02 at 10:20 p.m.
definitely Scrabble. I am the master of the Q ;D
Subject: Re: Favorite Board Games That You Still Play
Written By: CeramicsFanatic on 12/09/02 at 11:45 p.m.
I love board games but unfortunately I don't really have anybody to play them with. No relatives live nearby and the only board game I can really play with my husband is Scrabble.
On the rare occasion when I am able to get together with the rest of my family, we play a lot of board games, including Scattergories (a favorite) and Balderdash (fun!). I know there are others that I'm missing...those are just the ones that come to mind. :)
Subject: Re: Favorite Board Games That You Still Play
Written By: ThunderVamp9 on 12/10/02 at 05:31 a.m.
Formula De. Formula One racing game, up to 3 laps around the track, keeping track of things like tire wear, what gear you're in, etc. Fun as hell when the last lap comes up and everyone's risking all the points they can on every turn to try and get out in front.
Subject: Re: Favorite Board Games That You Still Play
Written By: Syncronos on 12/10/02 at 07:19 a.m.
I like monopoly, because it has the ability to pit family members against each other in a capitalistic battle to the DEATH...I tend to get a little...*ahem*...cutthroat when I play...I might not be the King...but I'll find the King and rob him in the parking lot afterwards...
Subject: Re: Favorite Board Games That You Still Play
Written By: cs on 12/10/02 at 08:40 a.m.
Checkers
Yahtzee
Trivial Pursuit
Subject: Re: Favorite Board Games That You Still Play
Written By: CatwomanofV on 12/10/02 at 11:37 a.m.
Quoting:
I love board games but unfortunately I don't really have anybody to play them with.
End Quote
I hear that! I always loved Trivial Pursuit but no one likes to play it. (I think that is because I have a head for a lot of useless knowledge). I always like Life too. We do play a lot of games but it is usually computer games or card games.
Cat
Subject: Re: Favorite Board Games That You Still Play
Written By: lebeiw15 on 12/10/02 at 11:40 a.m.
Scrabble!
Subject: Re: Favorite Board Games That You Still Play
Written By: FunkyFresh on 12/10/02 at 11:47 a.m.
I still have Operation and play it everyone once it while. I found it at a thrift store a while back and It's the French version! I thought that it was cool to have a board game in a foreign language.
I also like trivia games, the main one being Rock N' Roll Trivia, which is basically just like Trival Pursuit.
My favorite game growing up though was Stop Thief. That game was so kick ass in '82 or '83.
Subject: Re: Favorite Board Games That You Still Play
Written By: Stadawim on 12/10/02 at 06:17 p.m.
Does Hungry Hungry Hippos count?
God, i can't stand Monopoly! I once played this "junior" version & still lost!
We still like Sorry, Yahtzee, Axis & Allies, Stratego, Trivial Pursuit, Dukes of Hazzard, Headache.