Favourite board games

[Laura M]

I am looking for good ideas for board games for the Christmas season.

 

[DaveC]

Life!! Good family game! Plus you get to simulate little plastic peg sex!

 

[dandy]

pictionary--my absolute favourite game ever. closely related: cranium.

scattergories

trivial pursuit is lots of fun, but not everyone loves it as much as i do (i'm a huge nerd )

monopoly--good ol' stand by

i second the game of life--fun for everyone!

i wish board games weren't so freakin' expensive, though. you could bankrupt yourself trying to gather a decent collection.

 

[Laura M]

We have a good collection atm. We have Monopoloy, Cluedo, Boggle, Scrabble, Casino games, other random games that are for 5 - 8 year olds but we still like them.

 

[dandy]

boggle!



me and my roommate used to play this obsessively. we got freakishly good at it.

 

[Laura M]

i came top in the year (well out of the people who studied a-level french = 60 people) in french boggle and won a tintin book

boggle is great though.
my dad thinks me and my siblings are real wheeler dealers and we were all good at business studies because he bought us junior monopoly when we were about 5 - 8

The only memory I have of Junior Monopoly is my little sister not speaking to anyone for days on end if she didn't win and me and my brother hiding money in our socks that we stole from the bank.

 

[dandy]

i haven't won anything nearly as cool as a tin tin book for my boggle adventures. i'm impressed.

 

[u2valleygirl]

I play Candyland all the time. But that's really for little kids. I think Boggle is a good grown up game.

 

[UnforgettableLemon]

Candyland owns all.

 

[tennispunk]

Trivial Pursuit!!!
I also enjoy Cranium, which combines charades, pictionary, and trivial pursuit, and it's especially fun to play in teams.
and of course Scrabble and Upwords. I like mind games so I can flex my brain in front of the less intelligent.

 

[u2popmofo]

RISK


A nerd classic

 

[lauren430]

Taboo

Not exactly a "board" game, but a fun game nonetheless. You need at least 4 people though.

 

[A_Wanderer]

Axis and Allies.

 

[maro_chik]

Trivial Pursuit is the greatest. I asked for 2 different versions for Christmas - Pop Culture and 90's. (They're kind of expensive though)

I might like Risk... If I could stay in the game for more than 10 minutes.

 

[Blue Room]

Pictionary, Monopoly, Risk come to mind first off for me. Taboo is a good party game with a bunch of people (obviously). Then again, are Pictionary and Taboo really board games?

 

[Lancemc]

I love Risk. Cranium is also great. I played that for the first time when my family took a 10 day vacation to Key West....how I miss those days

 

[popacrobat]

risk and cranium

 

[dandy]

I might like Risk... If I could stay in the game for more than 10 minutes.

same here. i lose every stinking time.

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

Cluedo

 

[Blue Room]

What is Cluedo? Its not like Clue is it? I'm clueless on it!

 

[BluRmGrl]

Cranium
Catchphrase (isn't a board game, per se, but fun none the less...great for larger groups, i.e. 6 or more people)

There's also a great little game called (and I'm NOT making this up!!) "Pass the Pigs". It's made by Milton Bradley & can usually be found at ToysRUs or Wal-Mart/Target. It's a kind of dice game using two little rubber pigs. You score based on how the pigs land and play to 100, so the game moves along pretty quickly. Plus, it comes with a little travel case which makes it easy to carry with you anywhere.

We also love to play a dice game called "Farkle" - and I didn't make THAT one up, either! You use 6 regular dice (one more than Yahtzee) & it's a great game, but the rules are too involved to get into here. If you're interested, though, I'll be more than happy to type 'em up & email them to you. Just PM me.

 

[alia612]

Cluedo is what the rest of the world besides the US (I'm pretty sure) calls Clue. It's the same game.

 

[ILuvLarryMullen]

i like monopoly and parchesi

 

[Liesje]

Apples to Apples
Mad Gab
Cranium

 

[Laura M]

Cluedo is what the rest of the world besides the US (I'm pretty sure) calls Clue. It's the same game.

It's the murder mystery board game.

 

[Siren]

Sorry is a pretty good game.

Monopoly never gets old. You can even try the many editions like: LOTR, Powerpuff Girls, Star Wars, the Simpsons etc.

Operation is fun. There's even a new one out with Shrek.

Candyland is still great after all these years.

There are also new dvd/board games out that I heard are pretty good.

 

[Bonochick]

Monopoly
Clue
Scrabble
Scattegories
Outburst
Chutes N Ladders

 

[maro_chik]

There's also a great little game called (and I'm NOT making this up!!) "Pass the Pigs". It's made by Milton Bradley & can usually be found at ToysRUs or Wal-Mart/Target. It's a kind of dice game using two little rubber pigs. You score based on how the pigs land and play to 100, so the game moves along pretty quickly. Plus, it comes with a little travel case which makes it easy to carry with you anywhere.

How could I have forgotten Pass The Pigs? That game is so cute.

Here's a link to an online version:
http://www.captainjava.com/pigs/PassThePigs.html

 

[Bonochick]

Oh, I LOVE Pass The Pigs!!!!!

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

the best party game? trivial pursuit.

trivial pursuit you say? yes... trivial pursuit. it may seem boring and nerdy... but answering some of those questions when you're half in the can makes for some very interesting responses... trust me.