NSC's Favourite Board Games

[jcdenton08]

Playing the amazing Atmosfear with friends last night for a nostalgic trip to the "Other Side", I got to thinking. What are the finest board games from your childhood, or indeed adulthood?

Poll to follow.

 

[Icy Gull]

Risk and the Really Nasty Horse Racing game

 

[otk]

Thanks for asking

Scrabble for me

 

[Adam Virgo's Shirt]

I grew up playing Frustration and Asda sell a version called 'hop and pop'. On Xmas Day, this game came out and was great fun. However, after a few drinks it's now been renamed 'plop plop'!

 

[Wardy]

Got to be Risk. When I was in my late teens early twenties we used to get home from the pub / club at about 3 then play risk until the pubs opened again.

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

Risk

 

[surrey jim]

Balderdash

 

[hart's shirt]

Monopoly for me. It provides an education in entrepreneurship without any real-life risk attached.

 

[Gully]

A very hard choice between Risk, Cluedo and Scrabble...the first two rely on strategy and a little bit of luck...but I would go for the latter, which relys on an almost encylopaedic knowledge of the English language, plus a bit of skill in outscoring your opponent.

 

[challengechappers]

got to be Taboo for me (and not that shitty copy Articulate, which is for imbeciles)

often seen at car boots for £2

Taboo: Amazon.co.uk: Toys Games

 

[Stoo82]

Bum. I clicked 'other' like a smart arse. Risk is the greatest game of all time.

Diplomcy is good. But, takes about 20 years just to get started.

 

[The Large One]

I always enjoyed Totopoly.

Can't seem to get it nowadays, can you?

 

[Skaville]

Risk and the Really Nasty Horse Racing game

The really Nasty Horse Racing Game rocks! It's a bit like anal sex - I have introduced loads of newbies to it and they all love it.

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

I used to love Escape From Colditz and also there was another game my parents had called Moviemaker.

 

[The Large One]

Haunted House, where you drop that ball down the chimney.

 

[Sonic]

Risk 2210 for me. A brilliant update on the original. Wouldn't bother with Risk Godstorm though. It's smacks of desperation to invent another variant but doesn't do anything to improve on previous versions.

 

[Zesh Rehman]

Articulate

 

[Frutos]

Monopoly for me, although I'm not averse to a bit of Trivial Pursuit.

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

Dread Pirate for my family