Boards games

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Question for the old-timers: has there ever BEEN a more rubbish board game than Mousetrap?

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

BN1 all about Brighton

http://www.bedsitgames.co.uk/

 

[smeariestbat]

Another vote for pandemic

Depends what type of game your group is into.

Mage Knight is an awesome deck building rpg
Axies and allies is a solid war game
Game of thrones board game is an all round good game
Game of thrones lcg is good but complicated
King of tokyo is a great 'take that' game
1 on 1 strategy game you cannot beat twilight struggle

 

[mickybha]

Cards against humanity
and
Bucket of Doom

Both brilliant and hilarious fun

 

[Gregory2Smith1]

 

[Igzilla]

Another vote for pandemic

Depends what type of game your group is into.

Mage Knight is an awesome deck building rpg
Axies and allies is a solid war game
Game of thrones board game is an all round good game
Game of thrones lcg is good but complicated
King of tokyo is a great 'take that' game
1 on 1 strategy game you cannot beat twilight struggle

Yes, good game.

An invaluable site is boardgamegeek. Has the low down on thousands of games.

https://boardgamegeek.com/

 

[Gullflyinghigh]

I'm a little surprised yet genuinely chuffed at how many people on here seem to play games. Good times.

NSC games night anyone?

 

[twiggles]

Another vote for Cards against Humanity

 

[pastafarian]

My favourite was always Escape From Colditz.

How much do you reckon you would have to pay for it if you wanted to buy it on Amazon today?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/ESCAPE-FROM-COLDITZ/dp/B000VTCWVU

Thats just a rip off
There isnt even a swastika on the box(older version,which is where the value is)

Brilliant game,which you can pick up cheaper if you hunt around

 

[Stat Brother]

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Uno.

Straight forward, easy to learn, simple family card game.

 

[hart's shirt]

As a devoted weekend player of Magic: The Gathering CCG out here in Dubai, I'd say that it's easy to learn, but tough to master.

There's always new sets coming out - the latest is Origins which traces the history of some of the major characters called planeswalkers.

So much depth to the game as well as about 20 years of history. The World's most played CCG.

For new players, there's a number of options for online play as well, either through MTGO, or the very affordable Duel of the Planeswalkers on Steam.

Whilst there's definitely a geeky stereotype to the game - it's been parodied in South Park and Family Guy - all of the players out here (male and female) are socially adept!

And the regular FNM (Friday Night Magic) events definitely help to get players out from behind their computer screens.

I love it almost as much as the Albion...

 

[BN9 BHA]

Board games.
Monopoly, Brighton & Hove edition.
Sorry, Disney edition.
Draughts.

Card games.
UNO
Top Trumps.

 

[Goldstone1976]

I'm a little surprised yet genuinely chuffed at how many people on here seem to play games. Good times.

NSC games night anyone?

Excellent idea. It needs a curry too of course.

 

[seagull_in_malaysia]

Taboo is what we usually play at home with guests after a few drinks

 

[Pondicherry]

Labyrinth by Ravensburger, Has won lots of awards. Super easy to learn. Looks initially like its based largely on luck but the more you play the more you realise how tactical it is. Also Ticket to Ride is excellent.

 

[Igzilla]

Race for the Galaxy is another good card game, complex but addictive. Best played with an expansion to the base game.

 

[madinthehead]

Carcassonne.. Nice easy to learn card game with lots of addons to make it as complex as you want.. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcassonne_(board_game)

 

[Doc Lynam]

Pandemic

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Z-Man-Games..._sim_21_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=18SHAKXSJ5FGJM4EYBFX

Brilliant game at christmas everyone has to work together to beat the board.

 

[Westdene Seagull]

PIT is a fantastically loud and vibrant card game, loads of yelling especially after a couple of liverners! It has it's own cards so not a 52 pack game

Pit is probably the best non-playing card card game of all time - fantastic fun.

Shithead is a good playing card game ( obviously changed to poohead for the kids )

 

[fataddick]

Get Gears of War board game if you like dungeon crawls. It's by far the best (better than the D&D ones etc) and you can still get it for around £50. Microsoft wouldn't renew the games company's licence so it won't be reprinted and will cost £100s soon. Card game wise, two awesome Aliens style deck-builders are Legendary Encounters and Xenoshyft. Those three are my tips should sci-fi co-ops (my drug of choice) appeal...