Friday OT #2 - Nerd Wars!

[Bader]

Ticket to Ride
Forbidden Island
Yahtzee
Qwirkle
Dragonwood

I got Harry Potter Hogwarts Battle for Christmas. Cooperative deck builder that we've been playing a lot. Awesome game.

Looking forward to checking out Star Wars Rebellion some time, just don't know how much my wife will enjoy it. Imperial Assault looks cool but dungeon crawlers are a bit too D&D for me.

 

[Cyclonepride]

That sounds fun!

Also, @clonedude wins this thread. Axis & Allies is awesome!

If anyone has some friends to get rid of, Diplomacy (in person or online) can get that trick done.
We did that as CFers once....

You still bitter about that one?

 

[GTO]

Scrabble FTW (I'm also on Words With Friends)
Trivial Pursuit
Chess
Parcheesi (childhood favorite)

 

[Cyclonepride]

Was this the Star Wars X-Wing Miniatures game? I had the same experience with my family. My son thought it seemed cool, but at 7 just doesn't have the attention span.

Also had a recent experience with a game called Zombicide. We did get through one round of that one at least. Was fun and I'd recommend it for zombie fans.

I'll have to look...on second thought, it might have been a Lord of the Rings game. All I remember is that it was a battle of sorts. I'll have to dust off the box and look.

 

[mdk2isu]

That sounds fun!

Also, @clonedude wins this thread. Axis & Allies is awesome!

If anyone has some friends to get rid of, Diplomacy (in person or online) can get that trick done.
We did that as CFers once....

I'm intrigued. Maybe time for round two?

 

[ImJustKCClone]

You still bitter about that one?

I sense a story here...

 

[HFCS]

A good friend and I got really into Monopoly on a strategic level, to the point where we couldn't play with "normal" people anymore and they'd shake their heads in disgust at what we had turned their childhood game into.

 

[CycloneErik]

You still bitter about that one?

Not as bitter as I am about the care package. #NeverForget

 

[CycloneErik]

I'm intrigued. Maybe time for round two?

Hmmmmm:

http://www.playdiplomacy.com/

 

[cyhiphopp]

Ticket to Ride is pretty good. Axis and Allies was always a good one.

Ticket to Ride is awesome. My 9 year old really likes it too, but my 7 year old doesn't have the attention span for it.

 

[carvers4math]

My problem with trivia games is that we go through the cards and then what? Everyone but me remembers the answers.

We have played some JackBox games on our phones. Not sure if they would have a more endless source of trivia or not.

 

[carvers4math]

Ticket to Ride is awesome. My 9 year old really likes it too, but my 7 year old doesn't have the attention span for it.

When my kids were about 7 they really liked Pirateer. I was pretty sad when the oldest two of them became obsessed with Risk because they would need a third and their little brothers didn't have the attention span (and neither did I really). So I wound up playing a lot of Risk.

 

[ISUcyclones11]

Anything Trivia.

Also Monopoly because I'm evil.

 

[Entropy]

When I was in grad school we used to play a game called Cashflow. It was a way of analyzing investments and how one could get out of the "rat race" and build wealth.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

When my kids were about 7 they really liked Pirateer. I was pretty sad when the oldest two of them became obsessed with Risk because they would need a third and their little brothers didn't have the attention span (and neither did I really). So I wound up playing a lot of Risk.

We stopped playing Risk when a couple of the boys started attacking just to piss people off, rather than anything strategic. Made the game less fun.

 

[CycloneErik]

The real question from this thread: Is it time for CF Diplomacy, round whatever?

 

[CtownCyclone]

When I was in grad school we used to play a game called Cashflow. It was a way of analyzing investments and how one could get out of the "rat race" and build wealth.

Sounds like you should have been an accountant.

 

[Entropy]

Sounds like you should have been an accountant.

I didn't win much. We also played a great game called "Unexploded Cow."

Like most things with college, it was a good excuse to get together and have a pint.

 

[cyclonpediaJoe]

Joking Hazard! It's a fun version Cards Against Humanity IMO.

 

[CycloneErik]

Diplomacy thread posted.