Board game recommendations

ginvzt

Another vote for Settlers... I love that game!

Emmzi

I find Settlers needs 3 people to play well tho... is this for games for a couple?

There_Goes_Trouble

Have a wander around the charity shops before you spend too much on brand new games. You'll find some real gems in there.

Yama_2

Carcasonne, Backgammon and Pandemic (latter being a co-operative game) are my favourites.

Mr.Mulla

Blockus has always been my family's favorite board game. It's fun and easy to play. Rummikab is good too.

You might also find Robert Kiyosaki's Cashflow 101 boardgame exciting. You will learn a lot about finances and have fun as well.

peachyprice

Another vote for yahtzee, and I love Cluedo, although it's not so good with just 2 players.

Lotus-eater

I think it depends on your age and outlook on life.

We like chess, yahtzee, battleships and junior monopoly if we are playing with the kids.
If it's just us, or us and like minded friends, Chess, yahtzee, Risk, Oxford, Articulate and Absolute Balderdash.

gizmodo_2

For 2 players I'd vote for Cribbage and Backgammon.

For more players Risk, Poker and Cribbage.

For silly fun Cranium.

BexInLondon

Save your money and don't buy Rummikub. You can play it with cards - you just need to shuffle together two packs! OH and I play it all the time... think it's called Canasta when you play it with cards. If you like Yahtzee, buy a packet of 5 dice from a pound shop and print off your own scorecards.

Sorry if all that sounds a bit cheapskate but this is MSE and honestly playing rummikub with cards works just as well, plus you can use the cards for infinite games! Poker's great for two!

I'll second whoever suggested Carcassonne (sp?). I hate strategy games but we were given it as a present and I was surprised to find I love it! We've even bought expansion packs!

Boggle's great if you like scrabble!

lilian1977

Perdi wrote: »

Game of Life, Guess Who played with silly questions ('Does he look like a serial killer' etc)

Oh! That's just reminded me of a funny coach journey where me and my friend played the Tesco own brand version of that. For some reason we kept pulling out the same characters over and over again - it was hysterical on a long hungover journey!

Anyway, I second (third? fourth?) The Game of Life, it's great