Who still plays Board Games?

Anita75

I'm might be alone in this but I still really like playing board games.

We've just discovered Settlers of Catan which is a great family game thats simple and not overly competitive.

What other board games would you recommend??

Soupey202

We like playing quiz type games such as Trivial Pursuit or drawing/charade type games - we are a family of five adults!

Marauder999

I have played Settlers for quite a while too.

Played Carcassonne a bit but there doesn't seem to be much strategy involved.

Quite often play Talisman lately as there is not as much to clear up lol.

Lavendyr

Dominion is great and you can play a game quite quickly.

Also, Pandemic is fun as a co-operative game (also relatively topical currently...).

AlecEiffel

Only on family occasions or if groups of friends over. Stuff like Articulate, Guestures, Pictionary etc.

ElefantEd

We play lots of boardgames. Have a look at https://www.boardgamegeek.com for plenty of suggestions. There are so many that it's impossible to predict what you will enjoy, but if you like Settlers you may well also like Kingdom Builder, Ticket to Ride Europe and Carcassonne. All fairly light European style games, but with some strategy/tactics, and take an hour or so (or less).

marleyboy

We occasionally play Scrabble, come Christmas and the Monopoly Board comes out.

stewby

We had a trip away in the campervan a couple of years back and found that there was no wifi... so we now have a supply of board-style games for taking with us.

Monopoly (fiercely comptetitive in our household), cluedo (needs more than two of us), battleships, guess who and a couple of others... all in travel form.


My main aim is to find a cheap travel version of scrabble as the one that matches the rest of our set was far too expensive when I looked.


Oh... for strategic board games, I would try "risk". It tormented me for my older childhood as my dad is also very competitive and took great delight in detroying me and my brother's empires.
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garfield33

It's a card game rather than board game but I highly recommend Fluxx - there are many different versions including Monty Python, Pirate (arrrrr!) and Wizard of Oz.

Fuchsia_a

I second Carcassonne as a recommendation - it's an enjoyable and fairly light game for adults but my friend's 8 year old can cope with it as well.

I'd also second http://boardgamegeek.com/ for research / reviews. If you browse the games on there, you can sort them by the user rating - anything over a 7 is generally good. They also have games tagged into specific categories / genres, e.g. strategy games, co-operative games etc.

Dominion is a good card game and very popular, although I prefer the less popular and well-known game Arctic Scavengers based on the fact that I think it works better as a self-contained game (Dominion has a lot of expansions that increase the scope of the game, and it's addictive so easy to spend a fortune on it!). I got Arctic Scavengers fairly recently from The Works for £10 - it might still be in some branches if you have a look.

I'd also recommend Takenoko, The Downfall of Pompeii and Small World, all of which are easy to pick up but enjoyable games. There are also other games out there which are more popular and may have more longevity (Agricola springs to mind!) but that have significantly thicker rulebooks and require a bit of dedication to get your head around.

It's worth considering what genres of films / books you and the rest of the family enjoy when buying games, as some of them are strongly themed, e.g. Takenoko has a cutesy Japanese theme, and Small World is heavily fantasy-themed. Looking at the box art will usually give you a good idea of whether you'll find a game visually appealing!