Does anyone play old-fashioned board games?

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Freiwillige

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For example, chess, checkers, monopoly, Risk, military simulation games (Squad Leader, etc.).

I know that people mostly play computer games but I wondered whether anyone still likes the old-fashioned games
 
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Freiwillige said:
For example, chess, checkers, monopoly, Risk, military simulation games (Squad Leader, etc.).

I know that people mostly play computer games but I wondered whether anyone still likes the old-fashioned games
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My wife and I like board games when we can find enough that are interested. Monopoly, Risk, Pandemic, Ticket to Ride, Scrabble, Pictionary, Scattegories, Outburst, Taboo...I'm sure there are others I haven't listed. We also like card games. Spades, Hearts, Uno, Phase 10, Euchre, Skip-Bo, Cards Against Humanity, Game of Phones, Exploding Kittens. Its just hard to find anyone that wants to put forth the time and effort to coordinate a game night and set aside several hours to dedicate to old school gaming.
 
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I enjoy the military simulation games, Arab-Israeli Wars, Men of Iron, Alesia (Caesar vs. the Gauls), Anzio (WWII in Italy). I was never any good at chess. I love to play Euchre and am glad that you have heard of it.
 
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Huge fan of board games! Scrabble and Monopoly are my jam! For Christmas my wife gave me a big fancy deluxe Scrabble set where the tiles snap into place and the board is on a swivel! It's great! They make a Monopoly version of this as well and one day I will have it. Also when we have friends over we will play Cards Against Humanity, which is a lot of fun. Yahtzee is a popular game in our household as well. Mancala is another that we play quite a bit.

We like card games too. Phase 10, Uno, Black Jack, Poker, etc.
 
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Not as much as I used to. I never "let" my kids win at games of any kind and my wife gets mad about it. Made my oldest son cry playing Monopoly once. I loved playing Risk. Kids never understood strategy so they never wanted to play.
 
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Freiwillige said:
For example, chess, checkers, monopoly, Risk, military simulation games (Squad Leader, etc.).

I know that people mostly play computer games but I wondered whether anyone still likes the old-fashioned games
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I love chess but I do not make an effort to play. My wife is a backgammon player, which is OK, but I prefer chess.

Stratego is fun. Settlers of Cataan is really fun. Ticket to Ride is pretty fun. I like games with a big strategy component. I like trivia games. I like word games like Catch Phrase. Basically any kind of game that doesn't rely too much on luck.
 
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Brave Volunteer said:
Huge fan of board games! Scrabble and Monopoly are my jam! For Christmas my wife gave me a big fancy deluxe Scrabble set where the tiles snap into place and the board is on a swivel! It's great! They make a Monopoly version of this as well and one day I will have it. Also when we have friends over we will play Cards Against Humanity, which is a lot of fun. Yahtzee is a popular game in our household as well. Mancala is another that we play quite a bit.

We like card games too. Phase 10, Uno, Black Jack, Poker, etc.
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Ever play Speed Scrabble? I love the idea of scrabble but it's too slow for me.

You play with the tiles, but no board. Everybody starts with 7 tiles and you build a crossword puzzle out of your letters in front of you. As soon as somebody has used all 7 letters correctly, that person says "go" and everybody draws a tile. As soon as somebody used all 8 letters correctly, that person says "go" and you go until all tiles in the pile are gone and somebody completes a crossword puzzle with all their letters. Then you count up scores and the tiles you didn't use count against you.
 
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n_huffhines said:
Ever play Speed Scrabble? I love the idea of scrabble but it's too slow for me.

You play with the tiles, but no board. Everybody starts with 7 tiles and you build a crossword puzzle out of your letters in front of you. As soon as somebody has used all 7 letters correctly, that person says "go" and everybody draws a tile. As soon as somebody used all 8 letters correctly, that person says "go" and you go until all tiles in the pile are gone and somebody completes a crossword puzzle with all their letters. Then you count up scores and the tiles you didn't use count against you.
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Banagrams.
 
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Brave Volunteer said:
Huge fan of board games! Scrabble and Monopoly are my jam! For Christmas my wife gave me a big fancy deluxe Scrabble set where the tiles snap into place and the board is on a swivel! It's great! They make a Monopoly version of this as well and one day I will have it. Also when we have friends over we will play Cards Against Humanity, which is a lot of fun. Yahtzee is a popular game in our household as well. Mancala is another that we play quite a bit.

We like card games too. Phase 10, Uno, Black Jack, Poker, etc.
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If you want a more adult version of Cards against humanity I suggest Joking Hazard by Cyanide and Happiness.
 
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Enjoy cooperative board games, Pandemic being the favorite. Forbidden Island is also a fun one, quick and easy to play.

If you want complex, Spirit Island is fun. Codenames is a fun card game with more than 4 people.

I'll also second the suggestion for Ticket to Ride, though it's not cooperative.
 
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Been playing the heck out of UBOOT and Nemesis. Both very intense games
 
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I enjoy backgammon, Risk, and the Axis & Allies series for sure.
 
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Me and my fiancé just started playing chess. We love it, and are interested in studying hard enough to become really good
 
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My wife is pretty picky but I am having this urge to play the game of life, the say early 70's version, just to see again what happens in life now that I know better. It was so random as I recall, and of course estimating the net worth of everybody at the table is not super easy when you're six years old.

Plus, it's heartily endorsed by Art Linkletter.
 
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