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| Mrs Fiddlesticks |
Board GamesStarted a habit of family games nights here in Fiddlesticks Towers. Apart from card games we are working our way through my collection of board games. Tonight was the turn of Buccaneer ( copyright 1958)In my youth a gang of us use to organise regular board games evenings which were invariably alcohol fueled and went on well in to breakfast -but hey, it was a cheap evening's entertainment! 
Any one else play board games and what are your favs? |
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| Mr O |
Risk. | ||||
| Green Rosie |
I love Cluedo but we seem to have lost ours. Does Boggle count - that's a favourite here along with Scrabble.
And this afternoon I played 4 rounds of Thomas Domino's and one of Snakes and Ladders 
But I hate Monopoly  . Goes on for ever and is sooooo boring.
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| Mrs Fiddlesticks |
Remember that one from these evenings (and Kingmaker - very longwinded that one) Good Call. |
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| Mrs Fiddlesticks |
I love Boggle but both my boys hate spelling so it'd be like making them do homework or something ( I've got Rummikub as well which is another word one) There is Monopoly but also Bottom Line (did say I have a collection  ) which is similar but you can form syndicates and do deals so tends to be more exciting
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| patmac |
Re: Board Games
My OH and I were introduced to SEQUENCE a few weeks ago by some friends. We liked it so much we have now bought our own game off Ebay. And we now regularly play it. It is currently our favourite. |
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| BahamaMama |
Games go in phases in our household, but Scrabble, Pictionary, Jenga and this evening Taboo. | ||||
| colour it green |
scrabble is a favourite. specially with my Dad's spelling..
like monopoly but you have to play with the right people or it gets a bit serious. game called taboo we like. |
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| BethinPA |
The kids are 5 and 8, so we stick to Sorry and card games (Crazy Eights, Uno).
With people who can read, we play Balderdash and Beyond (and have discovered my family is a bunch of pathological liars, but only in fun), Rummikub (like rummy but with tiles) and poker. I remember playing Risk as a kid, it took forEVER! And someone always cried and turned the board over. I swear that someone wasn't me! 
Beth |
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| 2steps |
tried to get my two into this but they lost interests fast 
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| oliveoyl |
Re: Board Games
I hope you were all gentle with it... old board games like that are worth a pretty penny! Chess is a fab game. Nobody will play with me though because I take too long to make a move 
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| lettucewoman |
no no no no no no no...er....no.
I am afraid I loathe board games...no idea why, used to play them as a child, but really don 't like them now...only recently got persuaded to play cards!! |
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| marigold |
I like Scrabble (recently revived as a pastime ), and used to enjoy most games as a child - Mousetrap was fun . I'm sooooo bad at chess I gave up playing years ago. Used to love Pente, Pass The Pigs and Trivial Pursuit, but haven't played any of them for 20-odd years.
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| Mrs Fiddlesticks |
Re: Board Games
We did treat it gently. Kids 9 and 12 so reasonably trustworthy. Both my boys are very good at chess, youngest in particular. |
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| shopgirlsue |
OH's family love playing games and are Scrabble fanatics. We also like 20 questions, rummikub, Crib and any other card game.
If you want a bit of fun try Whoonu it's for 8years and above but goes down well with adults - especially after few glasses of wine
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| lottie |
We often play Scrabble or Campaign when there's just the 2 of us---gets a bit cut throat though ----tends to be Trivial Pursuits or Pictionary if there are more of us.
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| ksia |
Love cards (solo, whist, nap, 500, jacks etc) - no-one else does.
(Sigh) Patience again. The bridge software I've got only underlines how social cards should be. Considering it to be played on a big flexible board, does Twister count? |
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| mousjoos |
I had Buccaneer, & a thing I never sussed how to play, Space Race (?); lots of small easily swallowed pieces, including the jewels from said Buccaneer (or is my memory playing tricks?)
I also loved "International Go!"; later on we had "Who's had who?" which came & went as being the board game of the century & was never heard of again. |
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| cinders |
we used to love a good drunken session of pictionary with friends.I enjoy scrabble,cluedo,hate monopoly.Used to play tri-onimos in the USA as well as quarters
Card games we used to play rummy,poker,Hearts,Trumps |
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| Jamanda |
I like any sort of board games - Reminds me - I was going try and find the Simpson's version of Cluedo for Christmas.
But I especially like Scrabble. |
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| ksia |
There's a Simpsons Cluedo? Genius! |
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| nettie |
I used to love Mousetrap when i was little, do they still make it? | ||||
| ksia |
Looks to be alive, well, for sale and eerily familiar on Amazon. |
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| Ginkotree |
we have phases of playing games..used to play canaster ,ginrummy with two packs of cards when I was young...would loved to be reminded of how, it was a good game | ||||
| Chez |
A friend came to stay with us a few weeks ago and brought "Ticket to Ride" - building a railway network across Europe. Really enjoyed it.
I'm a Scrabble fan, too. |
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| Pel |
I like monopoly, but OH really does dislike it, he likes cluedo though so thats ok. Parents play scrabble everynight, so like a bit of that. Also used to love mousetrap and the pirate game (barrel with a pirates had at the top and you pull swords out of it) when i was younger.
Sometimes play Guess Who??, trumps, whist, rummy, Rummykub, solitare (with cards), black queen, link letters, upwords, twister if alcohol has been consumed is good. was something else but can't remember. |
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| Sherbs |
one of my ex-boyfriends had a collection of board games that wouldn't have disgraced a museum. Some of our favourites were Circus Imperium, Battle if the Halji and of course, the always popular Talisman. | ||||
| Barefoot Andrew |
Only if naked... Meanwhile, I've not played chess for donkeys. A. |
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| cir3ngirl |
My friend and I often have eletronic free nights. The youngest child is 4 and we all love "Whatever next". It has action cards. Sometimes a player will have to sit with their finger on their nose until there next turn. Children are very good at tells us adults off when we try to bend the rules
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| mousjoos |
No shame in that as donkeys are really quite good at chess. | ||||
| Pel |
Thats what i forgot CHESS!! i like chess too, but like someone else on here (sorry forgot who) OH takes ages to make a move. |
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| alison |
I have recently bought scoop on ebay, which I am looking forward to trying soon.
I think we got simpsons cludo in youings Jamanda. They do have a very good choice in there. (Far end of Barnstaple high street, away from green lanes centre). I love card games. Best we have been doing recently is "shed" |
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| Green Rosie |
Anyone play cribbage - I love that | ||||
| Mrs Fiddlesticks |
not for years. Would have to be reminded of the rules |
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| Green Rosie |
Being able to add to 15 is a major advantage and something I'm not too good at . Luckily OH is a real gent and always let me know if I have missed some points or "one for his Nobs" which I always forget.
Remember how it goes now Mrs F? |
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| Aeolienne |
Re: Board Games
Have you heard of L'Attaque? That's as least as old as Buccaneer. I had a book of boardgames as a child - no longer in print but it's been reviewed at Amazon.co.uk here! http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0722655444/qid%3D1095417845/202-8427010-133902 I second the recommendation for the "never before or since heard of "Spychase". Also loved "Warlord" and nine men's morris! |
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| Slim |
My brother's a real board game fanatic. He makes the whole family play games like "ticket to ride" and most recently "settlers of catan"
They're pretty good, and it's definitely refreshing to try a different style of board game. As for the old classics, I like Stratego, and last night the gathered family played what is quickly becoming a classic, Cranium. |
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| Aeolienne |
I'd heard that Icelanders were keen chess players (all those long dark winter nights) but it seems that's not the only board game that floats their boat...
Prosperity game sees Icelanders collapse in laughter By David Ibison in Stockholm Published: November 29 2008 02:00 | Last updated: November 29 2008 02:00 With its banking system in crisis, violent demonstrations in Reykjavik, a punishing recession on the way and soaring inflation, there may not seem much to laugh about in Iceland. But Icelanders take pride in their darkly ironic sense of humour. The latest example is The Crisis Game, a board game that takes a grimly comical swipe at the financial crisis that has devastated the economy. Jonas Antonsson, the chief executive of Gogogic, the company developing the game, says these are the kinds of harsh circumstance in which Icelanders show their resilience. "If we are going to get out of this, then it is humour that is going to get us there," he said. The Crisis Game was developed, appropriately enough, by an Icelander who had himself been sacked as a result of the downturn and, "instead of sitting around, doing nothing", suggested the idea to Mr Antonsson. It is a fairly standard board game that takes players on a giddy boom-and-bust journey that will see them buy a private jet and obtain a foreign loan before being brought back to earth with a bump. Players can pick up a card that reads: "Go to demonstrate at parliament, stop to buy some eggs to throw, only to realise that prices have gone up so much you can't afford them." The game also conveys a serious message, argues Mr Antonsson. "Things can't continue like they were." As Icelanders are suffering, he will try to keep the cost of the game as low as possible, although, in Icelandic style, he hopes to make a profit. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2008 |
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| Ginkotree |
My brother has been hosting a games night every month(work and family life permitting) at his house for 20 years, he has a collection so vast it is hard to find one he has not got.My sister-in -law does not share his hobby much so she started a quilting bee for the same evening and has made some incredible quilts over the years. | ||||
| Mrs Fiddlesticks |
lovely tradition! |