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Michael Chu · Joined: 10 May 2005 Posts: 1654 Location: Austin, TX (USA)

I just thought I'd share that I like playing board games and card games.

Some of my favorites are:
Settlers of Catan - a strategic building game with elements of cooperation and trade
Fluxx - a card game with ever changing rules
Empire Builder - a railroad building game based on North American geography
Lost Cities - a simple card game that is a lot of fun

Recently I got Candamir and Vanished Planet. Both excellent games. Candamir is part of the Catan series, but is a bit less strategic than Settlers. The quests are very straightforward - pick a resource to collect, go collect it, build when you can. A little less cooperative than Settlers because you can always go for a resource of your choice. Vanished Planet is a cooperative game that feels like the odds are overwhelmingly stacked against you. The game is scalable in difficulty level and now comes with a free expansion pack.

I watched some people playing a game called Burn Rate recently, but the game is out of print and I can't find a copy. If anyone has a copy and wants to sell it to me, let me know. Smile

ldyvic · Joined: 03 Feb 2006 Posts: 7 Location: U.S.A.

Hi,

I play card, trading card, board, console, computer, MMORPG, and table top RPG games.

Favorites as listed.

Cards: Spades or Cribbage

Trading Cards: Yu-gi-oh, use to play Magic the Gathering but I liked to eat and you can not eat food everyday and collect Magic cards.

Board: Backgammon, Monoply and Risk. Does Jenga count?

Console: A RPG series name Lunar and Anything made by Square-Enix AKA SquareSoft

Computer: Risk, Age of Civilations series, and anything with the word Sims in it. lol

MMORPG: I use to play Runescape and Second Life. World of Warcraft how ever has taken over my life. lol

Tabletop: Shadowrun and Mechwarrior ( I mean any time you can drive a mech is cool right? )

Ok after reading this list. I might just be the geekest chick on the planet. lol

Dude111 · Joined: 23 Sep 2010 Posts: 147

I like older games such as Chutes and Ladders,Candy land,etc.......

I havent played them in along time.... I wouldnt mind though!!

tidyswoop · Joined: 23 Jun 2015 Posts: 19

My favorite board games are scrabble, chess and monopoly.

EliMunn · Joined: 23 Aug 2015 Posts: 2 Location: Sydney

Yup, I'd go with Monopoly. Smile

Give me all the moneyyyy! Laughing Out Loud

Im'm Elizabeth, by the way, from Sydney. Nice to meet you.

tmokbel1965 · Joined: 23 Oct 2015 Posts: 1

As far as board games go, I absolutely love Othello. I like all kinds of other games as well and even own a 3DS :p Cool

Dude111 · Joined: 23 Sep 2010 Posts: 147

I recently got 3 games @ salvation army I love!!!! (Havent had them for along time)

1) Aggravation - 1970 version
2) Candy land - 1978 version (Last original/good version)
3) Battleship - 1981 version