The Big Thread of Board Games
Posted: 2011-03-26 10:09am
Because board games are gaming too, and I am sticking to that.
This is a thread to talk about different board games. Favorites, ones you like, looking for suggestions on new ones, gifts, and so on. I'm mostly thinking of games along the lines of Carcassonne, Agricola, and Space Hulk, but I guess if you really, really wanted to talk about Monopoly, go ahead.
I'll start by talking about a game I just played recently, Talisman, and no I didn't know about any of that background stuff until I looked it up for a link just now. The basic idea behind the game is that your character (and you get cards for a playable character with different abilities and stats) needs to be the first to get to the Crown of Command, and then be the last one standing so you can keep it. But first, you have to build up your stats and get useful items and followers so that you can reach the crown. Once the first person gets there, it becomes a race among all the others to get to the crown and kill whoever's there (and then take the crown).
It's one of those games that sounds very complicated when it's explained, with the cards of varying effects and dice rolls and such, but is pretty easy to pick up. It can be a long game, though (the one I played lasted over three hours) so make sure you have a good chunk of time set aside, like a whole lazy afternoon, if you want to play it.
So, any questions, or any other games people want to share?
This is a thread to talk about different board games. Favorites, ones you like, looking for suggestions on new ones, gifts, and so on. I'm mostly thinking of games along the lines of Carcassonne, Agricola, and Space Hulk, but I guess if you really, really wanted to talk about Monopoly, go ahead.
I'll start by talking about a game I just played recently, Talisman, and no I didn't know about any of that background stuff until I looked it up for a link just now. The basic idea behind the game is that your character (and you get cards for a playable character with different abilities and stats) needs to be the first to get to the Crown of Command, and then be the last one standing so you can keep it. But first, you have to build up your stats and get useful items and followers so that you can reach the crown. Once the first person gets there, it becomes a race among all the others to get to the crown and kill whoever's there (and then take the crown).
It's one of those games that sounds very complicated when it's explained, with the cards of varying effects and dice rolls and such, but is pretty easy to pick up. It can be a long game, though (the one I played lasted over three hours) so make sure you have a good chunk of time set aside, like a whole lazy afternoon, if you want to play it.
So, any questions, or any other games people want to share?