Do You Have A Favorite Board-Game?

[arwalden]

You know... any sit-around-the-kitchen-table and fun-for-the-whole-family game.

I have two... no three... Monopoly, Scrabble, and Uno.

-- Allen

P.S. House Rules: When the family played Scrabble with my younger sister the "Q" tile would automatically be "Qu" for her.

[proud patriot]

1. Aggravation and Sorry are my favorites

:hi:

[arwalden]

3. I'll Always Remember Eunice, Ed and Momma Playing "Sorry"

on the Carol Burnett show. One of the funniest skits ever!

-- Allen

[proud patriot]

9. LOL yeah that was great

:D

[Lostmessage]

2. The old Mystery Date game

I always picked Poindexter out because he looked like he could be a hell cat behind closed doors.
I also like the Barbie game from the early 70's.

[Parrcrow]

4. Trivial Pursuit (n/t)

[Rowdyboy]

5. Risk, Monopoly, and Scrabble

[curse10]

6. Settlers of Catan

:-) It's awesome!

http://www.coolgames.com/mfg-cat/soc/0483-00.htm

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

7. Wahoo

I don't know if this is a regional thing - we used to play this game called Wahoo which is very similar to Trouble without the popping bubble. I also love Monopoly, Trivial Pursuit, The Game of Life and yes, I also loved Mystery Date as a little girl! Oh - can't forget Yahtzee and Uno!

[Kellanved]

12. yeah

It really is; however there are too many expansion packs by now :-( . And the spin-offs suck (card games, computer games, ...)


Edit: to explain the expansion-mania
- basic game
- 5-6 players expansion
- seafarer Expansion
- 5-6 players expansion for the seafarer expansion
- Knights&Castles Expansion
- 5-6 players expansion for the Knights&Castles expansion
- historic epochs expansions I + II
-...

The same for the "The Starfarers of Catan" , "Stone Age settlers of Catan" and the "Starship Catan", not to mention the "Catan for Kids"... :shrug:

[VelmaD]

8. I love Trivial Pursuit...

the original version and the Star Wars version both.

My best friend prefers Scrabble but that's because she always wins.

We play Scattergories fairly often as well.

[lovedems]

10. Scrabble and Backgammon.

I kick some hard core butt in BG.

[Mr. McD]

11. Chess

[roughsatori]

13. Scrabble, I've been playing daily for the last month

I have hated games my entire life. But I have become a huge Scrabble fanatic (possibly because I win quite a bit). If anyone is interested in tournament Scrabble you should average 30 points a turn. Yes 30 points a turn (not including when you exchange tiles). I am unfortunately not that good. I learned the 96 acceptable 2 letter words and many X and Z words from my word lists. I hate the Q tile. And though I dislike "foul" language and tend not to take people seriously who "curse", I always have people I play with agree that "curse" words are permitted.

[nuxvomica]

14. Monopoly, chess, Trivial Pursuit

I enjoy Monopoly, I overreact to chess (if I lose, I get very depressed; if I win, it's like I'm drunk), and I usually win at TP but I am annoyed by the inaccuracies.
I used to have a Milton-Bradley game called "Wall Street" where you buy and sell stocks that go up and down based on random news events. I enjoyed it but couldn't get other people to play it with me.

[fudge stripe cookays]

15. RISK, baby!

Also a WWII game, Axis and Allies.

But really, I'm a pacifist. No, seriously!

FSC

[Padraig18]

16. Risk and Monopoly!

We regularly play both. We also like to play cards. :)

[soothsayer]

17. Hey, Pa, There's a Goat on the Roof

From the '60s.

Also monopoly, risk, and easy money.

on edit---and smess! (the ninny's chess)

[ScreamingMeemie]

18. Monopoly, Scrabble, Life, PayDay.

:hi:

[YellowRubberDuckie]

19. I got a really nice Travel Scrabble game for Christmas...

And it's so fun to play. I didn't realize it was so fun. And I have the Friends Trivia game. And I want the Lord of the Rings Chess game.
Duckie

[lazarus]

20. Lord of the Rings Risk

Just to let everyone know: I was stunned. I figured it was just going to be a cheesy marketing tie-in, put some Tolkien geography on the Risk board, and that was it.

Nope.

They actually made a brand new game, using the basic Risk "engine", and it's really quite good. 2-4 player, there's a sort of time limit, so conquering the board isn't necessary. The cards are neat, and all the new concepts they added are quite fun. Appears to be very well play-tested, too.

I recommend it for anyone who's a Risk fan and a Tolkien fan.

[solinvictus]

21. Axis & Allies

Axis & Allies rules!!! I also love Monopoly, Risk, chess, Shogun, and Fortress America.