Card and Board Games (members, classics, quote)

Thrice · 04-30-2009, 03:33 AM

What card/Board games do you like?

I love cards, I have a big italian family, and we all like to get together and play cards. We play some games and Im not too sure of their popularity.
-Euchre
-Oh **** (Osh)
Aside from poker, I love these games ALOT. I also enjoy hearts, spades and cribbage.
I like some drinking games, but those are hard to discuss for the names are so variant with location...Kings(Circle of Death) and Smithfield are my favorites. If no one is familiar with them I will explain the rules.

I have recently got into some cool board games too.
Cranium is a company that comes out with some pretty fun games, especially when youre drinking. My favorite game by them is called Cranium WOW. Its pretty much awesome, although I enjoy all of there games for adults.
Some classics I like are Sorry!, Chess, Pente, Stratego, Candy Land, Mouse Trap, Yahtzee and Scategories. I can think of about 30 more I really enjoy, but they are not that cool for me to type. Im sure theres a few more I enjoy more than these, but this is a good start and wheres the fun for you if I name them all. Maybe List-Master-Flex will want to make a list.

Piss Me Off · 04-30-2009, 03:46 AM

Cranium i've played twice and the first time it was great but the second time was lame. Drink and large numbers help i think.

I own at Monopoly. I haven't been beaten in years, I wish it was real money

boo boo · 05-01-2009, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Piss Me Off

Cranium i've played twice and the first time it was great but the second time was lame. Drink and large numbers help i think.

I own at Monopoly. I haven't been beaten in years, I wish it was real money

You know, it really is true that more monopoly money is in print than real money.

We're in a recession guys, I'm dropping a hint here.

**Scarlett O'Hara** · 05-01-2009, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Piss Me Off

I own at Monopoly. I haven't been beaten in years, I wish it was real money

I think Monopoly is like the ultimate board game! But I don't think I've ever one it, I always come second!!! I like hold on till the very end.

Other board games that are good is Twister and Scrabble. I play online Scrabble

Guybrush · 04-30-2009, 04:04 AM

I like Munchkin and Magic: The Gathering .. Card games have almost exclusively been part of the nerdy side to my existence.

Munchkin is the most entertaining of the two. Me and the GF played it a lot with other friends the last time we were up in the arctic where there's not always such a lot to do in the dark season. The rules in the game are not very straightforward which leads to loud arguments with people getting up from their chairs, shouting across the table .. it's awesome!

Thrice · 04-30-2009, 05:07 AM

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Originally Posted by tore

I like Munchkin and Magic: The Gathering .. Card games have almost exclusively been part of the nerdy side to my existence.

Munchkin is the most entertaining of the two. Me and the GF played it a lot with other friends the last time we were up in the arctic where there's not always such a lot to do in the dark season. The rules in the game are not very straightforward which leads to loud arguments with people getting up from their chairs, shouting across the table .. it's awesome!

Man, I tried to play that Magic game when I was in sixth grade, but couldnt figure it out and didnt know too many people that played it so it was a lost cause.

Guybrush · 04-30-2009, 05:15 AM

When I was 16, I had a girlfriend at 18 who had started a cafè with some friends. This was possible because this was a norwegian small town and they basically asked the office of culture if they could start it up in this public building that had been used to host a cafè before, but had since been left unused. The office said "sure, go ahead" and so they started up a little coffee place where I ended up working on and off for about 4 years. Me and my friends also went to the office of culture and said we wanted to start up a little club for people into card/board/roleplaying games and host weekly meetings in that cafè .. they gave us money to buy in a few games (we spent them on RPG books) and we had a lot of members.

Every friday night from like 7 in the evening to 3-4-5-6 in the morning, the cafè was full of people playing all kinds of games, RPGs, Robo Rally, Junta, even Warhammer on the pool table. We sold pizza, fizzy drinks and coffee of course until we were too immersed in the games to bother ..

Man, those were the days

Bulldog · 04-30-2009, 05:21 AM

I like a good game of blackjack or poker with my flatmates every so often.

As for board games the only one I still play is chess (oddly enough I think I've actually got worse at it with age as well).

Thrice · 04-30-2009, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by toretorden

When I was 16, I had a girlfriend at 18 who had started a cafè with some friends. This was possible because this was a norwegian small town and they basically asked the office of culture if they could start it up in this public building that had been used to host a cafè before, but had since been left unused. The office said "sure, go ahead" and so they started up a little coffee place where I ended up working on and off for about 4 years. Me and my friends also went to the office of culture and said we wanted to start up a little club for people into card/board/roleplaying games and host weekly meetings in that cafè .. they gave us money to buy in a few games (we spent them on RPG books) and we had a lot of members.

Every friday night from like 7 in the evening to 3-4-5-6 in the morning, the cafè was full of people playing all kinds of games, RPGs, Robo Rally, Junta, even Warhammer on the pool table. We sold pizza, fizzy drinks and coffee of course until we were too immersed in the games to bother ..

Man, those were the days

That is awesome, is this still possible? I mean, to go to the OOC and easily get funded for things like that? I had a friend that played that Warhammer game when we were young and it looked real cool. I helped him paint some guys and build a big mountain that he said he would play the game on. I never bothered to learn, but the fact that you had to build your own pieces blew my mind.

LoathsomePete · 04-30-2009, 01:15 PM

Apples to Apples is one of my favorite party games, especially if you're drunk or high because you get some of the most retarded reasons for why the card you put down is right. Great game to record and listen to after wards. Another personal favorite of mine is Lord of the Fries, really cheap and easy to play as well as addicting.

04-30-2009, 03:33 AM	#1 (permalink)
Thrice أمهاتك[وهور]Aura Euphoria Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Florida/Buffalo/CT Posts: 2,357	Card and Board Games What card/Board games do you like? I love cards, I have a big italian family, and we all like to get together and play cards. We play some games and Im not too sure of their popularity. -Euchre -Oh **** (Osh) Aside from poker, I love these games ALOT. I also enjoy hearts, spades and cribbage. I like some drinking games, but those are hard to discuss for the names are so variant with location...Kings(Circle of Death) and Smithfield are my favorites. If no one is familiar with them I will explain the rules. I have recently got into some cool board games too. Cranium is a company that comes out with some pretty fun games, especially when youre drinking. My favorite game by them is called Cranium WOW. Its pretty much awesome, although I enjoy all of there games for adults. Some classics I like are Sorry!, Chess, Pente, Stratego, Candy Land, Mouse Trap, Yahtzee and Scategories. I can think of about 30 more I really enjoy, but they are not that cool for me to type. Im sure theres a few more I enjoy more than these, but this is a good start and wheres the fun for you if I name them all. Maybe List-Master-Flex will want to make a list. __________________ Lew Harrison, who looked like an anarchist with his red eyes and fierce black beard, had been writing furiously in one corner of the room. "That's good—happiness by the kilowatt," he said. "Buy your happiness the way you buy light."

04-30-2009, 03:46 AM	#2 (permalink)
Piss Me Off Moodswings n' Roundabouts Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: At the corner of Dude and Catastrophe Posts: 4,470	Cranium i've played twice and the first time it was great but the second time was lame. Drink and large numbers help i think. I own at Monopoly. I haven't been beaten in years, I wish it was real money __________________ Last FM Rate Yr Music Muxtape

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Guybrush Juicious Maximus III Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Scabb Island Posts: 6,525	I like Munchkin and Magic: The Gathering .. Card games have almost exclusively been part of the nerdy side to my existence. Munchkin is the most entertaining of the two. Me and the GF played it a lot with other friends the last time we were up in the arctic where there's not always such a lot to do in the dark season. The rules in the game are not very straightforward which leads to loud arguments with people getting up from their chairs, shouting across the table .. it's awesome! __________________ Something Completely Different

04-30-2009, 05:15 AM	#7 (permalink)
Guybrush Juicious Maximus III Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Scabb Island Posts: 6,525	When I was 16, I had a girlfriend at 18 who had started a cafè with some friends. This was possible because this was a norwegian small town and they basically asked the office of culture if they could start it up in this public building that had been used to host a cafè before, but had since been left unused. The office said "sure, go ahead" and so they started up a little coffee place where I ended up working on and off for about 4 years. Me and my friends also went to the office of culture and said we wanted to start up a little club for people into card/board/roleplaying games and host weekly meetings in that cafè .. they gave us money to buy in a few games (we spent them on RPG books) and we had a lot of members. Every friday night from like 7 in the evening to 3-4-5-6 in the morning, the cafè was full of people playing all kinds of games, RPGs, Robo Rally, Junta, even Warhammer on the pool table. We sold pizza, fizzy drinks and coffee of course until we were too immersed in the games to bother .. Man, those were the days __________________ Something Completely Different

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LoathsomePete Cardboard Box Realtor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hobb's End Posts: 7,648	Apples to Apples is one of my favorite party games, especially if you're drunk or high because you get some of the most retarded reasons for why the card you put down is right. Great game to record and listen to after wards. Another personal favorite of mine is Lord of the Fries, really cheap and easy to play as well as addicting. __________________ Last.FM 101 Albums That May Not Change Your Life, But I Really Like And You Might Too

04-30-2009, 05:21 AM	#8 (permalink)
Bulldog why bother? Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: UK Posts: 4,840	I like a good game of blackjack or poker with my flatmates every so often. As for board games the only one I still play is chess (oddly enough I think I've actually got worse at it with age as well).