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Originally Posted by Rain Man (Post 4785924)

and Civilization (not the video game, but rather the board game where you tried to build cities and take over other players' land, and you had a period of trade each turn where you tried to build up your commodities.

I only played Advanced Civ, which I think was the version 2.0 of Civ, but a great game. Bit long however, but a great game.

For myself, Titan remains an all-time favorite. I am also fond of the various Settlers of Catan games, Puerto Rice is fun, the various 18XX Railroad games, and various others.

Star Fleet Battles is awesome, though LONG as hell.

I never got into Advanced Squad Leader, however. That one was more than I could bear.

Sadly, I hardly have time for board games these days. I'm slowly getting my two boys into them however. Right now we're on Battleship and Sorry. :D

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Originally Posted by Rain Man (Post 4785924)

I like wargames, and there are a couple that are my favorites.

First, there's an old SPI game called Conquistador. Great play system and concept. You had to first explore new lands and then settle them, and as the game progressed you evolved from looting and trying to survive to building lasting settlements and eventually trying to destroy other players' settlements. I love it even though I've never been able to play a full game since it takes 20+ hours to play a game.

Another game I really like is an old Avalon Hill game called Tobruk. It's a game of British/German WWII battles in North Africa, and has a great game system. It was played on a level of individual tanks and soldiers. My friends and I would abandon the plain North Africa map and play it on Squad Leader game boards to get more fun out of it.

I also like Outreach, a game of exploration throughout the universe, and Civilization (not the video game, but rather the board game where you tried to build cities and take over other players' land, and you had a period of trade each turn where you tried to build up your commodities.

Tobruk and Civilization were great. Never played Conquistador, but it sounds like fun.

My top 5 boardgames:

1) Diplomacy- No dice. Just skill and the ability to manipulate your opponents.

2) Supremacy- A more realistic "Risk" meets "Diplomacy" and "Monopoly" with nukes, boomer subs, armored divisions, chemical and unconventional weapons, etc. Oh, and boring but important things like economics and trade.

3) Avalon Hill's The Russian Campaign- Great strategic level game of the 41-45 war.

4) Avalon Hill's Dune- With the right 6 players, one of the best cutthroat gaming experiences ever.

5) Milton Bradley's Axis and Allies- Best "beer and pretzels" wargame I've ever played. Fortress America is almost tied with it, as one of the best balanced games I've ever played.

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Originally Posted by Amnorix (Post 4786067)

Star Fleet Battles is awesome, though LONG as hell.

Yes, yes it was. It was a wonderful day for me when the system was used as the basis for the Starfleet Command computer games (Especially Version 2 and Orion Pirates). Ever play the strategic version Federation and Empire?

Mousetrap, even though there were times the entire trap thing wouldn't work. It'd get stuck in the process.

I am a boardgame nut.
As a kid I liked the old standbys, Monopoly, Risk, Clue... In highschool after playing a bit of DnD and MagicTG I joined an historical gaming club at the local university and was introduced to various Avalon Hill games, not the least of which was Axis and Allies and Civilization. Also played a lot of Kingmaker, Supremacy, and Diplomacy.

I still play some of these occasionally but the truth is board gaming has made a resurgence and there are modern games that improve on all of those in just about every way.

Favorites today include

A Game of Thrones:
http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/im...otbg_board.jpg

BattleLore
http://static.battlelore.com/lang/en.../bl_photo8.jpg

Settlers of Catan
http://www.gameoutfitter.com/images/...tlersCatan.jpg

and
Twilight Struggle
http://z.about.com/d/boardgames/1/0/6/c/wbc2006_10.jpg

Actually I have a pretty big collection and like tons more as well:
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/viewcol...tartletter=ALL

If you used to like Board Games, but have only limited experience to modern games you should definitely browse around on http://www.boardgamegeek.com and see what the hobby is like now. A good place to start is the games sorted by rank: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/browser...me&sortby=rank

Thanks for the recommend, jidar. Twilight Struggle looks great.

Strip Scrabble is the best.

FAX

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Originally Posted by Rain Man (Post 4785924)

I like wargames, and there are a couple that are my favorites.

My favorite was Global Thermonuclear War.

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Originally Posted by Fire Me Boy! (Post 4786425)

My favorite was Global Thermonuclear War.

It's not a boardgame, but it is a lot of fun:

http://www.introversion.co.uk/defcon/

The cool thing about Strip Scrabble is that, if can spell a naughty word, your opponent has to try it.

EDIT: It helps to have a lot of Cs and Ss.

FAX

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Originally Posted by FAX (Post 4786418)

Strip Scrabble is the best.

FAX

I don't know about that. Have you seen the average Scrabble player?

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Originally Posted by Rain Man (Post 4786010)

I've never played Rail Baron. I'll have to give it a try at some point...though that's a futile cause right now. I bet it's been ten years since I've been able to sit down with a board game. I miss doing that.

It's a pretty mindless game so it's good for mixed company when you want to sit around and talk while playing a game (as opposed to a group of gaming geeks who want to spend all their time calculating odds for their next turn's moves). I'd say the strategy level is on par with a game like Risk.