Favorite Board Games

[Amnorix]

Originally Posted by warispeace

We should start a local CP boardgame club. I would totally be down for that.

Some games can be played online.

There is a great engine --Vassal -- that allows some games to be played online, including Age of Legends (IIRC) which is avery good game. Diplomacy and A&A can also be played online with very good, free, programs available.

[ReynardMuldrake]

Originally Posted by Amnorix

Some games can be played online.

There is a great engine --Vassal -- that allows some games to be played online, including Age of Legends (IIRC) which is avery good game. Diplomacy and A&A can also be played online with very good, free, programs available.

Yeah, that's fun and all, but half the enjoyment from these beer & pretzel games comes from the social aspect of it. I think other games are better suited to online multiplayer.

[Amnorix]

Originally Posted by warispeace

Yeah, that's fun and all, but half the enjoyment from these beer & pretzel games comes from the social aspect of it. I think other games are better suited to online multiplayer.

No need to tell me -- gaming is how I socialize with guys -- instead of watching the game or playing poker or whatever, I do board games.

And I agree, it's better to board game in person, but board gaming by computer is better than not gaming at all. It can also be a venue for playing with more players than you can ever realistically get together around a table. I have no idea what age you are, but when I was in college, we could easily get 7 players for all day/night Advanced Civ (before the computer game even came out, heh). Now, it's completely impossible.

You can also play games that take far longer than people have (at my age, anyway).

[ReynardMuldrake]

Originally Posted by Amnorix

No need to tell me -- gaming is how I socialize with guys -- instead of watching the game or playing poker or whatever, I do board games.

And I agree, it's better to board game in person, but board gaming by computer is better than not gaming at all. It can also be a venue for playing with more players than you can ever realistically get together around a table. I have no idea what age you are, but when I was in college, we could easily get 7 players for all day/night Advanced Civ (before the computer game even came out, heh). Now, it's completely impossible.

You can also play games that take far longer than people have (at my age, anyway).

I agree with you. I'm 32 and I remember when Sid Meier's Civilization first came out. I never played the board game it was based on but I loved the hell out of the computer version. I'm sure I would love it. But yeah, getting seven players together nowadays is a challenge.