I was a big board gamer in my teens. I have the Original Axis and Allies, Heroquest with 3 expansion packs, Battle Masters, Star Wars interactive VHS game and a game probably no one has heard of called Omega Virus. Those are my games I have held on to over the years that I will play with my kids when they are old enough.
I do also have the classic games like Monopoly, Clue, Life (new version), Cranium, Pictionary, Trivia Pursuit. With the kids we have the classics as well Cooties, Don't Spill the Beans, Chutes and Ladders, Don't Break the Ice, Kurplunk, Guess Who, Candy Land and a bunch more games.
I played lots of Risk and Diplomacy in college. The kids still like Clue. I used to be an active tournament bridge player, before kids. That's how I met my wonderful hubby
Here's one forya, anyone ever have Scotland Yard? It was a pretty cool game. One person played the thief and the rest were cops. They had a street grid and the thief secretly moved and told how far he went and in which direction, but u dont get to see his piece. Then the cops had to find you.
Here's one forya, anyone ever have Scotland Yard? It was a pretty cool game. One person played the thief and the rest were cops. They had a street grid and the thief secretly moved and told how far he went and in which direction, but u dont get to see his piece. Then the cops had to find you.
My In-laws have a game like that but it's called Stop Thief.
Here's one forya, anyone ever have Scotland Yard? It was a pretty cool game. One person played the thief and the rest were cops. They had a street grid and the thief secretly moved and told how far he went and in which direction, but u dont get to see his piece. Then the cops had to find you.
My In-laws have a game like that but it's called Stop Thief.
I remember Stop Thief. Don't recall much about it, but I remember that handheld thing.
We don't have to agree with each other, to respect each others opinion.
The handheld device kept track of the thief's movements and when a cop thought they knew the location they would type it in the device. That prevented the Thief from cheating.
I need a few (six) meeples. Any ideas? Scoured all the thrift stores today for anything that would work and only came up with chess pawns. I would go boards & bits, but I don't want to buy 5 or 6 of each color.
I am a huge fan of RISK and Stratego. You really need about 4-5 hours to play RISK. back in 1981 when was 11 I got a "Monday Night Football" game that consisted of a thin cardboard football field, and a mini red record player that played discs. on one side was offensive plays and the other was defensive alignments. If you were offense you picked a play and then the person you were playing chose a defensive play. You placed the mini disc in accordingly and the outcome was played. You might hear, "off tackle for 34 yards" then you might hear on the next play,"goes back to pass, he rushed, throws,intercepted with a return of 41 yards. Its darn near impossible to find a set that still works. Mattel made it for 2 years thats it.
- ICE CUBE (You used actual ice and hope your iceman melted last after going through a series of punishments) The game sells for $200 on ebay. Every parent hated it for all the salt.
- Dark Shadows - Monopoly - Yahtzee - Mouse Trap (The early versions actually worked well) - Stratego (I always lost) - Feudal (I always lost) - Trouble - Scrabble (the list goes on and on. We played a lot of board games when I was kid when we weren't outside playing stick and ball sports)
it is a series of math-based board games that focus on problem solving and critical thinking skills. he medalled at the competition last year and is looking to do the same this year. my wife is the head coach for his 1st grade team.
If anyone is interested My brothers and I have invented a very cool card game "Sppoker" that combines spelling and poker. Not sure if I am alowed to pimp my site but if anyone is interested PM me. or do the google
Sounds like a few of these games require one of those 70-sided die's to play.
As for "regular" games, our all-time favorite is Baulderdash ... it's sort of like Apples to Apples, but you have to come up with the creative answers yourself. You get something like a Person's name or a Word, and you have to write what the person did, or what the word means, etc (depends on the category) ... and since the actual answers are sometimes really bizarre, you get people to write even more bizarre and usually hysterical answers. It's turns into quite the creative writing assignment, but every time we play it our sides are usually aching by the end.
Catchphrase is also our other favorite. It gets pretty fast paced and exciting as you're passing the hot-potato around.
Someone else mentioned Scotland Yard. We loved that game growing up! I actually had to go on e-Bay and find an old copy of it because Parker Brothers doesn't make it anymore. It's sort of like a newer version of Chess, as it's really a 2-player game where all the people on the "Cops" side team up to chase down the criminal. Fun game!
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Wits & Wagers is a trivia game that lets you bet on anyone’s answer. So you can win by making educated guesses, by playing the odds, or by knowing the interests of your friends. It can be taught in 2 minutes, played in 25 minutes, and accommodates up to 20 people in teams.
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I would go boards & bits, but I don't want to buy 5 or 6 of each color.
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