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I played Talisman all the time in high-school / college. Great beer and pretzels game - very funny to make it to the end and get the Horrible Black Void or be turned into a toad. The 4th ed. looks nice but I haven't bought it - I think I permanently burned myself out on Talisman in my youth.

Played Agricola once a few weeks ago and really liked it.

If you want another fun game, check out Cash N Guns. Its exactly like the Mexican standoff in Reservoir Dogs...

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Since it hasn't been mentioned, Tigris & Euphrates is an excellent game. I also quite enjoyed the computer version of the board game Dominion (no s).

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talisman has a high replay value with all the different characters and the big amount of adventure cards, which drive the game. the characters seem to be really imbalanced though. i played with a priest yesterday and literally had zero chance against the warrior

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Shogun (now called samurai)
Settlers an honourable mention as the one I have played most, quicker and more newbie friendly

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Games that have hit the table more often than others in the past year:

Memoir '44
Wings of War
Europe Engulfed
Last Night On Earth
Runebound
Talisman
A Touch Of Evil
The Great Space Race
Victory At Sea (miniatures game)
Arkham Horror
Tomb

And as soon as I get around to painting my minis and my opponent gets around to purchasing his, there will be lots of Secrets of the Third Reich action going on...

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Good games I've played in recent years in no particular order:

Battlestar Galactica boardgame
Android
Risk 2210 AD
Runebound
Dune
Puerto Rico
Settlers of Catan
Race for the Galaxy

Also Munchkin and Lunch Money if they count.

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Besides most of the Avalon Hill games,

1. Risk

2. Chess (of course)

3. Pente

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Oh yeah...Stratego WAS a great game also

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I work with a board game fanatic, so I've had a chance to play a ton of great ones over the years. Some of my favorites:

Power Grid
Age of Empires 3
Domaine
Goa
In the Year of the Dragon
Attika
Brass
Agricola
Puerto Rico
Ticket To Ride

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lol, well noones said apart from chess what I played

Chess
Chinese Chess
Go
Othello
and Monopoly is always good for a waste of time