Your Favorite Board/Table Top Games

[mac5732]

Actually, Puke gave me this ideas for a new post, I thought it might be interesting to see what everyone played before computers....... or what board/table top games they played and enjoyed. I have a very large collection of Table Top wargames but never play them much anymore due to computers....do miss it tho

Terrible Swift Sword by SPI
War In the West/east by SPI (huge Game)
Silent Death by ICE
3rd Reich by Avolon Hill
Desert Fox by Avolon Hill
D-Day can't think of name rt now (red box)
1861-1865 by SPI

remenising about the old days sigh mac

[TerranC]

No risk?!
No monopoly?!

NO LIFE?!

Ye gods, what do you americans play?

[Marco]

I play tabletop games almost every friday night with a group of friends.
Just finished: World in Flames, ADG. (My party wins as Allies a 7 month game)
Playing now : Russian Front, Avalon Hill.
Plan to play after: Morsecode UGG.

[ June 06, 2002, 08:14: Message edited by: Marco ]

[Askan Nightbringer]

Well I play monopoly with my girlfriend. I always win, she thinks its luck...I just know its a refined strategy I learnt when I was 6 and have applied it to every game since then.

Back in my university days alot of my friends played Warhammer 40k. Its always seemed to end in arguements and a wierd arms race that involved forking out lots of money for a piece of lead.
Of course I was living on a government allowance back then, which barely covered alcohol, drug and rail transport needs so I was relegated to playing a bemused spectator and even more bemused ring in.

Askan

[Gozra]

Fuedal by 3m with the Avalon Hill combat rules. I play with a bunch of guys every 3 weeks and we make up our own games. I have gotten cramps from cutting and pasting to make our own counters. We play on 3 4 foot by 11 foot Boards with one inch hexes. We have a space game, A RIP game which is a cross between Panzer blitz and Blitzkreig, 1648 Game which is like Europa Universalis, and a strange 'Civilization' game, and a few other odds and ends games. IF we had someone who could program we could Knock out some prety good games.
SPI's StragetyII game really caught my Eye but I only played Once and lost most of the game over the years. If we keep going the way we are with Electronics (getting cheaper) I think we will most board games in an Electronic Version.

[Puke]

Originally posted by TerranC:


Ye gods, what do you americans play?

what continent is Canada on, these days?

on topic though, im shocked an horrified that Battletech didnt make the list. it might not be much on realism, and sure the art was stolen, but its one of the best tactical games ever writen. i tend to favor pre TR 2750 stuff, but it was all good. i think i still have some old beta test stuff in a box somewhere.

recently, i have had the chance to play a couple games from a small press company (i forget the name) on the 1939 war in finland. Blood on the Snow was the title of the first one, and there has been at least one sequel. they also have some games set in the pacific theatre, island combat and such. nice maps, chit based games, fast play. the rules are easy and effective, and the games are fairly true to history.

[dumbluck]

Umm, let's see.... Chess, ... um,... chess, and then I play some, um, ... chess, ... and a little Monopoly, and, um, what else... I play chess sometimes. Oh, and did I mention that I like to play chess? Not that I'm any good at it, really, but it's fun none the less. My wife likes Scrabble, so I play that every so often. And I play some chess, too.

EDIT: D'oh! How could I forget Vampire: the Masquarade??? That was a fun game. But I don't have any of the books, and no one to play it with now that I'm out of college, and no time to play it.....

[ June 06, 2002, 14:18: Message edited by: dumbluck ]

[SgtBigG]

I played the Avalon Hill "Great Campaigns of the Civil War" series nonstop. And then I got a computer. I really should try to play them again, but the stacks of counters falling over and figuring out morale and attack ratios etc. for myself would be to much like work after having it all done for me.

[ June 06, 2002, 11:27: Message edited by: SgtBigG ]

[mac5732]

Dumbluck & Tesco , I also like and play chess, even got to the point I had to teach Mrs M to play, haven't played in yrs tho, not to many around here play it, have you ever played 3 dimensional chess? I have this one its played on three seperate levels, challenging to say the least.

Saxon, Stratego, Man I haven't played that since I was.. lets just say younger, used to play it all the time, even used make up on paper different defenses & offfensive, yes its was lots of fun

Also played Pinocul & Yucker, I know their not board games but they are fun, oh and Tripoly with the family..

just some ideas mac

[ June 06, 2002, 17:22: Message edited by: mac5732 ]

[PDF]

Played a host of games, mostly wargames and RPGs these past 20 and so years

Two names above the rest : Squad Leader and AD&D

But I didn't open a single box these Last 5 years, only play on the computer now !