OT: Favourite Boardgames

[GrudgeBringer]

Oh yeah...Stratego WAS a great game also

[fungalreason]

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

[Lavaere]

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

[RegnorVex]

1. Settlers of Catan
2. Settlers of Catan
3. Settlers of Catan

[coobe]

do you have some more games on your "to-get" list ? well i do:

1. Starcraft - Has very good reviews and i loved the PC Game
2. Runebound - like Talisman, but more advanced
3. Tide of Iron - expensive but still cheaper than Tabletops

[Stavis_L]

Most of my suggestions are up already, but if you haven't tried Carcassonne yet (and its many expansions, but try the base game first) then you're missing out. It's a great game to bridge the gap between "serious" boardgamers and the occasional player.

[Hoplosternum]

Another vote for Ra. It really is a good auction game. Although if you like auction games then Modern Art is also pretty good. And For Sale for a quick card auction game.

Bonanza (Bean trading card game) is very good and quite unusual.

For the heavier 'Euro' style strategy games I like Power Grid and Puerto Rico, but Agricola is just OK. Too much luck/variability in the usefulness of the cards for my liking while the none card part is almost pure skill/analysis paralysis. It just doesn't sit well together.

I quite like Europe Engulfed but if I am playing a 'modern style' wargame I much prefer the Card Driven system to the hidden strength block system of Europe Engulfed. So I would take Barbarossa to Berlin or Paths of Glory.

And Dune is of course a classic. And I still like the old style 1829/1830 type railroad games, but they are slow.

[Gandalf Parker]

No one has mentioned Magic Realm?
It takes a long time to set up, and much of the desired features have been replaced by using computers to play games, but its still a fond memory of mine as far as board games.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Realm

[NTJedi]

Originally Posted by Gandalf Parker

No one has mentioned Magic Realm?
It takes a long time to set up, and

Well I'm surprised no one mentioned Dark Tower(Electronic_BoardGame):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Tower_(game)

Takes about 3mins to setup and great fun!

EDIT: After reading the wiki details I see why not many people played this great game. I wonder if I can find this great game stored away at my brothers... considering it's a collectors item.

[Gandalf Parker]

I remember Car Wars and AutoDuel. There was talk of an MMORPG for it but I dont think it ever happened.

I also remember Black Tower. Excellent game.