Board Games

[Elliott]

Is it just me, or does Monopoly have an odd tendency to bring out the worst in people?  Nearly every time I've played, people either walk away with bad feelings or the board goes airborne an hour to ninety minutes in.

As a kid my older brother always beat me at monopoly. When he asked at the beginning of each game if he could be the embezzler, I'd say yes thinking he meant banker. 

[OCLittleFlower]

This makes me want to play board games tonight...

[Hat And Beard]

When I lived in another city, my favorite pizza/beer joint had a set of Trivial Pursuit from the 1950's at every table(it was a very hipster establishment). A lot of the questions were really dated, but my friends were always shocked how many of them I knew. 

[OCLittleFlower]

There's a cafe near my parents' place that has the cards from the 80s version.  They put some of the cards in one of those sugar packet holders, and you can do the trivia questions as you wait for your food. 

[tmw89]

This is the Trivial Pursuit I played!

[Eliza]

Is it just me, or does Monopoly have an odd tendency to bring out the worst in people?  Nearly every time I've played, people either walk away with bad feelings or the board goes airborne an hour to ninety minutes in.

As a kid my older brother always beat me at monopoly. When he asked at the beginning of each game if he could be the embezzler, I'd say yes thinking he meant banker. 

Haha. Older siblings are so mean sometimes!

[Ben]

Can't believe no one's mentioned the king of board games: Scrabble!

[Penelope]

Catan, Scrabble, Scattergories, and not Monopoly. I hate Monopoly.

Ahem.

[Ben]

Catan, Scrabble, Scattergories, and not Monopoly. I hate Monopoly.

Ahem.

I missed that!

Gotta learn how to skim good.

[totiusque]

Can't believe no one's mentioned the king of board games: Scrabble!

I'm equally shocked that no one has mentioned two of the great thinking games of the past century - Candyland and Chutes & Ladders.

[EcceQuamBonum]

Can't believe no one's mentioned the king of board games: Scrabble!

I'm equally shocked that no one has mentioned two of the great thinking games of the past century - Candyland and Chutes & Ladders.

I found my Candyland set in the game closet at my parents' house the other day.  I am amazed that I didn't find it insanely creepy as a child.

[Kaesekopf]

Did someone say.... Candyland?.....

[OCLittleFlower]

Did someone say.... Candyland?.....

Yum, indeedy!

[Mithrandylan]

Risk, hands down.  Play it online for free: conquerclub.com

Battleship sucks, has always sucked.

Monopoly is pretty good, though I agree it brings out the worst in people.

I also love stratego.

Scrabble is pretty good.

What about sequence?  Haven't played in a while but I remember it being a lot of fun.

[EcceQuamBonum]

What about sequence?  Haven't played in a while but I remember it being a lot of fun.

Yessss.  Sequence is excellent.