Hamster's top 20 board games

[Plubby]

Lukie! We should have a games night at some point.

[LUKIE]

NEVER! I am going to play them by myself!

Because sharing sucks!

[Plubby]

I have a copy of Reels and Deals i've been wanting to play with someone, too

Dangit.

[Herr Matzat]

I can higly recomend you guys Shadows over camelot and ticket to ride!

www.daysofwonder.com/shadowsovercamelot/

http://www.daysofwonder.com/tickettoride/

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[METALMAN]

Really good idea for a list, and a pleasure to read. Must admit I've never heard of any of these. Nor was I aware that you could even get board games as complex as that. They nearly all seem lovely though. I want that Cold War game.

[Ruki]

I can higly recomend you guys Shadows over camelot and ticket to ride!

www.daysofwonder.com/shadowsovercamelot/

http://www.daysofwon...m/tickettoride/

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I own that game! I played it once!

The traitor won, the dirty bastard It seemed super hard and such, but didn't turn out to be that difficult.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

I've got Ticket To Ride Europe and played Shadows Over Camelot once and the traitor won that one too.

[Herr Matzat]

I can higly recomend you guys Shadows over camelot and ticket to ride!

www.daysofwonder.com/shadowsovercamelot/

http://www.daysofwon...m/tickettoride/

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I own that game! I played it once!

The traitor won, the dirty bastard It seemed super hard and such, but didn't turn out to be that difficult.

You should play it more often, it´s kinda like a smaler version the werwolf/mafia games. Great social dynamics... i remember games were we just suicided ourselfs becaus everyone thought everybody was the traitor and in the end no one got the card.

In the beginning it can even be hard to win the game wen you knowingly play without a traitor. - And if your team gets to good you can buy the adone to make it a bit harder.

Edited August 16, 2011 by Michael Matzat on a Plane

[Ace]

I have a copy of Reels and Deals i've been wanting to play with someone, too

Dangit.

I'm coming to Perth for a visit soon, we'll play then.

Hell, give me a date and I'll come down for a (board) gaming day with Lukie too

[Plubby]

Bring baby?

[Ace]

Naturally.

[Plubby]

Bitchin'.

Lukie, this is happening.

[LUKIE]

My fee is spit fired baby for me to eat.

Now who do we know that has a baby and is coming along?

[KevinStorm]

No Stratego.

I used to have this massive Civil War strategy board game called War Between The States. Had it for several years but only managed to play it twice, both times took from around 8 PM to 9 AM or so, and only got through about 3 months of game time. It got destroyed when my house caught fire, but I don't want to buy another because I have no one to play it with.

[stokeriño]

My copy of Twilight Struggle (2011 reprint) has been dispatched!!

Though it has to come over the Atlantic, so who knows how long it'll take to get here.

Now I have to somehow try and trick Stokerina into Not Hating the game so that she'll play it with me more than once...

[9 to 5]

Lose.

[stokeriño]

I know that.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Let her play as the Soviets. They're more likely to win until you both understand how the game works properly. They're stronger in the early game but later on the Americans get stronger and the Soviets are hampered by events like Glasnost.

[stokeriño]

Yeah, I picked that up when I looked up some reviews to wile away the weeks spent waiting for them to put the game into production.

I shall have to ignore my knowledge of history and do stupid things. Liiiiike...put a whole load of US influence into Cuba on my first turn.

[stokeriño]

Finally got the game yesterday, and Stokerina and I had a little play in the evening. It was a semi-tutorialish affair where I only explained different things she could do as we went along. The only thing I left out altogether was The China Card, which I'll introduce next time.

But yes, we got four turns in and she (the USSR) was ahead by 6 points at that time. She enjoyed it!