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Best Family Board Games

Discussion in 'Tilted Entertainment' started by cis689, Nov 19, 2012.

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  1. mb99usa

    mb99usa Getting Tilted

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    My kids and I love playing the table top version of Ticket to Ride. It is the perfect length for everyone to get into it and be competitive but not get bored. We like Monopoly but usually play with a time limit so people don't get bored and drift off.
     
    mb99usa, Nov 19, 2012
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  2. Joniemack

    Joniemack Beta brainwaves in session

    Location:
    Reading, UK
    Battleship? Is it even still around? Of course, it is only for two players at a time.

    And Clue. Wow, my sisters and brothers and I played it constantly when we were young.
     
    Joniemack, Nov 19, 2012
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  3. genuinemommy

    genuinemommy Moderator Staff Member

    Rummy-O / Rummikub is a great game that involves numbered tiles and is very easy to teach anyone over the age of 12. It's a big hit when we get the international and domestic grad students together, because the game is incredibly visual and has no language barrier.

    Life was a game that we loved playing when I was a kid - all the little pieces make it fun. They are also incredibly easy to lose and not very much fun to step on when lost in carpet. But I remember the sense of accomplishment when I met each goal in the game. I can't imagine enjoying the game as an adult, though.

    Monopoly and variants similar to it (Solarquest rocked) were quite fun when I was a kid, and I still enjoy them now. It's entertaining to take on a role as you're playing - to have a consistent strategy. It is important to have a definite endpoint in mind when you begin or else it can drag on for weeks.

    Cranium, Taboo, and In A Pickle are all games that I enjoy playing with friends and family presently. They make for lively party games. Cranium is a combination of trivia, charades, and pictionary. Taboo is all about words. In A Pickle encourages elaborate spinning of entertaining stories in an attempt to join a number of seemingly unrelated words.

    Then there's RISK. There's a game I will never cease to adore. Oh so much fun.
    It's on-par with Settlers of Catan.
     
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    genuinemommy, Nov 19, 2012
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  4. fflowley

    fflowley Don't just do something, stand there!

    Let me guess...."Hide the salami?"
     
    fflowley, Nov 19, 2012
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  5. ScarletBegonia

    ScarletBegonia Vertical

    Location:
    Madison
    How old are the children in your family?
     
    ScarletBegonia, Nov 19, 2012
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  6. Speed_Gibson

    Speed_Gibson Hacking the Gibson

    Location:
    Wolf 359
    Solarquest is a fun one. You should be on a planet before starting a laser battle though or you will run out of fuel very quickly.

    I must add the Farming Game on this list. Involves some strategy and the randomness of dice do a good job simulating the unpredictability of actual farming, harvest seasons, and all that.
     
    Speed_Gibson, Nov 19, 2012
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  7. Charlatan

    Charlatan sous les pavés, la plage

    Location:
    Temasek
    This thread needs a mention of the youtube show, Tabletop. This show has introduced me to a tonne of games I'd never heard of. Some of which I now play.

    We play:
    Zombies
    Settlers of Catan
    Gloom
    Trivial Pursuit
    Monopoly
    Risk

    Want to Play:
    Pandemic
    Last Night on Earth
    Dixit
    Elder Sign
    Fiasco
     
    Charlatan, Nov 19, 2012
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  8. mb99usa

    mb99usa Getting Tilted

    Location:
    Home
    That show is where I discovered Ticket to Ride which quickly became our go to game.
     
    mb99usa, Nov 19, 2012
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  9. ROBOT_PARADE

    robot_parade New Member

    We play Settlers, Carcassonne, Dominion, Robo Rally. Just got Forbidden Island, but haven't had a chance to play it yet.
     
    robot_parade, Nov 20, 2012
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  10. Joniemack

    Joniemack Beta brainwaves in session

    Location:
    Reading, UK
    I just have to mention how (pleasantly) surprised I am to see that, in this age of solitary digital entertainment, people are still gathering around a table to play board games.
     
    Joniemack, Nov 20, 2012
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  11. greywolf

    greywolf Slightly Tilted

    I'm not a board game person... the turn-based action just drives me crazy when people just fart around. If you want to talk, talk. If you want to play, play. My wife/kids/friends/extended family, on the other hand, love them. They play:
    Apples to Apples
    Settlers (they have several expansion packs)
    Carcasonne
    Powergrid

    In addition, although it's not a board game, but another sloooowwww game I can never enjoy, they love to play Loup Garou (werewolf). I think you can get a packaged game, but it's definitely not needed.
     
    greywolf, Nov 20, 2012
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  12. CHINESE CRESTED

    chinese crested Slightly Tilted

    Hero Quest.
     
    chinese crested, Nov 20, 2012
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  13. cis689

    cis689 Slightly Tilted

    8yr twin girls.
    --- merged: Nov 20, 2012 at 8:01 AM ---
    Thanks for ALL the info guys! I have a huge list I have been researhing the last couple days :) - Santa's bringing board games for xmas :) (along with a couple iPod touches :)
     
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    cis689, Nov 20, 2012
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  14. snowy

    snowy so kawaii Staff Member

    Board games are awesome :)
     
    snowy, Nov 20, 2012
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  15. PonyPotato

    PonyPotato Very Tilted

    Location:
    Columbus, OH
    Apparently, when I told a new friend that I was having people over for a game night, he assumed I meant a football game. He was surprised when he arrived.

    Among my friends, game night ALWAYS means board games, and we do it at least once a month. :)
     
    PonyPotato, Nov 20, 2012
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  16. cis689

    cis689 Slightly Tilted


    And? What do we play Ms. Potato?
     
    cis689, Nov 20, 2012
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  17. ScarletBegonia

    ScarletBegonia Vertical

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    Madison
    There is Apples to Apples Jr. It should be good for that age if you don't want to go with the adult Apples to Apples.
     
    ScarletBegonia, Nov 20, 2012
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  18. cis689

    cis689 Slightly Tilted

    I seen that! Thank you!

    I'll have to check the age recommendation on the original Apples to Apples.
     
    cis689, Nov 20, 2012
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  19. snowy

    snowy so kawaii Staff Member

    Ages 12+ :)
     
    snowy, Nov 20, 2012
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  20. cis689

    cis689 Slightly Tilted

    Thank you kindly ma'am. Looks like Apples to Apples Jr. is in order!
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    cis689, Nov 20, 2012
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