So, I am working on my Board game collection. There are a lot of new ones I like, but I want to concentrate on getting the "classics" first. So, what do you to consider to be the classic, quintessential board games to own? I have Life, Monopoly, Boggle, Careers, Trivial Pursuit, Rummikub, chess and checkers and chinese checkers, cranium, scattegories, and some other less "classic" games, as well.
My BF has that one, so I will count it among my collection, since we are moving in with each other this summer. I have to admit though, I was never a big fan of that one...
My family plays Uno a lot. We got Uno Attack for Christmas, which is definitely not a classic, but a fun twist on it. I played a lot of Yatzee with my parents as a tween and teen. My girlfriends and I played Pictionary a lot in high school when we had slumber party. Yup, we were a wild bunch LOL!
In our classics we also like cards dominos with the marble tiles and big enough to play the huge train games - not just a little set. mancala clue Were in the World is Carmen Sandiago (that is great) and sorry
ahhh, yes, i am def. getting some additions. Keep them coming. Thanks. My friend used to work at a gaming store - mostly Dungeons and Dragons and Magick type stuff, but the whole back is re-sold board games, so sometimes you can find the original versions of the games. I might have to take a trip there.
I also love Chicken Foot. Double Dragons are just the "domino-speak" names for double 9 dominoes (as opposed to double 6 or double 12)
A game I love, which used to be popular in the 70s is Perquacky. It has recently been re-introduced, and you can buy it again. I got one from amazon. It is a blast. If you like "letter cube" games (like Boggle) you will love Perquacky!
I like Payday (no idea if you can still get it) and Life. Also, Cranium is a new classic. We love all of the Uno variations (Uno Flash is the newest addiction).
My students love Battleship, Operation, and Connect Four. I like Mad Gab, Taboo, and Password. I found board games on sale a few years ago and bought a bunch of them for my classroom.
Jenga is not a board game but a good one and uno stacko is just like it not a classic but the most fun we have with friends is Scene it we love the disney editions and i rock at the harry potter edition.
Parcheesi and Go to the Head of the Class. How about Candyland and Chutes and Ladders if you really want to get nostalgic!
Well, I was going to say Chutes and Ladders, Hi-ho Cherrio, and Don't Spill the Beans... but thought they were "too young..." Those were such wonderful games when I was a kid!!!
Yeah, its just me and my BF right now. I am sure we will add candy land and chutes and ladders sometime in the future. I am loving the suggestions! I already have 6 more on my list!
I never had payday but it seems fun. It seems like Life, but on a smaller scale (one month as opposed to your whole life). Am I right?
It's been too long for me to make a proper comparison but.... I have electronic Life Twists and Turns. I like this version better.
I just spent the afternoon driving to Target, Shopko, K mart, Toys r us, and Fred Meyers to search for Rumikube. I had it and brought it to my mothers and forgot it there!!!! I like backgammon, rumikube, scattergories, pictionary, scrabble and yathtzee, and cranium. No one will let my sister and I be partners in pictionary. We think alike. One clue was Iowa and she drew a picture of Radar o Rielly. I got it because he's from Iowa.
LOVE that game...been so long since I've played it. Not board games but cards Skip Bo & Phase 10!!! So much fun when there is small group.
I noticed my oldest acts like a royal jerk every time we play a board game. If we play a dice or card game he is typically a lot better. I think he doesn't like to wait his turn. He wants to be developing a strategy or doing something while he is waiting. Dice games typically go even faster.
Oh, I forgot. We play this dice game. I think it's called Farkel or 10,000 or 5,000. I havef a mini set of dice that I keep in my purse for when we go out.
I'm not certain but I think Farkel is similar to a dice game I recently learned called Zilch. Have you played it?
I don't know. In my dice game a 1 is worth 100 points, a 5 is worth 50. Three of any number is that number times 100, so 3 twos is 200 points, 3 threes is 300. If you roll 1,2,3,4,5,6--that's 1500 and you must roll again. The first player to 5000 wins. Is that similar to zilch??
That's fun too. Try it out... but the cards are fun as well. If you don't have Skip Bo that's a good one too.
