Favoite Board Game

[D-man]

Chess.

I don't think Dominion or Race for the Galaxy count, considering they consist only of cards and chips. 

[The Schaef]

I would tend to let those count.  The definition of "board game" is usually broad enough that people are willing to include Yahtzee or Scattegories, two party-style games with naught a board.

What's weird is I would not count a card game that uses a standard deck of playing cards.  So I would allow Tichu but not Euchre, even though they're about 90% the same.  Or collectible/trading card games, or pen-and-paper RPGs.  So I guess it's weird what I would and would not include.

[Glorfindel 12]

I like Cash Flow

[Deist]

Starcraft, Twilight Imperium, and Battle Star Galactica.

[jimmyd]

my fav would have to be Battleball (with the enhanced rules) i also like Jamaica i think is the name, its a pirate game where you race around an island, its alot of fun, and Shadows Over Camelot even though it is impossible to win haha i heard settlers of cataan was really good but i havent played it yet

[The Schaef]

Another Battleball fan!  

Craig Van Ness is one of my favorite designers.

[jimmyd]

heck yeah i havent played the league rules yet though i cant find enough people for a league. Also, i cant believe no one has mentioned axis and allies i forgot to mention it earlier

[Prof Underwood]

my fav would have to be Battleball (with the enhanced rules) i also like Jamaica i think is the name, its a pirate game where you race around an island, its alot of fun, and Shadows Over Camelot even though it is impossible to win haha i heard settlers of cataan was really good but i havent played it yet

I didn't know anyone else out there played Battleball

As for Shadows, the groups that I play with usually win (although we all got killed last time).

[The Schaef]

It's time you started playing with Merlin's Company  :p

[Prof Underwood]

It's time you started playing with Merlin's Company  :p

Well....if anyone sees this other thread and is feeling generous

[jimmyd]

I didn't know anyone else out there played Battleball

As for Shadows, the groups that I play with usually win (although we all got killed last time).

battleball is awesome! i just have a hard time finding people to play with haha my pastor got me into it.
and my group has only beaten shadows once and we cheated just so we could say we beat it haha

[Prof Underwood]

my group has only beaten shadows once and we cheated just so we could say we beat it haha

Here's the "7 keys" to beating shadows.

#1 - use the card swap at the beginning of the game to give Percy the full house to beat Lancelot, then he can go there right away, and start putting the nasty cards on the bottom of the deck from early in the game.

#2 - go down to 2 lives at the beginning of the game and usually keep all the knights at that level.  You don't need more life than that, and it buys a couple free draws to start the game.

#3 - use Arthur to get the Holy Grail also early in the game.  Have him draw a few times and then go over.  From then on he can just trade cards with anyone who has a grail so that he never runs out.

#4 - ignore the dragon.  He's simply not worth beating.

#5 - beat Excalibur last.  It is the easiest, since you just have to throw away any cards, and the grails will be useless by this point anyway.  You may have to send someone there temporarily early in the game to keep it from disappearing, but don't finish it off until the end.

#6 - draw cards more than putting on siege engines.  Many times they won't hurt you and sometimes they will help you (ie. putting on that last black sword to fill the table when you already have plenty of white ones for a majority).

#7 - if you are playing with the traitor, then put on 6 seige engines early and then accuse everyone in the game.  There won't be any swords on the table at that point, so nothing bad will happen, and you'll know whether to trust everyone.

[The Schaef]

That's weird, we usually start with the grail because it's one people can spam, and send Sir Kay after Excalibur so he can take the combination of those two powers and stay home fighting siege engines all day.

Also, you can only make one accusation per player per game.

[Prof Underwood]

That's weird, we usually start with the grail because it's one people can spam, and send Sir Kay after Excalibur so he can take the combination of those two powers and stay home fighting siege engines all day.

I agree about getting the Grail early (Key #3 above), but fighting siege engines isn't a problem as long as you draw cards more than put down seige engines.

Also, you can only make one accusation per player per game.

I know, you simply have everyone accuse the person on their right.  It takes 1 round max, and you're done.

[TheJaylor]

RISK is the best board game ever. I also played Redemption:City of Bondage lately and i thoroughly enjoyed it.

  ~Jayden

[Professoralstad]

RISK is the best board game ever.

Ugh. I can't believe you still think that after last night. I should have lost, ended up winning, and didn't enjoy it very much. It took way too long, and I was tired with a headache. Settlers is by far better.

[TheJaylor]

this might be true but i blame it on Joelle.

[JSB23]

RISK is the best board game ever. I also played Redemption:City of Bondage lately and i thoroughly enjoyed it.

  ~Jayden

You obviously haven't played Cutthroat Caverns

[The Schaef]

I know, you simply have everyone accuse the person on their right.  It takes 1 round max, and you're done.

That's kind of a long time to go with absolutely no response to the black cards coming up.  Doesn't the cost outweigh the small benefit of just knowing who the traitor is, especially when he can continue to do traitory things even after he is revealed?  Plus, accusing to your right gives the traitor an opportunity to play something like Fate or Clairvoyance if he has it in his hand and get an additional screw job on the team before the next player accuses him.

[TheKarazyvicePresidentRR]

RISK is the best board game ever. I also played Redemption:City of Bondage lately and i thoroughly enjoyed it.

  ~Jayden

You obviously haven't played Cutthroat Caverns

Where is mike hue when I need to edge him out.

[Deist]

Risk = Throwing dice at eachother

...actually the latter sounds more fun.

[Prof Underwood]

That's kind of a long time to go with absolutely no response to the black cards coming up.  Doesn't the cost outweigh the small benefit of just knowing who the traitor is, especially when he can continue to do traitory things even after he is revealed?  Plus, accusing to your right gives the traitor an opportunity to play something like Fate or Clairvoyance if he has it in his hand and get an additional screw job on the team before the next player accuses him.

#1 - I don't find the traitor to be nearly as dangerous once they are revealed as I do having to play every turn as if the next person might purposefully put down the last siege engine, or draw that black card that we all know needs to stay where it is until Percy can put it on the bottom.

#2 - As for playing specials like Fate and Clairvoyance, are you suggesting that any player can play those cards when it is not even their turn?

[crustpope]

... Monopoly,

Ban.

[The Schaef]

#1 - I don't find the traitor to be nearly as dangerous once they are revealed as I do having to play every turn as if the next person might purposefully put down the last siege engine, or draw that black card that we all know needs to stay where it is until Percy can put it on the bottom.

Given the possibility that the game is played with no traitor, I can't agree that I would take sacrificing an entire round of good actions to potentially allow one player to take a bad action plus a bad action every turn (as opposed to taking a bad action and a good action of questionable value), against a 12%-68% chance that there is no bad guy at the table at all.  It doesn't seem statistically sound.

#2 - As for playing specials like Fate and Clairvoyance, are you suggesting that any player can play those cards when it is not even their turn?

... what?  Why would you think I said that, and why would the traitor even need to play the card out of turn?  This makes no sense.

[Prof Underwood]

Given the possibility that the game is played with no traitor, I can't agree

Despite the odds, somehow every time we play with the traitor, someone is the traitor.

... what?  Why would you think I said that, and why would the traitor even need to play the card out of turn?  This makes no sense.

Oops, miscommunication there.  Pretend I said accuse to the left