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[release]:siren: [b]THERE ARE GAMES THAT REQUIRE YOU TO PHYSICALLY TOUCH THE PIECES![/b] :siren: [/release] Yes, amazing isn't it? Along time ago people were yearning for something to do...and board games were invented. But hey, who actually gives a shit about the past? Let's keep it in our time frame. I'm going to start off with the most basic of board games... ready for it? [release] [b]Tic-Tac-Toe[/b] [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Tic_tac_toe_complete.svg/600px-Tic_tac_toe_complete.svg.png[/img] Tic-tac-toe is a 3 by 3 grid game played normally on a piece of paper. The objective of the game is to get 3 X's or 3 O's in a row diagonally, vertically, or horizontally. [b]2 players[/b] [/release] [release] [b]Checkers[/b] [img]http://deafbc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Checkers.jpg[/img] Checkers is a game played on an 8 by 8 squared grid with twelve pieces on each side. The objective of the game is to eliminate the opponent's pieces. This game is also called English draughts. [b]2 Players[/b] [/release] [release] [b]Chess[/b] [img]http://www.pinoysport.com/wp-content/uploads/chess.jpg[/img] Chess is a game played on an 8 by 8 squared grid with sixteen pieces on each side. The game pieces consist of one king, one queen, two rooks, two knights, two bishops, and eight pawns. The objective or goal of the game is to checkmate the opponent's king. [b]2 players[/b] [/release] Getting a bit more complicated here. [release] [b]Monopoly[/b] [img]http://cdn.uberreview.com/wp-content/uploads/monopoly-board.png[/img] Charles Darrow is known to have played an Atlantic City variation of "Monopoly", created by his friends, and decided to sell copies of the game. In 1933 he launched it and it was a huge success. In 1935, Parker Brothers bought the rights from Darrow and started manufacturing a slightly updated version. The objective of Monopoly is to bankrupt the other players to win. There are many versions of Monopoly available today: [b]Classic Monopoly[/b] [b]Standard (UK Edition) Monopoly[/b] [b]Monopoly Here and Now[/b] [b]Monopoly Here and Now: The World Edition[/b] [b]2-6 players[/b] [/release] [release] [b]Chutes and Ladders (Snakes and Ladders)[/b] [img]http://www.creative-lifestyles.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/chutes-and-ladders.jpg[/img] We've all played this game at some point in our lives? Nostalgic memories may follow after hearing the name of the game. The objective of the game is to get to the box 100. [b]2+ players[/b] [/release] [release] [b]Risk[/b] [img]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_t9pl9Dh5gGQ/S8vlLjRJM9I/AAAAAAAAUFI/beUsnxb4okc/s1600/risk-bookshelf-board-game-2.jpg[/img] Risk is a strategy game where you try to dominate the world/eliminate all of the other players. It was invented by French film director Albert Lamorisse, and released in 1957. Each player starts out with a territory and tries to invade neighboring territories. [b]1-6 hour playing time[/b] [b]2-6 Players[/b] [/release] [release] [b]Axis & Allies[/b] [img]http://www.axisandallies.org/files/images/sean_shaw_axis_allies_1942_1.preview.jpg[/img] Axis & Allies is a strategy board game designed in 1981 by Larry Harris, and it is the most successful of Milton Bradley's Gamemaster series. [quote]It depicts WWII on a grand scale, full global level. Up to five players can play on two different teams. The Axis which has Germany and Japan, and the Allies which has the USA, the United Kingdom, and the USSR. A full map of the world is provided, broken up in various chunks similar to Risk. The game comes with gobs of plastic miniatures that represent various military units during WWII. Players have at their disposal infantry, armor, fighters, bombers, battleships, aircraft carriers, submarines, troop transports, anti-air guns, and factories. All of the units perform differently and many have special functions. Players have to work together with their teammates in order to coordinate offenses and decide how best to utilize their production points. Players also have the option of risking production resources on the possibility of developing a super technology that might turn the tide of war.[/quote] There are several versions of the game available today: [b]Axis & Allies (2004 Revised edition) Axis & Allies Anniversary Edition Axis & Allies 1942 Edition Axis & Allies: Europe Axis & Allies: Pacific Axis & Allies: D-Day Axis & Allies: Battle of the Bulge Axis & Allies: Guadalcanal Axis & Allies Miniatures Axis & Allies Naval Miniatures: War at Sea Axis & Allies Pacific 1940 which combines with Axis & Allies Europe 1940[/b] [b]3+ hours playing time[/b] [b]2-5 players[/b] [/release] [release] [b]Carcassonne[/b] (my favorite) [img]http://blog.shopwritersbloc.com/images/Carcassonne_500.jpg[/img] Carcassonne is a tile-based German-style board game. The objective of the game is to get the most points by completing cities, making farms, and being a thief. You place the tiles to match and try to create fields/towns/roads. Carcassonne was designed by Klaus-Jürgen Wrede and was published in 2000 by Hans im Glück. There are several expansion packs for Carcassone that make the game more interesting and boost the amount of tiles you have (in some cases). [u]Full Expansions[/u]: [b]Carcassonne — Inns and Cathedrals Carcassonne — Traders and Builders Carcassonne — The Princess and the Dragon Carcassonne — The Tower Carcassonne — Abbey and Mayor Carcassonne — The Catapult Carcassonne — Wheel of Fortune Carcassonne – Bridges, Castles & Bazaars[/b] [u]Mini Expansions[/u]: [b]Carcassonne — The River Carcassonne — King and Scout Carcassonne — The Cathars The Count of Carcassonne Carcassonne — The River II Carcassonne — The Mini-Expansion Carcassonne — The Cult Carcassonne — Tunnel Carcassonne – Crop Circles Carcassonne – The Plague[/b] [b]40+ min playing time[/b] [b]2-5 players[/b] [/release] [u]More fun games:[/u] [b]Life Candy Land Clue 1313 Dead End Drive Battleship Mouse Trap Sorry! Cranium Trouble[/b] There are several hundred more, this list goes on, but this is all I could think of at the moment. Discuss: board games

Just want to say that Carcassonne and games like it are damn fun with a buddy and an alcoholic beverage. Especially when one keeps stealing the pieces and you play by your own rules.

Technically Tic-Tac-Toe isn't a board game, as board games, as in the name, require a board to play on. of course I'm sure people have made tic-tac-toe boards, but it's not a predominantly board game.

Tic-tac-toe is considered to be a board game, but [i]technically[/i] it isn't.

I've never played chutes and ladders

I am always the car in Monopoly. [b]ALWAYS YOU FUCKERS[/b]

this will not end well

Settlers of Catan is one of the best board games i have ever played. Although i end up spending too much resources making swastika roads. Add Settlers of Catan to the OP.

I fucking love Risk, yet I haven't gotten an opportunity to play it in MONTHS.

Who the fuck actually has a smart board or touch-pad in their house. Not even a download link the OP.

[QUOTE=Rubs10;26418850]Who the fuck actually has a smart board or touch-pad in their house. Not even a download link the OP.[/QUOTE] Download link? Smart board/touch pad? Anyways, I LOVE board games, but no one in my family has the patience to play them with me.

[QUOTE=Achilles123;26418879]Download link? Smart board/touch pad? Anyways, I LOVE board games, but no one in my family has the patience to play them with me.[/QUOTE] same here, I have to wait for when my relatives come over

Catan is best boardgame. Just sayin'. Dungeons and Dragons is also very enjoyable, even if it's not traditionally seen as a board game.

Chutes and ladders? What the fuck is that. Now [I]snakes[/I] and ladders, however...

[img_thumb]http://thisrecording.com/storage/CandyLand.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1247591301386[/img_thumb] Best board game I've ever had Candy Land was amazing I was so jealous too because when I went Black Friday shopping I saw someone buy TWO Candy Land games

I always enjoyed Life, that and Scrabble

[QUOTE=slayer20;26422209][img_thumb]http://thisrecording.com/storage/CandyLand.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1247591301386[/img_thumb] Best board game I've ever had Candy Land was amazing I was so jealous too because when I went Black Friday shopping I saw someone buy TWO Candy Land games[/QUOTE] i wanted to fuck princess lolly once i found out what sex was :eng99:

[QUOTE=beanhead;26418476]I've never played chutes and ladders[/QUOTE] Huh Isn't it called Snakes and Ladders?

[QUOTE=ashzu;26425323]Huh Isn't it called Snakes and Ladders?[/QUOTE] there are ten million variants

I've never managed to complete a game of risk, but it's a fucking awesome game.

I play Chess. MSPA style. [media]http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/6416/chess0096bd4.png http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/8482/chess0098board2.png http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/8070/chess0098board3.png http://img828.imageshack.us/img828/6323/chess0096bd1.png[/media] And yes, all those are a single game. Also edited, forgot two boards. And can't forget the stats either. [media]http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/3019/chess0099st.png[/media]

[img]http://cartophilia.com/blog/uploaded_images/tickettoride-735547.jpg[/img] Whenever my sister is coming home, we play fucking ticket to ride. Awesome board game. [img]http://www.iconusa4.com/online/Images/Board-games/Ticket_To_Ride/ticket-to-ride.jpg[/img] At the beginning of the round, everyone gets 3 tickets. It has a starting and an ending point. Your goal is to build a railroad between the two points, using cards. If you can't finish the road, you will be substracted of the points that's on the ticket. Pretty fun actually.

[QUOTE=Asmaedus;26422162]Chutes and ladders? What the fuck is that. Now [I]snakes[/I] and ladders, however...[/QUOTE] I agree with this, what the hell is Chutes and Ladders?

[QUOTE=Asmaedus;26422162]Chutes and ladders? What the fuck is that. Now [I]snakes[/I] and ladders, however...[/QUOTE] This so much. Chutes and ladders sounds like what the generic-brand version was called to avoid copyright :colbert:

Risk is awesome.

[QUOTE=ChestyMcGee;26425566]Risk is awesome.[/QUOTE] Yeah but no one wants to play it because of the long playtime Except me :saddowns:

[QUOTE=Xonax;26425429]I agree with this, what the hell is Chutes and Ladders?[/QUOTE] There are many variants of the game across the globe, and in the USA it's always been called Chutes and Ladders.

[QUOTE=furbrain;26425703]There are many variants of the game across the globe, and in the USA it's always been called Chutes and Ladders.[/QUOTE] Probably because mothers in America would complain that its made by the devil and the snakes are his servants trying to tempt the children to commit sins! Like every other american game

Someone has not mentioned Dominion? Well, it really isn't a board game, but I still see it as a great traditional game none the less. [img]http://www.gamersuniversity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/rio_dominion.jpg[/img] Dominion is a card game where you will build your hand up in order to obtain victory points. and the setup goes something like this. [img]http://www.tuftymctavish.com/images/BoardGames/Dominion3.jpg[/img] as you can see you start off with a certain amount of victory points and a certain amount of gold in order to purchase cards once your turn is gone the gold and all the cards you purchased from the gold get reshuffled back into your library until you next turn comes in which you will draw again. [img]http://www.tuftymctavish.com/images/BoardGames/Dominion2.jpg[/img] In the first game alone there is a whole variety of cards you can choose from to play with, making every game always different. here are some of the expansions if that's not enough for you [media]http://www.starlitcitadel.com/games/media/catalog/product/cache/7/image/66ffab2fe682907a17e1679a1175a522/D/o/Dominion_Intrigue_2.jpg[/media] [media]http://www.criticalgamers.com/assets_c/2009/10/DominionSeaside-thumb-350x350-1729.jpg[/media] [media]http://www.mk1.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Dominion-Alchemy.JPG[/media] [media]http://www.milestonegames.co.uk/images/dominion%20prosperity.jpg[/media] EVEN THE RAPPER XZIBIT PLAYS DOMINION!! [img]http://www.laughingwarlock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/yodawg.jpg[/img] SO WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU WAITING FOR? Also, if you're interested you can play the game and some of its expansions online for free here [url]http://www.brettspielwelt.de/Spiele/Dominion/[/url]

Where's the Game of Life?