Do you guys play Board (or card) games? I friggin' love them, but I rarely have anyone to play them with. :/
Munchkin is always a favourite of mine but I've been introduced into the wonderful world of Lego games, particularly the Heroica ones. When my Dad and family play them he always runs them as mini "D&D" sessions, so they can get a food feel for tabletop roleplay. Convert them early. XD
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Ah, Munchkin, the source of so many fights with my brother and sister, and since there were three of us, every game almost always resulted in two ganging up on the other 
I love board/card games as well, but I don't get to play board games as much as I used to since I moved out of home - it now takes me about an hour to drive over for a visit, and I have to factor in the hour that it would take me to get back so I usually leave early. I'm currently living with my partner, so I mostly end up playing simpler card games or more traditional games (like chess), basically anything that works well with just two people.
I've had quite a bit of fun with Creatures the card game, a game that I found (and funded!
) on Kickstarter a little while ago. It's a very simple game to play (you can learn the rules in about 5 minutes) and it's good fun even with just two players - basically you each take turns trying to make animals with the cards that you have (each animal needs a head, middle and tail), and whoever can make the stronger animal wins the round. The people who made the game obviously put quite a bit of thought into it, as all of the pictures line up pretty much perfectly no matter what cards you match up, and they have factoids at the bottom that join up to form true (if you've got the head, middle and tail of the one animal) or completely bizarre 'facts' (if your head, middle and tail are all jumbled up) that can be pretty hilarious!
I love board/card games as well, but I don't get to play board games as much as I used to since I moved out of home - it now takes me about an hour to drive over for a visit, and I have to factor in the hour that it would take me to get back so I usually leave early. I'm currently living with my partner, so I mostly end up playing simpler card games or more traditional games (like chess), basically anything that works well with just two people.
I've had quite a bit of fun with Creatures the card game, a game that I found (and funded!
) on Kickstarter a little while ago. It's a very simple game to play (you can learn the rules in about 5 minutes) and it's good fun even with just two players - basically you each take turns trying to make animals with the cards that you have (each animal needs a head, middle and tail), and whoever can make the stronger animal wins the round. The people who made the game obviously put quite a bit of thought into it, as all of the pictures line up pretty much perfectly no matter what cards you match up, and they have factoids at the bottom that join up to form true (if you've got the head, middle and tail of the one animal) or completely bizarre 'facts' (if your head, middle and tail are all jumbled up) that can be pretty hilarious!Literal Board Games
Oh wow, that looks really cool! I may have to pick that up sometime.
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I've never heard of this Munchkin or Lego Heroica before? I think I'm out of touch. I feel old-I'm only 26! :O.
I do remember loving the more interesting board games though-Mousehunt and the strange vampire one my Dad had, where the goal was to reach the castle, get bitten and then leave safely, were two of my favourites. I also had Screwball Scramble, Ker-plunk and one that I can't remember the name of but was impossible to cheat because the dice were in a plastic bubble attached to the board.
Of course I played Monopoly with family (who hasn't?) and Scrabble but I'm not sure if you'd count those. Now that I think about it I'm surprised I'm still not so good with numbers since we played Monopoly so often, then again maybe I unconsciously noticed that certain members were cheating and decided there wasn't any point in getting good at a game that was rigged in the first place? I dunno. Although on the occasions that Grandma joined in whomevers team she was in would win more often than not-even when other people were cheating. She's ruthless at that game XD. Used to play Cluedo and Checkers too, that was fun.
As for card games, the only ones of them I've ever played were Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh! ('til someone nicked my entire collection) and I have Digimon cards but never played them.
Now if I do play I play Chess (which I never understood until after playing Shining Force, which is just bizarre when you think about it), Poker (which I am surprisingly good at) and this dice/flip numbers boardgame which I've forgotten the name of once again XD.
I do remember loving the more interesting board games though-Mousehunt and the strange vampire one my Dad had, where the goal was to reach the castle, get bitten and then leave safely, were two of my favourites. I also had Screwball Scramble, Ker-plunk and one that I can't remember the name of but was impossible to cheat because the dice were in a plastic bubble attached to the board.
Of course I played Monopoly with family (who hasn't?) and Scrabble but I'm not sure if you'd count those. Now that I think about it I'm surprised I'm still not so good with numbers since we played Monopoly so often, then again maybe I unconsciously noticed that certain members were cheating and decided there wasn't any point in getting good at a game that was rigged in the first place? I dunno. Although on the occasions that Grandma joined in whomevers team she was in would win more often than not-even when other people were cheating. She's ruthless at that game XD. Used to play Cluedo and Checkers too, that was fun.
As for card games, the only ones of them I've ever played were Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh! ('til someone nicked my entire collection) and I have Digimon cards but never played them.
Now if I do play I play Chess (which I never understood until after playing Shining Force, which is just bizarre when you think about it), Poker (which I am surprisingly good at) and this dice/flip numbers boardgame which I've forgotten the name of once again XD.
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Board/card games were some of my best sources of entertainment alongside the electronic one. Namely 'Monopoly' , 'Sorry', and Chess take their place in the top tier, with some other board games I at least heard of. I even had a Pokemon-styled Sorry board game untill it was tossed aside when cleaning my room one day, and I still can't find all the pieces to play. 
As for the other two, I enjoy playing them, so long as my losing streak doesn't come close to 50-0 (which unfortunately, this happens to me a lot in chess with my dad)
Card games.... mixed views. My first cards were Pokemon I collected with my sister when we were at or near the 'two-digit age mark.' For some strange reason, I thought the energy cards were useless, and kept amassing only the Pokemon and kept trading away the energy cards (not the support ones though). Needless to say, I never 'battled' with Pokemon cards except in a Gameboy game someone lent to me. However, my interest in card games peaked upon collecting Yu-Gi-Oh cards. Not sure excatly why it caught my eye, but my best guess is due to the anime.
My main problem persisted still; the lack of competition. My dad and sister at least tried to play it, but could never get a hand of it. And when we took a family vacation to Sebring, there was actually a few people there that had the same desire to play it.
Keeping things simples, the three were 'B', 'G', and '?' . The first inital of their nicknames, except for '?" (cannot remember his name). Basically, we had a few 'duels' here and there, with trading on the side. But when I was online on the computer in the house one night, so eager that I could try a tournament with my inmproved deck; disaster struck the next day. Could. Not. Find. My. Deck... :O
I searched everywhere that I had it with me, with no luck in sight. Eventually, I just gave up and when I got home, my dad came up with a theory. "Maybe G stole it?"
Of course it made sense, as B had little interest, and ? for some reason, preferred the shiny knock-offs to the originals any day. He had a motive, and he acted suspicious at the time. Yet, with no solid evidence, I couldn't pin it on him. So now I have a bunch of left-over cards that are becoming ancient to all these new generations, with some of my favorites banned for being "too" useful. Even now it is a confusing matter to me, and I just sit back and play 'Uno' or 'Apples to Apples' sometimes with friends at school.
As for the other two, I enjoy playing them, so long as my losing streak doesn't come close to 50-0 (which unfortunately, this happens to me a lot in chess with my dad) Card games.... mixed views. My first cards were Pokemon I collected with my sister when we were at or near the 'two-digit age mark.' For some strange reason, I thought the energy cards were useless, and kept amassing only the Pokemon and kept trading away the energy cards (not the support ones though). Needless to say, I never 'battled' with Pokemon cards except in a Gameboy game someone lent to me. However, my interest in card games peaked upon collecting Yu-Gi-Oh cards. Not sure excatly why it caught my eye, but my best guess is due to the anime.
My main problem persisted still; the lack of competition. My dad and sister at least tried to play it, but could never get a hand of it. And when we took a family vacation to Sebring, there was actually a few people there that had the same desire to play it.
Keeping things simples, the three were 'B', 'G', and '?' . The first inital of their nicknames, except for '?" (cannot remember his name). Basically, we had a few 'duels' here and there, with trading on the side. But when I was online on the computer in the house one night, so eager that I could try a tournament with my inmproved deck; disaster struck the next day. Could. Not. Find. My. Deck... :O
I searched everywhere that I had it with me, with no luck in sight. Eventually, I just gave up and when I got home, my dad came up with a theory. "Maybe G stole it?"
Of course it made sense, as B had little interest, and ? for some reason, preferred the shiny knock-offs to the originals any day. He had a motive, and he acted suspicious at the time. Yet, with no solid evidence, I couldn't pin it on him. So now I have a bunch of left-over cards that are becoming ancient to all these new generations, with some of my favorites banned for being "too" useful. Even now it is a confusing matter to me, and I just sit back and play 'Uno' or 'Apples to Apples' sometimes with friends at school.
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Gotta say, I find it kind of strange that after reading about this Munchkin game on here, suddenly at least four people I know have been playing it.