Not heard of that one, but it sounds nasty. Does the boot have a stiletto heel?
Boardgames..DOA?
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If you like Machiavellian strategies, try Avalon Hill's Machiavelli.The real joy of Monopoly is playing it at a real table with a real board and pieces, and real relatives undertaking real Machiavellian strategies and deals to secure those precious orange properties.
Me, I always played as the Boot.
It may be out of print however.
The local alleys have closed too. The ones that are left always seem to be packed though.
I feel that I have played more Axis and Allies than the mind can comfortably conceive.
I love board games but have nobody to play with. I often go online to pogo.com and play monopoly for free, but it's hard to get the game to actually connect sometimes.
Love Axis and Allies too.
Love Axis and Allies too.
I just played Risk tonight, so they'll never die as long as I'm still around 
Board games arent going anywhere. Check out this site. www.boardgamegeek.com These guys are boardgame nerds to the nth degree. Most of them own more games than they will ever play. 
Great site though. They look down on most games at your local big box stores though.(most big box stores carry the usual suspects,monopoly,Clue, Life etc.) Euro games based on commerce are the most popular here as well as many war strategy type games.(Axis and Allies, Battlelore etc.) In other words games that have tons of little pieces and cards. Games like Monopoly are games of LUCK and garner very low ratings at BGG.
Great site though. They look down on most games at your local big box stores though.(most big box stores carry the usual suspects,monopoly,Clue, Life etc.) Euro games based on commerce are the most popular here as well as many war strategy type games.(Axis and Allies, Battlelore etc.) In other words games that have tons of little pieces and cards. Games like Monopoly are games of LUCK and garner very low ratings at BGG.
Well, I looked up New York Chase (originally Scotland Yard, but I have the remade version). It got a 6.5. I wonder how hard it is to do significantly better.
Ironically, despite the original post, I received "Indiana Jones Monopoly" for Christmas and LOVE IT!!! But then I am 38 and not a kid, thus I appreciate things like this.
The board is BEAUTIFUL and I love the little genre touches. We have played it twice already since Christmas and that despite punishing work schedules and hardly having crossover time at home alone.
Board games dead? Actually quite the opposite for ME, since receiving this present I have now made a list of more that I want. Scrabble is DEFINITELY next. There is something warm and cozy about sitting around a board game at the dining table and having the telly off and just interacting.
The board is BEAUTIFUL and I love the little genre touches. We have played it twice already since Christmas and that despite punishing work schedules and hardly having crossover time at home alone.
Board games dead? Actually quite the opposite for ME, since receiving this present I have now made a list of more that I want. Scrabble is DEFINITELY next. There is something warm and cozy about sitting around a board game at the dining table and having the telly off and just interacting.
^^ Boxed games like the Star Trek "How To Host A Mystery" party game and suchlike? I remember them, but personally I didn't really "get" them myself. It seemed like a lot of hard work just to get set up. (Then again, I had few friends to call upon back in those days...)
Scrabble was another favourite, and back in the pre-Internet days, that game and our radio (locked onto BBC Radio 2 at our parents' insistence) became our favourite family activity when the TV and video stopped working.
Scrabble was another favourite, and back in the pre-Internet days, that game and our radio (locked onto BBC Radio 2 at our parents' insistence) became our favourite family activity when the TV and video stopped working.
Admit it, when you bought it online you thought Sorry Sliders was something else entirely.
I was thinking boxed games like the hungry hungry hippos, and guess who.
A star trek edition of guess who would be funny. "Does the person have pointy ears?" and "Does the person have a flat forehead?" would be the classic starter questions.
I see, those sorts of boxed games.
Personally I've always equated them to board games of sorts. The way I see it, if they're still advertising the likes of "Pop-Up Pirate" on kids TV nowadays, it implies there's still a market for them, so I think they'll never go away. Besides, I'm sure kids parties are more enjoyable with these sorts of boxed party games to occupy their hyperactive little minds. Something less expensive to trash than a video games console.
Admit it, when you bought it online you thought Sorry Sliders was something else entirely.
I would definitely consider those sorts of games to be board games. I even include DVD board games such as Scene It. I don't include card games though.
What I was trying to get at in my earlier post but didn't state clearly was that I think that board games are still very popular among children. However, the trend I have noticed is that they prefer to join in on the adult games rather than play the more kiddie type games such as Chutes and Ladders or Candyland. The adults in my family would always play board games when they got together, and even when I was very young they would include me in some way. So I sort of skipped the younger games and went straight for the older ones. I see a lot of young kids doing the same today. So maybe just little kid games are out.
What I was trying to get at in my earlier post but didn't state clearly was that I think that board games are still very popular among children. However, the trend I have noticed is that they prefer to join in on the adult games rather than play the more kiddie type games such as Chutes and Ladders or Candyland. The adults in my family would always play board games when they got together, and even when I was very young they would include me in some way. So I sort of skipped the younger games and went straight for the older ones. I see a lot of young kids doing the same today. So maybe just little kid games are out.
We played a great game last night called "Pandemic." We had to play it three times through before we figured out how to beat it. It's a tough game, but very, very fun. It's a cooperative game, like Shadows Over Camelot, but requires much more strategy and teamwork.
My nephew still loves board games like Sorry and Scrabble, and a family friend, who's only 7, loves Guess Who, Sorry and Trouble. I thinn board games, for all ages, are still as popular. However, the young ones seem to grow out of the "kindergarten games" very quickly.
My nephew still loves board games like Sorry and Scrabble, and a family friend, who's only 7, loves Guess Who, Sorry and Trouble. I thinn board games, for all ages, are still as popular. However, the young ones seem to grow out of the "kindergarten games" very quickly.
If it wasn't for league play (mostly 40-75 year olds) the bowling alleys here would be gone.
Pool is still very popular though, all the local pool halls are packed on the weekends with people of all ages. Older at night obviously.
That's because they're fairly boring. Once they get to college, though, they might decide to play them once again (the only twist is that they consume a significant amount of alcohol while playing).
Until now, I had NO idea this is what you guys have instead of Snakes & Ladders!
