What is your favorite board game? - Page 12 - Calgarypuck Forums - The Unofficial Calgary Flames Fan Community

WhiteTiger · 07-12-2012, 06:15 AM

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Originally Posted by wireframe

I prefer to play Red November with the variant rules where you can kill your shipmates with a crowbar before you reach the end. Have you tried that? It makes the end of the game MUCH more exciting if other players are hiding items.

We tend to be a more co-operative bunch than that. Unless we're playing Twilight Imperium. Then all friendships are off and it's a fight to the finish.

Calgaryflamesgirl34 · 07-12-2012, 06:34 AM

Apples to Apples probably my favourite drinking game but usually we end up playing strip poker or kings.

Coys1882 · 07-12-2012, 07:01 AM

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Originally Posted by WhiteTiger

We tend to be a more co-operative bunch than that. Unless we're playing Twilight Imperium. Then all friendships are off and it's a fight to the finish.

Damn - why isn't there a CP boardgame meetup?? I want to try some of these games!!

Wormius · 07-12-2012, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Coys1882

Damn - why isn't there a CP boardgame meetup?? I want to try some of these games!!

Were you just referring to the post above yours?

There is a Meetup group that does a lot of boardgame nights... Calgary Geeks or something like that.

Coys1882 · 07-12-2012, 08:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Wormius

Were you just referring to the post above yours?

There is a Meetup group that does a lot of boardgame nights... Calgary Geeks or something like that.

HAHA - no I wasn't, it wasn't there when I first posted that.

mykalberta · 07-12-2012, 08:55 AM

If you want to try Eclipse before buying it you can try it at Fallcon in September.

Also GoTv2 is available to play as well.

troutman · 07-12-2012, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Coys1882

Damn - why isn't there a CP boardgame meetup?? I want to try some of these games!!

http://forum.calgarypuck.com/group.php?groupid=27

Coys1882 · 07-12-2012, 08:58 AM

I had no idea Fallcon existed until you posted that - thank you very much!

malcolmk14 · 07-12-2012, 08:59 AM

Between my good game-playing buddy and myself we have Puerto Rico, Twilight Struggle, Power Grid, Agricola, Pandemic, and a few others. We love them all equally and it's impossible to choose a favorite. We try to get together at least once every couple weeks for a game night.

Right now we've got 3 or 4 guys that'll come out occasionally to play with us. It's a lot of fun when we get a 4-5 player game of Puerto Rico going.

Coys1882 · 07-12-2012, 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by troutman

http://forum.calgarypuck.com/group.php?groupid=27

I'm part of the that group but I don't recall ever seeing any meetups.

FLAMESRULE · 07-12-2012, 09:00 AM

Ticket to Ride is a pretty solid board game. Wifey just picked it up a few weeks ago.

troutman · 07-12-2012, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Coys1882

I'm part of the that group but I don't recall ever seeing any meetups.

True - we need an organizer.

Knalus · 07-12-2012, 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by FLAMESRULE

Ticket to Ride is a pretty solid board game. Wifey just picked it up a few weeks ago.

It's my personal favorite. Simple, I know, but so solid. Great fun game.

mykalberta · 07-12-2012, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by FLAMESRULE

Ticket to Ride is a pretty solid board game. Wifey just picked it up a few weeks ago.

USA version is one of the easiest games to teach to new players. And Europe is a great expansion that adds just a little more complication.

mykalberta · 07-12-2012, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Coys1882

I had no idea Fallcon existed until you posted that - thank you very much!

FYI, if you are thinking of buying games, you might want to wait. You can pick up some great quality used games at the auction they hold on Saturday evening. (yes I am selling some games but I wont plug them here because I have dignity (and I cant remember which ones they are again

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WhiteTiger · 07-12-2012, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Coys1882

Damn - why isn't there a CP boardgame meetup?? I want to try some of these games!!

My wife and I decided at the start of last winter that we'd have a "games night" every other week or so. Invite 2-4 friends over, have some supper and catch up a bit, then bring out a different board game every time. It was a pretty good way to pass an evening, to be sure.

Some of the others we tried out that I liked were Betrayal At House On The Hill, Arkham Horror, Zombies!!! and Killer Bunnies.

Finny61 · 07-13-2012, 10:23 AM

Picked up 1989 Dawn of Freedom. Basically the next iteration in the Twilight Struggle rule set. The focus is set on Eastern Europe. Finished the instructions, now just need to run through a sample of play to get the hang of it.

Coys1882 · 07-13-2012, 10:41 AM

Do any of you guys hit the Sentry Box for game events?

dsavillian · 07-13-2012, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Coys1882

Do any of you guys hit the Sentry Box for game events?

I run a game club down there, but we only play Blood Bowl

I've also been to the 24h game days they run on some long weekends... they are usually a blast

Flames Draft Watcher · 07-13-2012, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by dsavillian

I run a game club down there, but we only play Blood Bowl

Blood bowl! Awesome game. Unfortunately the little game store where it was popular when I was young switched to M:TG when that came out. Although that was also a solid game.

Haven't played BB enough.