Board Game List
The following games were recommended by readers of this blog.
Great Games for Parents & Kids to Play Together
Hey, That’s My Fish!
Dragon Parade
Great Games
1960: The Making of a President
4000 AD (Waddingtons Games)
The Creature That Ate Sheboygan (SPI)
Stellar Conquest (Avalon Hill)
Advanced Civilization (by Avalon Hill, I think)
Advanced Squad Leader
Betrayal at the House on the Hill
Blue Max
Bridge
Carabande (I forget the English version name of this).
Chess
Double Fanucci (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Fanucci).
Empires in Arms
Eurorails
Ghost (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_(game) )
Hare & Tortoise
King Me, Tsuro
Knizia’s Lord of the Rings
Liar’s Dice
Magic: the Gathering
Memoir ‘44
Nomic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomic)
OGRE/G.E.V (by Steve Jackson)
Piecepack (www.piecepack.org)
Poker
Republic of Rome (Avalon Hill)
Samurai Swords (aka Shogun
Sanctuary (Mayfair)
221B Baker Street
Diplomacy (Avalon Hill/WotC)
History of the World (Avalon Hill)
Set, and/or Ricochet Robot
Six Nimmt and/or Diamant
Spades
Spellcaster (http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~gc00/reviews/spellcaster.html)
Tales of the Arabian Nights (West End)
Star Trek: The Adventure Game (West End)
Voyage of the BSM Pandora (solo - Ares magazine #6)
Sorcerer’s Cave (Ariel) and its bemusing sequel, Mystic Wood (Avalon Hill)
Barbarian Prince (solo - Dwarfstar Games)
Source of the Nile (Avalon Hill)
King Arthur’s Knights (Chaosium)
Runebound
The Very Clever Pipe Game
Ticket to Ride
Shadows Over Camelot
Pirate’s Cove
Cleopatra and the Society of Architects
Cosmic Encounter
Titan (Avalon Hill)
The Lords of Underearth
Valley of the Four Winds (Games Workshop)
Borderlands (Eon)Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation
Werewolf
World in flames
X-Machina
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I’ve lately been playing Mastermind. My sister and I played it as kids. It’s a logic code-breaking game and was developed by an Israeli man in the 1970s. A web search shows there are loads of online versions now too! One quick game/round can be played in about 2 minutes.
Hi Brenda,
Great list! My family, friends and I have enjoyed many of the games on this list (especially Settler’s of Catan, Robo Rally, Risk, Ticket to Ride, Talisman, Apples to Apples, Munchkin, Squad Leader, Blokus, OGRE/G.E.V. and D&D).
Some of my favorites that aren’t on the list include:
Grave Robbers from Outer Space (Z-Man Games)
1) Gladiator (Avalon Hill), especially with the additional rules published in General magazine (in the 80s, I think).
2) Circus Maximus (Avalon Hill)
3) Pirateer (Mendacino Game Company)
4) Three Dragon Ante card game (Wizards of the Coast)
5) Gobblet (Blue Orange Games)
6) Knights card game (Rio Grande Games)
7) Kung Fu Fighting card game (Slugfest Games)
Best regards
This list can be narrowed and prioritized. Carcassone is a rare game because you can enjoy it equally well with two players or a group. It’s game mechanic is very simple for a Eurogame, and I would recommend it highly as your next purchase. The next two I recommend from a game mechanic standpoint, because there have been no other games like them. Puerto Rico is static. There are no dice or random events except for who goes first, which is also technically not random. The rules are fairly involved, but the players win through clever and forward thinking, and it is a tremendously rewarding experience. Lastly, Betrayal at House on the Hill was surprisingly good for fans of role playing games or story heavy titles. Each game is different and very random, and there are dozens of different conclusions. It has a unique gameplay mechanic involving discovery in a choose-your-own-adventure inspired style, and I recommend it for someone that is a fan of the genre. One last note: the first title is good even with young children, but the last two are better for the post-pubescent. I’d say teenage, but we all mature at different rates. Have fun, some great titles there. I’m sure you’re enjoying Catan.
Two more nominees for the list:
1) Spy Alley
2) Amazing Labyrinth