[PeanutButter]

Ok, this all started over Christmas as we had many family dinners. My cousin who is a huge board game freak brought over a bunch of board games for all the cousins to play. Simply put, I had an amazing time.

I'm pretty competitive and played a lot of sports growing up, so I think this really sparked something in me. I got super pumped and excited and just wanted to keep playing.

Anyway, I went to my group of friends and proposed a games night just to test the waters and BAMN! What a hit. We all had a great time and it was definitely something different than going to get bubble tea, timmies, or getting drinks.

I honestly never thought I would get into board games. To be honest, I thought they were boring or "dorky". Boy, was I presumptuous. These new era board games really engage everyone and you have to be strategic. It was great.

The first game we played was:
Ticket to Ride - Great game where no one is eliminated and takes about 60mins

Coup - Ohhhh man! I love this game. It is very simple and quick to play. It is very similar to "Mafia" if you have ever played that. It is also a bluffing game as well, so if you're good at bluffing you'll excel in this game.

I am also picking up Resistance - Avalon today as well. I'm super excited about this game too. Here is a youtube video of the gameplay for Resistance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_QRczGzXqw


Anyone have any recommendations on anymore board games? I'm hooked! I'm hooked, I tell ya!!!!

[Infiniti]

I played Taboo recently..not bad

[murd0c]

The only game you need is Cards Against Humanity.. I have it plus all 5 expansion packs and its the best and most fun game ever.

[Presto]

Settlers of Catan is/was a popular board game for a long time. I think I have it, but I never played it.

[j.f0ng]

This probably isn't your traditional board game, but I recently found this when we were moving a few months ago:
http://www.museumofplay.org/online-collections/images/Z002/Z00253/Z0025364.jpg

I'm pretty sure my mom bought that for my brother and I back when we were little kids. Not exactly sure when we got it, but judging by the box I'd say around the late 90s/early 2000s. Needless to say, that Jenga set got quite a bit of play time at Christmas/New Year get togethers this year after 10+ years of being untouched.

[murd0c]

I play jenga as a drinking game. If you pull one out and place it clean you give a drink.. If you knock it over you have to finish a full drink!! Good times!!

[Dragon-88]

Settlers of Catan, always a good time!

Start page | Catan.com (http://www.catan.com/)

[Godzira]

Settlers of Catan, always a good time!

Start page | Catan.com (http://www.catan.com/)

I like that game too


cards against humanity is my favourite



are there any good 2 player games?

[Kisame]

settlers of catan is good. ive even got the 6 player extension

7 wonders (http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/68448/7-wonders) is a complicated game, but once everyone gets how to play properly, its a quick and fun game to play

i played Risk for the first time with some buddies and that game gets pretty intense lol. Has the potential to ruin friendships

[Spoon]

Not really a board game, but when I was young I played some D&D with some family friends and really enjoyed them. Growing up, it was hard to find any friends who played them (especially the stigma that comes with it). But lately, there seems to be a resurgence in these old school games and I've been following this one in particular for about 2 years:
https://www.youtube.com/user/itmeJP/playlists?view=50&shelf_id=11&sort=dd

Most of them are personalities that came from Starcraft which I also follow. But it's just a bunch of people playing D&D pretty much. Give it a try if that's your thing. :)

[punkwax]

I have a buddy where whenever we go to his place, inevitably the Jenga gets broken out.

I've been playing a lot of Trouble with my kids. Easy for them and good family fun. We also have Disney's version of snakes and ladders amongst other games.

Never heard of Cards against Humanity. Wanna check it out now though!

[Soundy]

http://www.etailgifts.com/images/scrabbleboardlg.jpg

[Godzira]

Never heard of Cards against Humanity. Wanna check it out now though!

23439

[punkwax]

Even moreso now :lol

[JesseBlue]

Not a board game as well but still have lots of fun playing bomber man...also saw in the states that they are selling new 8/16 bit game consoles

[bloodmack]

I play jenga as a drinking game. If you pull one out and place it clean you give a drink.. If you knock it over you have to finish a full drink!! Good times!!

i wrote rules on every brick like chicks drink or guys drink. its like jenga kings cup.

[Tim Budong]

Cards Against Humanity is fun the first few times around...

then it got boring

[iHeat]

Ouiji board

[FerrariEnzo]

One Work... RISK

played for hours with a few buddies... awesome, smack talking fun!

[Dragon-88]

Even moreso now :lol

Here ya go.

Try the online version.

Pretend You're Xyzzy (http://pretendyoure.xyz/zy/)

[PeanutButter]

The only game you need is Cards Against Humanity.. I have it plus all 5 expansion packs and its the best and most fun game ever.

Like another poster mentioned, I found Cards Against Humanity really boring. It's more of an entertaining drinking game if you ask me.

These games I'm playing have strategy and you need to think. CAH is in a different class than these games.

If you guys want to try, I would highly suggest getting coup. It is an amazing game.

[mr_chin]

hearhtstone

[E30_vert]

How old are you? Did you not play board games while you were growing up??

[Noir]

Not a board game as well but still have lots of fun playing bomber man...also saw in the states that they are selling new 8/16 bit game consoles

Seriously?

Back on topic. I recommend the board game "Pandemic". It's the first time I've played a board game where nobody's the bad guy. Despite it being a co-op game, it gets really intense

[Hondaracer]

settlers of catan is good. ive even got the 6 player extension

7 wonders (http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/68448/7-wonders) is a complicated game, but once everyone gets how to play properly, its a quick and fun game to play

i played Risk for the first time with some buddies and that game gets pretty intense lol. Has the potential to ruin friendships

i played Settlers for the first time this christmas, was really fun!

and yea, me and my buddies have gotten into fist fights/flipping the table playing risk before, havent played it in quite some time lol

[tiger_handheld]

macklemore said it best

shop at thrift stores - new fashion trend
hiking - new fitness trend
board games - new friday night activity

[cho]

Few on my list

Puerto Rico
Bang
Power grid
Settlers

[SoNaRWaVe]

+1 for catan and cards against humanity. catan can get quite intense lol

[H.Specter]

macklemore said it best

shop at thrift stores - new fashion trend
hiking - new fitness trend
board games - new friday night activity

http://oi57.tinypic.com/6fzjb5.jpg

[pastarocket]

Smash Up is a fun game too. Eight different factions of creatures that you can use to win the game.

http://www.perpetualgeekmachine.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/smashup-600x600.jpg

Smash Up (http://boardgaming.com/games/card-games/smash-up)

[Ikkaku]

+1 for pandemic and bang

[Gerbs]

+1 bang especially 7-8man expansion , catan with 5 - 6 man expansion, cards against humanity

[meme405]

Yes.

Settlers man. Just got the Cities and Knights expansion. Planning on playing with some friends this weekend.

Risk. Awesome game, a classic. Most definitely will end in people being upset if you play with really competitive people.

CAH. Great pickup and play game if your just chilling out.

Jenga. Greatest drinking game, we built a life size block set out of some hardwood. Nothing like a 4x4 fence post landing on your head to make a game interesting.

There is a restaurant in gastown where you can eat and play games with buddies. Super entertaining, some people here need to try it out.

[DragonChi]

Pretty much has been said in this thread.

Pandemic, Settlers of Catan, Risk. The Game of Thrones board game is pretty fun too.

[Vansterdam]

I play jenga as a drinking game. If you pull one out and place it clean you give a drink.. If you knock it over you have to finish a full drink!! Good times!!

been meaning to grab a set of Jenga so I can make my own drinking game written on each block :)

http://www.cbc.ca/daybreaksouth/images/FULL-GAME-PIECES.jpg

I been wanting to grab this for awhile now :)

[kluk]

Acquire is awesome game. If you're into strategic games involving acquisitions of smaller entities then this is for you.

http://www.starlitcitadel.com/games/media/catalog/product/cache/7/image/66ffab2fe682907a17e1679a1175a522/a/c/acquire+front.jpg

[Gh0stRider]

played CAH, apples to apples, pandemic

[haha13]

munchkins, pandemic, catan

[Doridori]

I play this.. basically Catan + Risk + a game of thrones theme.

Fantasy Flight Games [A Game of Thrones: The Board Game Second Edition] - Leading publisher of board, card, and roleplaying games. (http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_minisite.asp?eidm=172)

[Vansterdam]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TB8EVmcKSIs

[604STIG]

Been playing Blokus with my niece over the holidays, really makes the kids think without them realizing it (adults too). It's like a variation of Tetris but on a board.
Blokus | Board Game | BoardGameGeek (http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2453/blokus)

[ForbiddenX]

Settlers of Catan is really fun. Played quite a few times.

There's also Dominion if you haven't tried it (more of a card game though). I hear Ticket to Ride is really fun too.

[MG1]

Chess games are the best. Western chess is cool, but Xiang Qi (Chinese Chess) and Shogi (Japanese Chess) are superior, IMHO.

[threezero]

^ I like chess game and variation of that but its really only a 2 people game, not very social when you have 4+ ppl over.

I been playing a lot of board games or card grams with friend for the past few months. we started out with uno than we move on the monopoly the card game (very different from the board game, a lot more strategy a must play for all monopoly fanes) and than we recently brought ourselve the actual monopoly board game to play with.

looking to check out bang! next and its chinese variation.

where do you guys shop for board games and card games? they are so expensive brand new

[EndLeSS8]

I love BANG! but some of the characters are really overpowered/broken

I really REALLY enjoy Powergrid, especially the expansions. My bro says there is a new expansion to have an India map, with power outages

I also enjoy Blockus, this get nasty mid to late game

I've played Settlers once, so I can't give a full judgement of it, but it's fun.

I'm wanting to get Pandemic, I hear good things about it.

Good simple games are Monopoly Deal. Very easy to play, and fun. I don't enjoy Millionaire edition.

[Godzira]

Good simple games are Monopoly Deal. Very easy to play, and fun. I don't enjoy Millionaire edition.

What don't you like about it?? Just out of curiousity.. I have it too and I find I get bored with it but it's easier to keep track of money with the little debit machine.

[meme405]

What don't you like about it?? Just out of curiousity.. I have it too and I find I get bored with it but it's easier to keep track of money with the little debit machine.

Nope I prefer having massive stacks...:fuckyea:

Seriously though I ain't ever playing monopoly again. Takes way too fucking long.

Also when was the last time someone watched this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnWnbRCneHc

[RCubed]

Zombicide is really fun as a co-op board game. (Longer gaming sessions)
King of Tokyo/NY (Quicker sessions)
Ticket to ride

[EndLeSS8]

What don't you like about it?? Just out of curiousity.. I have it too and I find I get bored with it but it's easier to keep track of money with the little debit machine.

Millionaire Edition is really really random. It's too much luck involved and there is much less strategy. When it comes down to a player having about $800k, the money just jumps from one player to the other almost non-stop.

[CCA-Dave]

I've had a copy of this for years, but haven't gotten around to pulling it out when friends are over. Really should play it at some point.

http://cf.geekdo-images.com/images/pic214461_md.jpg
A wheeling dealing used car game.
Buy and sell cars from your used car lot. Using your copy of the Blue book, try to make as much money as you can. Protect your cars with various insurance and 'force' opponents to run into bad luck.

-Dave

[j.f0ng]

Good simple games are Monopoly Deal. Very easy to play, and fun. I don't enjoy Millionaire edition.

Monopoly deal is a good one, even though it tends to end with a shouting match and hurt feelings when my friends and I play. :lawl:

[Soundy]

I've had a copy of this for years, but haven't gotten around to pulling it out when friends are over. Really should play it at some point.

http://cf.geekdo-images.com/images/pic214461_md.jpg


-Dave
HOLY CRAP I REMEMBER PLAYING THIS AS A KID!

[68style]

HOLY CRAP I REMEMBER PLAYING THIS AS A KID!


You probably played it in black and white :troll:

[Seansm10]

Nothing beats a good board game night with family. It's a shame my sisters and cousins are all too attached to their phones. Even a game or two of cribbage...crazy how no one has interest in things like this or sees any fun in it....rather flick threw Instagram for hours

[Godzira]

I love crib, I'm trying to teach my bf how to play

[TOS'd]

Awesome game from my growing up. Learn to pay your bills and taxes.

http://www.dicemaestro.com/vintage-games/images/sid1130/P1010147.JPG

[meme405]

Backgammon is a favourite when I hang with the family.

[kkttsang]

Any good games for two people. For the quiet nights with the wife. We play monopoly deal just the two of us and it still fun. Also the two person version of settlers but not as fun as real settlers. Anyone know of any other good 2 player games

[Godzira]

yes, this ^


we have battleship, card games, crib, monopoly

[meme405]

Strip poker...:ifyouknow:

[sam0m0]

spent my day at work watching a quite a few of those tabletop videos. Munchkin and Tokaido seems pretty fun.

[Obsideon]

I play jenga as a drinking game. If you pull one out and place it clean you give a drink.. If you knock it over you have to finish a full drink!! Good times!!

We played Jenga for drinks over the holidays. It got out of hand really quickly and needless to say we were shitfaced lol
https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/v/t1.0-9/1509975_10155012009205473_6714589500901664795_n.jp g?oh=8f79da6c8a4d42e6c6edb344289189bf&oe=5521DAF9&__gda__=1429958080_c5c3467d0c71ece6b29f63d81773a5e 1

[Porschedog]

starlitcitadel.com for a great local site to buy board games. Their warehouse is located in Vancouver; therefore you can just pick up the games at their warehouse instead of paying for shipping.

[Kisame]

Any good games for two people. For the quiet nights with the wife. We play monopoly deal just the two of us and it still fun. Also the two person version of settlers but not as fun as real settlers. Anyone know of any other good 2 player games

Stratego is one of my favourites for two players

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51t2CawQh3L._SY300_.jpg

[StylinRed]

used to love board games as a kid would play them all the time with family


then during the holidays in my teens my cousins and I would create our own turn based war games and we'd spend an hour or so drawing up our own pieces and spending the night playing....hmm we should probably try and sell our games... we had so many awesome ones, i kept all my pieces too!

[ForbiddenX]

Ended up getting King of Tokyo today after hearing about it from coworkers.

Anyone know of any good 2 player board games that I can play with the wife when it's just us two?

[lady_mapetite]

great thread!

i also like playing strategic games so was instantly hooked on settlers of catan but at big gatherings we usually play cards against humanity cause everyone can participate. other favourites are risk, citadels, chinese checkers and monopoly deal

i finally got around to learn how to play go (aka weiqi, igo, baduk). 2 player game and the goal is to surround your opponent's pieces/stones using your own. i love the fact that it's such a simple yet complicated and dynamic game but sigh my learning curve has gone downhill... kinda wished i had learned this before learning chinese chess *sadface*

mancala is also a fun 2 player game.. i suggest friends to use this game to teach their young kids how to count and develop their basic math skills

[MelonBoy]

This is a must buy game for drinking nights. Its a 4 player kids game but its hilarious as a drinking game.

Looping Louie
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/818BdnWWabL._SL1500_.jpg


Another good game is Wits n Wagers

[Purely]

Monopoly and Risk!

[Matsuda]

Catan, Blokus,

Munchkin is a good game to play with friends and you can get expansion/themed packs.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/91NOe1iEG%2BL._SL1500_.jpg


Carcassonne is a good game too and you can play it with 2 players too

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81yCol7KOSL._SL1500_.jpg

[rsx]

Not a board game guy...at ALL. But I love Risk. When an alliance goes to shit, that's when the fun starts.

[FN-2199]

I recently got into a bunch of board/card games this year with my friends after only knowing the classics (Monopoly, Scrabble, LIFE, etc.). To name a few, Coup, Resistance, Dominion, and Battlestar Galactica all come to mind as my faves.
Some of these take a few games to learn, but once you've gotten the hang of them it's a blast... until you get heated up lose a few friends from playing Resistance.

A cool one to check out is Boss Monster. 1-4 players, and each game is about 30 mins.
http://bossmonstergame.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/boss_monster_retail_box-small.jpg?w=820

[punkwax]

This was one of my favourite games as a kid. Think I'll try to find one to play with my own.

http://40.media.tumblr.com/R75Z68Jtvojmsfem0j5aHfALo1_1280.jpg

Holy shit. Maybe not. Wish I would have kept mine! Probably sold it at a garage sale for $4 or something... :okay:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/FIREBALL-ISLAND-Board-Game-Milton-Bradley-1986-100-Complete-RARE-/111569970314

[EndLeSS8]

Gonna be honest here.....

RISK sucks.

Ends up being a 10+ hour game because some guy always ends up turtling up in Australia, so the game ends up being a huge stalemate.

[Cr33pUh]

Can't stand games that last >1.5 hrs (monopoly, risks). I usually just give a crap after an hour as my attention span goes down the drain.

I also recently started playing board/card games as well.

Catan, Avalon, and Bang! are pretty fun. Looking to try out munchkin after watching tabletop.

[Godzira]

Can you play catan with 2 people?? I played it a long time ago but I can't remember..


I'm the same as you cr33p, my add kicks in with those long games.

[TOS'd]

Can you play catan with 2 people?? I played it a long time ago but I can't remember..

Nope, the standard board game is 3-4 ppl, expansions pushing it to 5-6. But there is a card version of the game meant for 2 ppl.

Some games arent as fun with two people(even if it says it can support 2), like Ticket to Ride was fun, but would be much better with more than 2 ppl.

[AzNightmare]

Some of my favourites card games:

Saboteur
http://img.td-imgs.com/images/07/29/20729_112780_FTY-20729.jpg

Family Buisness
http://www.gamedistribution.dk/images/family-business-Fa.jpg

Dominion
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b5/Dominion_game.jpg
This one is kind of like playing TCG.

All these games are pretty quick. 30 mins at most.

[PeanutButter]

I recently got into a bunch of board/card games this year with my friends after only knowing the classics (Monopoly, Scrabble, LIFE, etc.). To name a few, Coup, Resistance, Dominion, and Battlestar Galactica all come to mind as my faves.
Some of these take a few games to learn, but once you've gotten the hang of them it's a blast... until you get heated up lose a few friends from playing Resistance.

A cool one to check out is Boss Monster. 1-4 players, and each game is about 30 mins.
http://bossmonstergame.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/boss_monster_retail_box-small.jpg?w=820

I have Coup with expansion (it adds an awesome new dynamic to the game) and Resistance Avalon.

I'll look up Boss Monster, it sounds like fun. Too bad it's only up to four players though. We usually have a min. of five people playing on most nights.

Can't stand games that last >1.5 hrs (monopoly, risks). I usually just give a crap after an hour as my attention span goes down the drain.

I also recently started playing board/card games as well.

Catan, Avalon, and Bang! are pretty fun. Looking to try out munchkin after watching tabletop.

Me too. I don't like games lasting longer than an hour.
Bang is pretty fun, my friend got it over the holidays and Munchkin's is super fun too. I played a lot of DOTA when I was younger and Munckin's reminds me of that for some reason. I guess Munchkins would most resemble Pokemon I guess.

[threezero]

Just pick up Bang! The bullet edition yesterday and had my first game with 5 people last night, super fun looks like we will be playing this game for a while now. Still searching for the person casual/strategy game for 2 ppl when it's just me and my gf around. Co-op games sounds like a fun way to spent the evening with my SO. Any suggestion for good co-op games that is scalable from 2 people to 5+?

[TouringTeg]

Breaking out Battleship this week.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UpP2Km3Lsdc/S-NmVrp3ayI/AAAAAAAAATw/SaLlwZ_lLcg/s1600/battleship.jpg

Anyone else enjoy Mousetrap as a kid :D

http://cinemassacre.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/MouseTrap1.jpg

I enjoy Monopoly and Risk but agree they take too long.

[Godzira]

http://www.classybro.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Battle-Shots-Drinking-Game.jpg



I wanna play this.. :)

[Grandmaster TSE]

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/elanlee/exploding-kittens

[Durrann]

I find ppl my age are starting to get into board games more and more

[jasonturbo]

+1 for monopoly, nothing like getting into a fist fight with other family members over simulated financial hardship!

Cards Against Humanity can be fun, but you have to play with a group of clever people. If you've ever played with a bunch of dullards the card that wins every time is simply the most lewd. IE: I would expect to laugh hard at a well played "poorly time holocaust jokes" card, some people don't understand what this is but they laugh really hard with the "smegma" card regardless of what it's paired with.

[bumsuck]

Axis and Allies is quite fun, albeit long drawn. But if you're into military strategy it can be very rewarding.

[FN-2199]

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/elanlee/exploding-kittens

Excited for this! A friend and I each bought a NSFW deck. If you combine them, you can play with up to 8 people instead of 4.

[EndLeSS8]

A little bit morbid, but if you like telling stories, I recommend GLOOM

Gloom | Board Game | BoardGameGeek (http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12692/gloom)

[TOS'd]

Excited for this! A friend and I each bought a NSFW deck. If you combine them, you can play with up to 8 people instead of 4.

Because this kickstarter has been so popular, their most recent update and goal is 100k backers which they are currently at 89k in 3 days. It says that will then make the NSFW deck(40 cards at start of kickstarter) 56 cards hopefully. And that the normal deck(56 cards) + nsfw deck(56 cards) = support 8 players!

Bought 1 instead of 2 games, looking forward to this.

[Manic!]

Makerspace Nanaimo has board game night every Friday if anyone is interested. Come around 7 PM. We have played settlers, Ticked to ride, Empire builder, Pandemic a great game where you act as a team, cash a catch a real fun game, and Agricola. Agricola was the hardest game we have played. It takes way to long to learn and it very slow to play.

[EndLeSS8]

Anyone play Dead of Winter?

Dead of Winter: A Crossroads Game | Board Game | BoardGameGeek (http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/150376/dead-winter-crossroads-game)

Good reviews, but it's expensive and hard to find, so I would like some thoughts before buying it

[TOS'd]

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/elanlee/exploding-kittens

Update to the Exploding Kittens game:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/ksr/assets/003/189/945/336349660e73ccac95ece278da8b62b4_large.jpg?1422301 447

Read the comments for the game and people are suggesting the next stretch goal should be plastic cards instead of paper which would be very good.

[Obsideon]

Since I've been randomly collecting different versions, next time my friends get together we are gonna try this!
https://andreabadgley.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/monopoly-summers.jpg

So far I have Original, Vancouveropoly, Street Fighter and Canucks.

[jello24]

on the topic of board games, does anyone know of any good board game cafes or bars out in the city? somewhere me and my buddies can head to while chilling outside?

We've been to Joy-G on Alexandra Road, and their board game selection is horrible to be honest. They only had Settlers of Catan, and the rest are Chinese language games. Seems more like a Mahjong parlor to be honest.

I've heard of Stormcrow Tavern, but I'm not sure how they look at people who stay for a long duration.

[PandaDog]

RS Board Game Night? :toot:

[FN-2199]

on the topic of board games, does anyone know of any good board game cafes or bars out in the city? somewhere me and my buddies can head to while chilling outside?

We've been to Joy-G on Alexandra Road, and their board game selection is horrible to be honest. They only had Settlers of Catan, and the rest are Chinese language games. Seems more like a Mahjong parlor to be honest.

I've heard of Stormcrow Tavern, but I'm not sure how they look at people who stay for a long duration.

Guilt & Company in Gastown is awesome for some of the classics, as well as giant Jenga.

If you want some more of the uncommon board games, try Pizzeria Lucida by Rogers Arena. They serve pizza (obviously) and have an assortment of board/card games available. If the owner isn't too busy, he'll even teach you how to play some of them.

[Kahlan]

on the topic of board games, does anyone know of any good board game cafes or bars out in the city? somewhere me and my buddies can head to while chilling outside?

We've been to Joy-G on Alexandra Road, and their board game selection is horrible to be honest. They only had Settlers of Catan, and the rest are Chinese language games. Seems more like a Mahjong parlor to be honest.

I've heard of Stormcrow Tavern, but I'm not sure how they look at people who stay for a long duration.

A Store on Main st. called Strategies has a great variety of board games. Some board and card games I would suggest to check out is Wearwolf; usually used at parties as a drinking game (similar to Mafia), Betrayal at House on the Hill and Pandemic.

[Tim Budong]

Exploding Kittens now comes with a fancy case too

i bought the damn thing regardless of my living situation in the next few months ahha

[TOS'd]

Exploding Kittens now comes with a fancy case too

i bought the damn thing regardless of my living situation in the next few months ahha

Would have preferred more durable cards rather than standard paper ones, but we'll see what they decide to do for any other stretch goals.

[importantLS]

backed exploding kittens as well! can't wait till july ^_^

[Klondike]

Do card games count? Uno is probably one of my all time favorites.

http://www.theboardgamefamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/uno-mobile-game1.jpg

[Mancini]

In addition to the others mentioned I also like:
Carcassonne, Ingenious.

[Tim Budong]

Played 6 player Catan tonight with the Cities and Knights expansion. So friggin awesome!

Do card games count? Uno is probably one of my all time favorites.

http://www.theboardgamefamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/uno-mobile-game1.jpg

My friends and I have been playing UNO for a few years now
Relationships are broken when we play UNO...

We keep score and do punishment/shots at every 100point interval. of course, we got our own set of rules

We got two sets of uno, one has a +8 card or we just use two decks if there are more than 7 people playing. so you can imaging the insanity

[pastarocket]

-learned two new board games: Alien Frontier and Escape.

Intense Escape game with soundtrack, and time clock driven. :woot2:

[Ch28]

The only game you need is Cards Against Humanity.. I have it plus all 5 expansion packs and its the best and most fun game ever.

CAH gets boring after awhile, and this is coming from a person that owns it as well as the other expansion packs.

[Tim Budong]

CAH gets boring after awhile, and this is coming from a person that owns it as well as the other expansion packs.

Play UNO

this is the only game you need to ruin relationships....
hahaha

anyone play the Game of Thrones game? One of my friends have it...but none of us have played
From watching the youtube clips..it sounds like 100x more complicated than Risk

[320icar]

Oh goddd..... Just waking up from a couples night of cranium. So much drinking...but we won!! Suck it, gay couple!

[ForbiddenX]

Played Dead of Winter last night and I've gotta say it's a really really fun board game. I would definitely give it a try if you haven't played it.

http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/150376/dead-winter-crossroads-game
Dead of Winter | Games | Plaid Hat Games (http://www.plaidhatgames.com/games/dead-of-winter)

[Tim Budong]

I don't care how some of you people think Pokemon is stupid. This is the most glorious thing every

Pokemon Settlers of Catan: Trainers of Kanto - Album on Imgur (http://imgur.com/a/Px2LV)

http://i.imgur.com/8d8by2y.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/eHWmbqL.jpg

[AzNightmare]

^Not a legit game though... But :fulloffuck:
The gf must have spent a lot of time on making the game look like a real game.
Doesn't even look amateur made.

[ForbiddenX]

Had a lot of fun playing Agricola. We had someone who knew how to play the game. It's very stressful but that's what makes it fun. Trying to figure out what you need and seeing if anyone else is going to take it from you...


Picked up Legendary (Marvel deck building game) and also going to give Sheriff of Nottingham a try since it looks pretty fun.
http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/129437/legendary-marvel-deck-building-game

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG0zfMslfQs

[PeCh09]

I recommend Sheriff of Nottingham, Coup, Citadels, Catan, and Bang.

Will be getting The Resistance.

[Gilgamesh]

^ That pokemon game looks like Takenoko, but I know it's not a direct ripoff. Sheriff is pretty fun.

[Tim Budong]

^ That pokemon game looks like Takenoko, but I know it's not a direct ripoff. Sheriff is pretty fun.

its a modified catan=cities and knights

[PeanutButter]

I recommend Sheriff of Nottingham, Coup, Citadels, Catan, and Bang.

Will be getting The Resistance.

If you're getting resistance, get Avalon, it has the original plus more characters. It's a lot better imo. It's more dynamic.

[PB10]

Resistance is by far one of the top game in my group, but you obviously need the right type of people to play it.

If you're into the deceptive type of games, I'm pretty sure you've played some or was recommended before, but my list would include Bang, Saboteur, Blood Bound, Coup, and Avalon. There's even expansions coming out for Resistance but I've never played them.

[Hondaracer]

any good 2 player games?

[ForbiddenX]

I'm thinking of picking up Twilight Struggle as I've heard it's really good but is rather long. I think it's currently the top rated board game on BoardGameGeek. Not sure if I can get the wife into it though lol.

Agricola and 7 Wonders play pretty well with 2 people. I sometimes don't mind playing Dominion with only 2 people.

[CRS]

Just played settlers of catan for the first time. Can't believe I've been missing out.

Exploding Kittens going to be shipped soon! Very excited.

[ForbiddenX]

Nice! Settlers is a really really fun game, also usually the gateway game to get your friends into other board games ;).

Just moved to Toronto and there are A LOT of boardgame stores and cafes over here, it's actually pretty awesome. There were barely any in SFO and usually just played boardgames with coworkers over there. Most of the stores also have spaces where there are boardgame nights to try new games or play the ones you have with others.

Picked up Coup and Hanabi from one of the stores. Probably going to check out one of the board game nights and see how it is.

[EndLeSS8]

My wife and I went to the Exploding Kittens beta test last month.... and the game is only.. kinda fun...? It's got a lot of broken/too good cards and I don't feel it's balanced well

[importantLS]

darn^ !

[bbcbrbe]

recently, ive been going almost weekly with a few friends to "playerswanted" on victoria and 52, they got open game nights and we've played through quite a few games,

short games weve tried
coup
resistance (guess the traitors)
love letter
batman (love letter) (guess whos the villain)

longer games
sheriff
smash up
some ninja game where you match up combos
battle wizards

battle wizards is probably most fun, create spells to dmg other players from cards you draw
https://www.cryptozoic.com/sites/default/files/products/main/epicspellwars_box.png

[importantLS]

wow didn't know about that place, I think i'll drop by ^

[Ch28]

Played Ticket to Ride over the weekend and it was a lot of fun!

[murd0c]

wow I watched that full 45min Sheriff of Nottingham video and really enjoyed it. Wheres the best place and price to get it? I so have to pick it up

[ForbiddenX]

401 Games Online Store (http://401games.ca) and Meeplemart Incorporated (http://meeplemart.com) both have very competitive prices which are almost the same as the USD prices (without conversion 1:1). I'm not too sure how much shipping costs though. Might be even cheaper than buying from a store in Vancouver if you get a good number of games :P to make it worth the shipping.

Great Deals on Great Board Games and More | Board Game Warehouse (http://boardgamewarehouse.com) is also very good in terms of pricing although in USD. Me and my coworkers would order over $100 to get their free shipping and they don't tax (this was when I was still in SFO though).

[_allblk]

train game

[bbcbrbe]

wow I watched that full 45min Sheriff of Nottingham video and really enjoyed it. Wheres the best place and price to get it? I so have to pick it up

Players Wanted Games & Collectibles - Vancouver's hot spot for celebrating comics, board games, rpgs, and miniatures (http://playerswantedcollectibles.com/)

located victoria and 52 ish, going there tonight to try out a few new games, will update on anything new and fun

theres a few dudes there that play dreadball, which is like warhammer x soccer x board game kinda thing, pretty intense

[importantLS]

haha just came back and it was fun! played tokaido and king of new york

[bbcbrbe]

haha just came back and it was fun! played tokaido and king of new york

mustve saw ur group, friends and i were on the table beside you guys playing last night on earth, then resistance

super fun game, pretty much walking dead in a board game
team vs zombie controller
search for items, move character on board fight zombies and surivive for x amount of rounds. players get wounded then turn to zombies and change teams. will play again

[ForbiddenX]

If you like zombies, you should definitely check out Dead of Winter. One of my favorite board games to play. It's a coop game but also has a betrayer element. Not sure if it's as scarce to find in Vancouver though.

[importantLS]

mustve saw ur group, friends and i were on the table beside you guys playing last night on earth, then resistance

super fun game, pretty much walking dead in a board game
team vs zombie controller
search for items, move character on board fight zombies and surivive for x amount of rounds. players get wounded then turn to zombies and change teams. will play again

haha the game you were playing looked fun!, but might be too intense for the gf. Damn you guys finished with the resistance! I would've joined anyways small shop, but the owner is nice and the prices are cheap compared to other stores.

If you like zombies, you should definitely check out Dead of Winter. One of my favorite board games to play. It's a coop game but also has a betrayer element. Not sure if it's as scarce to find in Vancouver though.

I can't find a copy unfortunately.... I saw it at strategies before I even knew what it was and now its gone. All the copies on ebay/amazon are ridiculously priced.

[bbcbrbe]

^ended up playing 8 player resistance with 3 spies, and shit got intense haha
glad u like the place, super chill and pizza is just down the street

[ForbiddenX]

I can't find a copy unfortunately.... I saw it at strategies before I even knew what it was and now its gone. All the copies on ebay/amazon are ridiculously priced.

Yea it took me a while before being able to find a copy at retail price. There was a shop in TO that got 3 copies a few days after I emailed them. Good thing the wife was able to pick it up for me since I wasn't in the city yet lol. Haven't been able to find a copy since.

[ae101]

APPLES TO APPLES, i got a set here in china & bro we love it

[CRS]

Mayfair Games FFP-103 Settlers of Catan Cities and Knights Expansion and 5-6 Player Extension

http://www.amazon.ca/Mayfair-FFP-103-Settlers-Expansion-Extension/dp/B005GT2PHQ?SubscriptionId=AKIAJ7T5BOVUVRD2EFYQ&tag=camelcamelcam-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B005GT2PHQ

$58 is a really good deal for both the game and player extension.

[ForbiddenX]

Anyone play Netrunner? My coworkers recently got into it and I'm not too sure if I should make the dive as well. Looks like a pretty interesting game and how its asymmetrical. There's also tournaments and stuff for it?

[FN-2199]

Exploding Kittens came in last week! Definitely fun for up to 2-5 people (if you have two decks, up to 9); it can get old pretty quickly, as games last about <15 min.

[EndLeSS8]

I bought Exploding Kittens, but I haven't played it since the trial run at Storm Crow.

Some of the card groups are seriously OP

[lady_mapetite]

friends and i have been playing exploding kittens too and we have 2 decks. once you get the hang of it, the game can last more than 15 mins. our longest game probably lasted for 45 minutes because of how people planned their moves lol

on the other hand, disturbed friends was... interesting. and i like it :cool:

[importantLS]

still waiting on my copy :(

[Hondaracer]

are there any good 2 player roll playing type like settlers etc.? or most of them are 3+?

[importantLS]

are there any good 2 player roll playing type like settlers etc.? or most of them are 3+?

i would recommend the following for 2 players

Lords of Waterdeep - looks complicating and the theme is dungeons and dragons (that might turn some people off), but it's a really easy game to play for people not that deep into the hobby like settlers level

Splendor - A real quiet game of drafting jewels, really simple works well with 2 players and is easy to learn

The above two are really great with two players or more racing to win with victory points

there are other games you can play with two players like CO-OP, but it depends on your gaming preferences

Pandemic is one of the top co-op games to play

most of the games I suggested are what I can think of at the moment.

You can probably Youtube them and see if it does interest you or just go to a friendly local gamestore and I am sure the owners will show you one of their open games and that way you can try it before you buy it.

[ForbiddenX]

Castle's of Burgundy is supposed to be a really good 2 player game as well. I got it for my wife and I but we haven't had a chance to play it yet. There's also Star Realms which is a fun 2 player deck building game.

edit: Just played a game of Exploding Kittens at the office with 9 people and that was hilarious and fun.

[MelonBoy]

Exploding Kittens came in last week! Definitely fun for up to 2-5 people (if you have two decks, up to 9); it can get old pretty quickly, as games last about <15 min.

Bought the NSFW version for a secret santa gift. Changed the rules a bit to make it a drinking game for Unlimited players! Honestly. I think we improved the game lol

Exploding Kittens Melonboy House rules
General rules are the same aside from the ones tweaked below
Everyone starts with 0 cards, 1 card is drawn per turn
Exploding kitten cards = 1/2 shots if drawn, Last Kitten drawn = 1 full shot
Defuse card
- Used as is, defuse the kitten card (kitten is shuffled back in deck)
- Used as a attack card, Make someone drink 1/2 shot
- At the end of the game. If you have a defuse card in your hand. You must drink with the loser (forces ppl to play the card instead of hording)
- Can't use the defuse card for someone else on the last turn (only can be used if you drew the last kitten)

Try the game with these extra rules! It is definitely a party pleaser. It'll show you who your true friends are too. (That moment you pick up a kitten but your buddy defuses it for you!:tears: "Fam" )


Pro tip: Use old pokemon card sleeves for your deck. Drunk ppl will spill and mangle your cards

[murd0c]

Just bought the NWS exploding kittens off Amazon, not bad for $25 and free shipping. I don't know much about the game but from what I have heard its tons of fun.

[ForbiddenX]

Hey guys,

What are the go to board game shops in the lower mainland? And do they hold any events or meetups to play boardgames weekly?

There were a few here in Toronto and was just wondering if there were any in Vancouver as well. Never was this into boardgames before so never got a chance to see what Vancouver has

Also anyone play Netrunner? Looking at getting into it

[Ch28]

Hey guys,

What are the go to board game shops in the lower mainland? And do they hold any events or meetups to play boardgames weekly?

There were a few here in Toronto and was just wondering if there were any in Vancouver as well. Never was this into boardgames before so never got a chance to see what Vancouver has

Also anyone play Netrunner? Looking at getting into it

It's not a board game store, but Storm Crow Tavern on Commercial Drive is a pub that has board games for you to play while enjoying brews with your friends.

[Drow]

u nerds need to play hearthstone

[PiuYi]

Imperial Hobbies on Russ Baker Way... and Core Games in Lansdowne, it's actually better/cheaper than Imperial if you're just looking for board games

[Porschedog]

Hey guys,

What are the go to board game shops in the lower mainland? And do they hold any events or meetups to play boardgames weekly?

There were a few here in Toronto and was just wondering if there were any in Vancouver as well. Never was this into boardgames before so never got a chance to see what Vancouver has

Also anyone play Netrunner? Looking at getting into it

There is starlit citadel in Vancouver. They don't have a shop here, but they have a warehouse located at 61 West 7th Avenue. You can just order the games online and pick it up there.

Canada's board game store in Vancouver, BC - Starlit Citadel (http://www.starlitcitadel.com/games/)

[racerman88]

We just buy our board games from Walmart. Lol


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[MG1]

Imperial Hobbies on Russ Baker Way... and Core Games in Lansdowne, it's actually better/cheaper than Imperial if you're just looking for board games

Speaking of which......... Imperial Hobbies will be having their Boxing Day Sale again. 25% off everything in store. Prices will be normal then. :lawl:

Boxing Day. Mopac or hobby stores? .....................hmmmmmmmmmm.

[ForbiddenX]

Imperial Hobbies on Russ Baker Way... and Core Games in Lansdowne, it's actually better/cheaper than Imperial if you're just looking for board games

There is starlit citadel in Vancouver. They don't have a shop here, but they have a warehouse located at 61 West 7th Avenue. You can just order the games online and pick it up there.

Canada's board game store in Vancouver, BC - Starlit Citadel (http://www.starlitcitadel.com/games/)

Thanks will check these out! Startlit isn't too far from me and they have Netrunner in stock.

[MelonBoy]

Bump

https://www.cryptozoic.com/sites/default/files/styles/product_medium/public/products/main/at_ll_beautyshot_box.jpg?itok=57-FMqEj

Solid game. Quick, easy to learn, fun game dynamics and replay value is unlimited!

[blkgsr]

Has Ticket to Ride been brought up here before?

Played that a while ago at a friends place. pretty fun