xl5150: What's his Fark handle?

I dunno, but he is single, and has a cat.

$5 says he still manages to lose at least 3 pie pieces for Trivial Pursuit.

He hosts his own little event. I bet he rakes in the gamer girls to his table with his mad nerd cred. He could probably get it wet any night of the week. Getting rid of the insane hickies from fat chicks who learned about sex from watching porn instead of practice may take more time.

miss diminutive: I've played 4 of the European games mentioned in the article, so does this mean I should just tell my mother than grandkids are a lost cause?

/board games can be fun
//suck it haters

Right? When I was in college I used to go "board game night" every saturday until 10 or so when it closed down. The bars and parties didn't really pick up until after then anyway.

For newbies, I can recommend these:
Settlers of Catan (new window) is great, but only up to four players.
Ticket to ride (new window) is a really good game, it has a US map, too.
Carcassone (new window) is really nice and well thought out.

And for the HC players:
Eclipse (new window) is really nice and epic space strategy. Like master of orion, but on a table and with lots of back-stabbing.
Power grid (new window) is fun game of... power grids and plants. You get to be Mr. Burns :)

I was a Kickstarter sponsor for this upcoming documentary on these types of games. Suck it, haters!

Going Cardboard (new window)

My family is a massive board game playing bunch. We've played a wide number of Catan expansions (you can get one to play with up to 6 people), plus Carcassonne, and Dominion is our new game of choice.

A very quick two-player game once you get the hang of it is Lost Cities. You and your opponent play cards to represent progress on one of five expeditions. Each expedition you start on has an initial cost, so if you're not careful, you could lose points going into the sea, but you might hit it big in the jungle.

Another "beginner" game that I got for my birthday and would recommend is "Incan Gold". The basic setup is that all the players are exploring an ancient temple. As you go deeper into the temple, the group discovers gold and treasure and splits it amongst themselves. If you want to call it quits, you keep what you've got, but if you stay in too long, you lose it all. Repeat for five rounds, and see who has the highest score.

doglover: insane hickies from fat chicks who learned about sex from watching porn instead of practice

A+

We're playing the Mystic Warlords of Ka'a tonight.

MythDragon: But does he have:
cf.geekdo-images.com?

Somehow I doubt the first person to reach the center actually "wins" the game.

MythDragon: Oops, wrong thread


Lulz.