If you're open to a card-based game, I think highly of Munchkin.
Munchkin is definitely a lot of fun.
Ask HN: What board game do you like?
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Re: Ask HN: What board game do you like?
#22No really a board game but Werewolf (a.k.a. Mafia) is great. It's fun and simple to learn. However it depends a lot on the quality of the game organizer and the athmosphere he is able to provide.
Re: Ask HN: What board game do you like?
#23Also not really a board game but I really like Eleusis Express and by experience many software developers also do. The Express version is a much simpler set of rules of Eleusis: one of the player choose a rule the cards have to follow to fit in a sequence and other players have to guess it by prosing cards and havint the game master indicate wether the card fits or not. The role of game master is rolling.
It's important to insist that the game master shall not use a rule too much complex (beware "creative" SW dev!). It's almost always harder to discover than expected even with smart people.
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#24For software developers, the ultimate game has to be roborally http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/18/roborally You play cards to program your robot and drive it round a course.
wow, seriously that's too cool! thanks for the recommendation!
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#25I don't know if a game with miniatures will be appropriate but Zombicide is pretty amazing.
I'll check it out, thanks much!
Re: Ask HN: What board game do you like?
#26No really a board game but Werewolf (a.k.a. Mafia) is great. It's fun and simple to learn. However it depends a lot on the quality of the game organizer and the athmosphere he is able to provide. http://www.eblong.com/zarf/werewolf.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mafia_%28party_game%29
Seems great for the larger group and I'm expecting one table to have about 10 people so this is good. Thanks so much!
Re: Ask HN: What board game do you like?
#27Also not really a board game but I really like Eleusis Express and by experience many software developers also do. The Express version is a much simpler set of rules of Eleusis: one of the player choose a rule the cards have to follow to fit in a sequence and other players have to guess it by prosing cards and havint the game master indicate wether the card fits or not. The role of game master is rolling. It's import…
This seems like a good option as it's just cards and we have some already. LOL on the rule part, it does sometimes get too confusing. Thanks a lot for the recommendation we are going to try it tonight with our own team.
Re: Ask HN: What board game do you like?
#28A great classic: Scotland Yard
http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/438/scotland-yard
A more recent board game, also based in London but much earlier : London 1888 Beautiful board. Rules are relatively complex if I recall correctly.
Re: Ask HN: What board game do you like?
#29A great classic: Scotland Yard http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/438/scotland-yard A more recent board game, also based in London but much earlier : London 1888 Beautiful board. Rules are relatively complex if I recall correctly. http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/19991/london-1888
Nice! I like the ones that have this London local theme. Thanks for the good pointers.
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#30I stick to the basics: Chess.
Not a bad idea to mix some traditional games :-) Thanks!