Ask HN: What are your favorite board games? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What are your favorite board games?

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Post by w00dy73 » Sun, Jul 31, 2016, 2:30 PM UTC

All time favorite: Risk (especially Risk Legacy)

Others: Settlers of Catan, Ticket to ride, Dominion, Kingdom Builder, Civilization

Re: Ask HN: What are your favorite board games?

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Post by piercebot » Sun, Jul 31, 2016, 2:32 PM UTC

I really enjoy Agricola[0], because there are no elements of chance in the game, only strategy. It's also a little more approachable to people averse to conflict-focused games, because the only victory condition is "everybody has taken all their turns"

[0] https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/31260/agricola

Re: Ask HN: What are your favorite board games?

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Post by roryisok » Sun, Jul 31, 2016, 2:33 PM UTC

My all time favourite is heroquest. I played that game (and it's counterpart, space crusade) to death in my youth, and then some more. Recently I've started making my own games for kicks, roughly based off the ruleset but with different themes. I made a zombie survival game and a space pirate adventure thing. Making board games is now my New favourite game

Re: Ask HN: What are your favorite board games?

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Post by lefstathiou » Sun, Jul 31, 2016, 2:34 PM UTC

1. Settlers of Catan (with expansions) 2. Axis & Allies (standard edition) 3. Chess 4. Cranium 5. Scrabble 6. Monopoly (with modified rules that makes the game last about an hour)

Re: Ask HN: What are your favorite board games?

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Post by apjana » Sun, Jul 31, 2016, 2:34 PM UTC

Chess

Re: Ask HN: What are your favorite board games?

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Post by IgorPartola » Sun, Jul 31, 2016, 2:35 PM UTC

I really enjoy Resistance, but you have to have the right group of people for it.

Re: Ask HN: What are your favorite board games?

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Post by nappy-doo » Sun, Jul 31, 2016, 2:36 PM UTC

olafleur wrote: post #10

Pandemy is awesome.

I think you mean Pandemic (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/30549/pandemic).

Re: Ask HN: What are your favorite board games?

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Post by bostik » Sun, Jul 31, 2016, 2:39 PM UTC

At the top my list, even if it might not technically be a board game: Mah-Jong. The most complex part of the game tends to be the scoring, and agreeing on a set of rule variants your entire gaming group don't object to.

After that, Scrabble and Puerto Rico.

Re: Ask HN: What are your favorite board games?

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Post by chvid » Sun, Jul 31, 2016, 2:44 PM UTC

Backgammon

Re: Ask HN: What are your favorite board games?

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Post by eitland » Sun, Jul 31, 2016, 2:45 PM UTC

lefstathiou wrote: post #14

1. Settlers of Catan (with expansions) 2. Axis & Allies (standard edition) 3. Chess 4. Cranium 5. Scrabble 6. Monopoly (with modified rules that makes the game last about an hour)

A lot of people around here would do well just to read the official rules carefully and follow them.