Board Games

[Strontium]

I used to enjoy Monopoly a lot, but on reflection, the game mechanics are pretty horrible. Definitely a game that is showing its age. A good tactic for winning is to exhaust the supply of houses; get 4 houses on your properties but don't upgrade to hotels. That way nobody else can build houses.

[Remmie]

Playing board games is right up there with reading books in terms of pastimes I thoroughly enjoy but never do. 

 

Fucking smartphones. 

[Remmie]

I was given this a few Christmases ago but only got round to playing it on new years eve. 

 

A bit like cluedo meets monopoly set in the Wild West. Pretty easy to learn and fun, anyone played it? 

[Jose Jones]

7 hours ago, Strontium Dog said:

I used to enjoy Monopoly a lot, but on reflection, the game mechanics are pretty horrible. Definitely a game that is showing its age. A good tactic for winning is to exhaust the supply of houses; get 4 houses on your properties but don't upgrade to hotels. That way nobody else can build houses.

Just put a hotel upside down and call it a house.  That's what we used to do, and vice versa if you ran out of hotels.

 

Anyway, this thread has given me the opportunity to brag that I played the missus and the in-laws at scrabble last night and got all my letters down twice, 100 bonus points, completely kicked their arses and pissed them all off.  Marvellous.

[Tony Moanero]

[Dave D]

Getting a board game at Christmas was tremendous fun. 

 

I was in the loft getting the Christmas decs out and noticed the amount of games I have up there, including-

[Dave D]

Plus this in very good condition

 

 

[Tony Moanero]

Board/tabletop games and annuals at Christmas were ace.

[RedKnight]

I dug out my deck of Fantasy Top Trumps which, as any rational person will know, was the zenith of Top Trumps back in the early '90s. You had this deck, you were it.

 

 

It's still shit-hot. Though I read that not every deck had the Demon card and if you have the deck with him in it (which mine does) then it's worth about £40-£50. Which is a moot point because I never sell my old stuff.

 

[Captain Turdseye]

1 hour ago, Dave D said:

Plus this in very good condition

 

 

 

How much do you want for it?

[Tony Moanero]

I used to love this.

 

[Dave D]

3 hours ago, Captain Turdseye said:

 

How much do you want for it?

 Deal

 

 

 

 

[Dave D]

4 hours ago, Tony Moanero said:

Board/tabletop games and annuals at Christmas were ace.

Annuals. Essentially hard back magazines. With more word search's

 

Loved them 

[Dave D]

Im digressing I admit, but loved these books when I was a kid-

[Dave D]

3 hours ago, Captain Turdseye said:

 

How much do you want for it?

If your serious let me know- its been in the loft for years 

[Tony Moanero]

2 minutes ago, Dave D said:

Im digressing I admit, but loved these books when I was a kid-

Yeah. This series, too.

 

[Dave D]

Any one remember Tufty (early 80s)

 

 

No.........

 

 

Just me then

[Captain Turdseye]

9 minutes ago, Dave D said:

If your serious let me know- its been in the loft for years 

 

What’s it all about? There’s one on eBay with pieces missing for a tenner but then there’s also these packs of cards...

 

 

[Tony Moanero]

9 minutes ago, Dave D said:

Any one remember Tufty (early 80s)

 

 

No.........

 

 

Just me then

Yes, I had that.

[Bjornebye]

3 hours ago, RedKnight said:

I dug out my deck of Fantasy Top Trumps which, as any rational person will know, was the zenith of Top Trumps back in the early '90s. You had this deck, you were it.

 

 

It's still shit-hot. Though I read that not every deck had the Demon card and if you have the deck with him in it (which mine does) then it's worth about £40-£50. Which is a moot point because I never sell my old stuff.

 

Loved Top Trumps as a kid. I reckon id still love them now 

[Bjornebye]

22 hours ago, Remmie said:

I was given this a few Christmases ago but only got round to playing it on new years eve. 

 

A bit like cluedo meets monopoly set in the Wild West. Pretty easy to learn and fun, anyone played it? 

No but it looks boss! 

[M_B]

17 minutes ago, Tony Moanero said:

Yeah. This series, too.

 

They were brilliant. They have been recently re-released as a result of a KickStarter campaign and there is a new prequal book.

[Dave D]

5 minutes ago, Captain Turdseye said:

 

What’s it all about? There’s one on eBay with pieces missing for a tenner but then there’s also these packs of cards...

 

 

Thats them- you have each player from the old first division and (England and Scotland). You get a certain transfer budget and go around the board buying players, picking from the coloured stacks depending on the colour you land on.

 

I recall Clive Allen at Tottenham was most expensive at £2m.

Barnes was at Watford, Beardsley at Newcastle.

 

I cant actually remember how you won the game but we played it for hours as kids.

 

Think my Mrs got it for me on Ebay around 10-12 years ago- full set, great condition     

[Dave D]

9 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

Loved Top Trumps as a kid. I reckon id still love them now 

Reckon? Why I was only playing Top Trumps on Boxing Day.

 

Admittedly it was Monster High Version but great all the same

[Strontium]

1 hour ago, Dave D said:

Im digressing I admit, but loved these books when I was a kid-

 

1 hour ago, Tony Moanero said:

Yeah. This series, too.

 

 

Yep, had loads of books from both series, and the Lone Wolf ones too. Absolutely loved them and still have them in the attic.