Great Board Games - Recommendations and Discussion - Page 8

kokiri · 10-26-2009, 05:53 AM

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Originally Posted by derwipok

Does anyone play Skat?
probably not as it's a german card game

is there a place to play online? vs some AI? I mentioned it above, but i've only ever read about it (All quiet on the western front - top 10 books of all time?). I've read the rules, but I wasn't particularly struck with desire to play.

Ingenious is one of the games i described badly above. It's pretty good two player and multiway.

Roborally is another one i played recently that was quite fun. I dunno how replayable it would be.

Cueballmania · 10-26-2009, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by derwipok

Does anyone play Skat?
probably not as it's a german card game

My professor talked to me about it. It has a lot of strategy. Pretty crazy bidding and having to tell your partner what you have in your hand with what card you play may be tricky if there is a high skill difference.

clowntable · 10-26-2009, 12:54 PM

Skat does not have a lot of strategy in fact I think it's rather boring. If you really want to learn an interesting German cardgame: Doppelkopf is much more fun.

bobman0330: I don't own it but the addon to pandemic is supposed to be a lot of fun as well especially the bio-terrorist variatiation where one player plays vs the team.

derwipok · 10-26-2009, 12:56 PM

I don't think Skat is boring, I really enjoy playing it. To answer kokiri's question, no I don't know a good website to play online unfortunately.
I heard Doppelkopf is fun as well, but I have never played it and don't know the rules.

Nicholasp27 · 10-26-2009, 01:22 PM

i've played pandemic once at work...we just did standard setup and it was super easy, but i'm sure it gets really tough on the harder settings

it was fun, but i can't really see enjoying it as much on game 27 as on games 1-3, so i likely won't buy it but just play it occasionally at work

clowntable · 10-26-2009, 02:29 PM

The fun part about Doppelkopf is that it has a poker/WW-y element because you play it with 4 players but don't know for sure which two players are on the same side untill certain cards have fallen (or if someone plays a solo vs the other three but even then it can be a hidden solo).

Pyromaniac · 10-26-2009, 03:27 PM

doublehead?

durron597 · 10-30-2009, 11:33 PM

Nich: update? What did u get?

Nicholasp27 · 10-31-2009, 02:16 AM

for now dominion, dominion:intrigue and carcassonne:new world are enough for us

i'm looking to get something later this year prolly, but not yet

lonely_but_rich · 10-31-2009, 06:10 AM

Hungry Hungry Hippo's and Rock'em Sock'em Robots rule the world.

emmemere · 10-31-2009, 12:22 PM

My faves are:
-Settlers of Catan, especially the Cities and Knights expansion. If you ahven't played settlers before, learn that before trying the expansion cause it adds just as many rules, but makes it even more fun.
-Apples to Apples
-Things (aka Things in a Box or The Game of Things)

Also a fan of games like Boggle and Scrabble but don't play those as much anymore

emmemere · 10-31-2009, 12:25 PM

Also, forgot about Bohnanza, it's fun too

clowntable · 10-31-2009, 12:43 PM

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Also, forgot about Bohnanza, it's fun too

Yeah pretty awesome cardgame with a bunch of addons and prett cheap. I usually bring this (and UNO+a regular deck of cards lol) along whenever I go on longish bus/train trips or whatnot.

Nicholasp27 · 10-31-2009, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by emmemere

Also, forgot about Bohnanza, it's fun too

Yeah, only played bohnanza once (it's bean field one, right?) but I liked it a lot

there is also a card game with cards 1-38...on your turn you either take the top card or you put a chip on it....anybody know name of that game?

WinEvryRacex · 11-01-2009, 11:58 PM

taboo is pretty fun
[x] emme itt