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07-21-2010 , 09:11 PM

mikeymike79

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I've been playing poker for around 12 years but more recently discovered some of the newer Euro board games that have been dominating the industry and realized that much of the depth and dynamic nature of poker can be found in some great board games as well.

Has anyone tried some of these games:
Puerto Rico
Caylus
Dominion
Ra
Race for the Galaxy

During one of my 6 months stints in Vegas, it was refreshing to gamble with my buddies on these games instead of our usual poker game.

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07-22-2010 , 01:24 PM

tetron

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Originally Posted by mikeymike79

I have only played Puerto Rico,
I assume you must have played:
Settlers of Catan
A couple of others that are of this ilk and have some depth are:
Acquire
Carcassonne

and a board game with bluffing but maybe more thinking is
stratego

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07-23-2010 , 06:59 PM

LostInCT

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I played a $100 shoots n ladders game lastnight and had a blast!!! no strategy just kinda like craps with pictures

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07-26-2010 , 10:35 PM

mikeymike79

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Originally Posted by LostInCT

I played a $100 shoots n ladders game lastnight and had a blast!!! no strategy just kinda like craps with pictures

Haha that is hilarious!

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07-27-2010 , 10:40 AM

BickStackMe

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settlers of catan is nice

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07-27-2010 , 06:20 PM

cdog

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catan is epic, its a great mix of skill and luck

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07-28-2010 , 03:35 PM

g-bebe

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Catan is great.

Dominion's also fun, played it pretty heavily when a friend got it although I feel it gets old a little quicker than some of the other games.

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07-28-2010 , 09:42 PM

gusmahler

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Check out this thread from the POG forum

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/59...ussion-602770/

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07-30-2010 , 07:55 AM

TwoShedsJackson

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Twilight Struggle, the best ever two player card-driven game.

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07-30-2010 , 10:30 AM

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myNameIsInga

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weiqi is the way to Go

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