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Hari's Chick

Jun 01, 2003, 09:53 AM

Okay, we've all played them...fess up, what's your favorite? images/icons/smile.gif

Card games count, too.

Mine is Cosmic Wimpout!

Lynner

Jun 01, 2003, 10:40 AM

Don't think I have an all time fave, but really love a good game of Scrabble and Monopoly!

SingingOm

Jun 01, 2003, 11:20 AM

Originally Posted By Hari's Chick:
Okay, we've all played them...fess up, what's your favorite? images/icons/smile.gif

Card games count, too.

Mine is Cosmic Wimpout!What's Cosmic Wimpout??
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Harbidge

Jun 01, 2003, 11:36 AM

I guess my favourite (based on how much I've played it) is Monopoly. Been playing it for about 10 years (maybe more) and am still rubbish. Doesn't mean I don't know too much about it though graemlins/blush4.gif

Magill

Jun 01, 2003, 01:05 PM

"Cranium" is hella fun. But you need a big group to play. I like "Sorry" & "Trivia Pursuit", too. I'm sorry but Monopoly just lasts wayyyy too long!

SgtPepper2107

Jun 01, 2003, 02:13 PM

Clue and Life

btlesongirl1024

Jun 01, 2003, 02:13 PM

I love scrabble and taboo images/icons/smile.gif

Tim

Jun 01, 2003, 02:21 PM

Go is the one I play most often,and I still play some Chess. I also love Backgammon and Shogi (Japanese Chess).

Sgt.McCartney

Jun 01, 2003, 03:47 PM

Monopoly, Scrabble, Trivial Pursuit, and Clue.

IWantToTellYou

Jun 01, 2003, 04:43 PM

Trivial Pursuit Genus IV (I played this game almost everyday with my best friend in grade 9!)

I also like Balderdash (hilarious!), Rummy and Sequence Card/Board Game.

beatlelover45223

Jun 01, 2003, 05:45 PM

Monopoly,Life,Balderdash, cards 500 Rummy is fun to play in a group too

lennonluvr9

Jun 01, 2003, 05:58 PM

I looooovve Monopoly! I also love Life and Clue.

BeatleBonJoviFan

Jun 01, 2003, 06:18 PM

Life
Solitaire
Trivial Pursuit (I love trivia!)
Rock Trivia (an extremly outdated rock trivia game of my Dad's that my brother and I recently got into, but we like because there's an entire category devoted to The Beatles)

beatlegirl9977

Jun 01, 2003, 07:08 PM

Originally Posted By BeatleBonJoviFan:

Rock Trivia (an extremly outdated rock trivia game of my Dad's that my brother and I recently got into, but we like because there's an entire category devoted to The Beatles)OH MY GOD! graemlins/images/icons/shocked.gif *And here I thought I was the only person who ever had that game! LOL Yeah, I liked the Beatles category too... though it seemed like the answer to ALL the other questions in the other categories was always either "Styx" or "The Fixx." images/icons/smile.gif

SF4-EVER

Jun 01, 2003, 08:00 PM

Uno's my favorite game; I play it with my co-workers and when I visit my parents. I also play Yahtzee with my boyfriend.

Hari's Chick

Jun 01, 2003, 08:13 PM

Originally Posted By SingingOm:
What's Cosmic Wimpout??
graemlins/images/icons/confused.gif Oh, man, it is so fun!! It's played with five dice...and has tons of rules, and mirrors life in that you can take chances and keep rolling...but you just might Cosmically Wipeout! So, to wipeout or wimpout? The ultimate cosmic question...well, almost. images/icons/wink.gif

Here is the site~~~
http://www.cosmicwimpout.com/

Hari's Chick

Jun 01, 2003, 08:21 PM

JDanRyan

Jun 01, 2003, 08:22 PM

Originally Posted By taxgirl:
<blockquote>Quote:<hr />Originally Posted By SingingOm:
What's Cosmic Wimpout?? graemlins/images/icons/confused.gif Yeah, what's that??
Something I have to learn the next few weeks?? images/icons/wink.gif <hr /></blockquote>Cosmic Wimpout... I didn't think anyone else remembered that one...

I used to love that game. I played it a lot in college, and a few times I came close to really enjoying it, but there was never enough Chianti in the bottle to convince everyone that "strip-wimpout" would be a fun way to spend the evening... graemlins/devil7.gif

For the uninitiated, this was a game with five dice with patterns in place of die pips, one a different color from the other four with a "joker" icon, where you tried to roll sets of patterns on all five dice, then decide if you should press your luck and keep rolling, mindful that if you failed to roll another straight you'd lose all the points you'd accumulated. Think a combination of YATZEE and craps, with elements of 501 thrown in, and that should explain CW.

I had to learn that game and a few others in college, because by the time I got there the old wargame crowd had died out. I was addicted to the old Avalon Hill and SPI releases, mostly strategics like THIRD REICH, 1776, THIRD WORLD WAR and the like. I can't touch any of my collection right now, but the minute Jamie can consciously fight the urge to put little paper-and-cardboard counters in his mouth... (SFX: evil chortle)

[ Jun 01, 2003, 08:26 PM: Message Edited By: JDanRyan ]

DizzymissLizzy909

Jun 02, 2003, 12:00 AM

Monopoly all the way! A couple years ago I played it nearly every day for over a year. images/icons/smile.gif It's great!

taxgirl

Jun 02, 2003, 12:04 AM

Originally Posted By SingingOm:
What's Cosmic Wimpout?? graemlins/images/icons/confused.gif Yeah, what's that??
Something I have to learn the next few weeks?? images/icons/wink.gif

beatlegirl9977

Jun 02, 2003, 12:24 AM

Monopoly is my favorite one, definitely... though Trivial Pursuit is a close second, and Yahtzee, too (though, very techincally, that's not a 'board' game).

george_on_cloud9

Jun 02, 2003, 12:31 AM

My favorites are Pictionary and Trivial Pursuit (I have the Millenium Version- Port Edition)

Siobhan

Jun 02, 2003, 12:32 AM

Monopoly, Trivial Persuit and Scrabble. I'm pretty good at Scrabble. but I usually lose when I play the other two!

Rellevart

Jun 02, 2003, 05:18 AM

I always enjoy playing "Encore" at Lynner's house....but it drives me crazy the next day when I think of answers I couldn't think of when the pressure was on!

BeatleBonJoviFan

Jun 02, 2003, 11:18 AM

Originally Posted By beatlegirl9977:
<blockquote>Quote:<hr />Originally Posted By BeatleBonJoviFan:

Rock Trivia (an extremly outdated rock trivia game of my Dad's that my brother and I recently got into, but we like because there's an entire category devoted to The Beatles)OH MY GOD! graemlins/images/icons/shocked.gif *And here I thought I was the only person who ever had that game! LOL Yeah, I liked the Beatles category too... though it seemed like the answer to ALL the other questions in the other categories was always either "Styx" or "The Fixx." images/icons/smile.gif <hr /></blockquote>Wow!! I, too, thought that no-one else has heard of this game!! Yeah, the makers of that game sure like Styx. We both hate the "Rock Art" category, it's just so obscure and really hard. At first I didn't realize how old the game was until I got the question: "What is Steven Tyler's wife's name?" The answer given was Cyrinda Fox, but I know for a fact they were divorced in the early 80s and he is now married to Teresa! (I saw Behind the Music: Aerosmith)

That Beatles category is really easy, though for us Beatles experts. But we always pick it when we land on the "wild card" spot.

shyGirl

Jun 02, 2003, 01:31 PM

Life and Uno graemlins/thumbsup2.gif

taxgirl

Jun 02, 2003, 01:45 PM

Originally Posted By Hari's Chick:
<blockquote>Quote:<hr />Originally Posted By taxgirl:
<blockquote>Quote:<hr />Originally Posted By SingingOm:
What's Cosmic Wimpout?? graemlins/images/icons/confused.gif Yeah, what's that??
Something I have to learn the next few weeks?? images/icons/wink.gif <hr /></blockquote>We can teach you! images/icons/smile.gif <hr /></blockquote>Okay! We'll teach you 'klaverjassen' a (I think) Dutch card game!

FPSHOT

Jun 02, 2003, 02:06 PM

You may wanna reconsider that, it originates from Amsterdam.

taxgirl

Jun 02, 2003, 02:10 PM

Originally Posted By FPSHOT:
You may wanna reconsider that, it originates from Amsterdam.Oops!!

We can play the game 'the Rotterdam' way though images/icons/smile.gif

HeyBeatle

Jun 02, 2003, 03:09 PM

My favorite games are Life, Trivial Pursuit, Cranium, and Yahtzee. I also like the game Deutschlandreise, I played that alot when I was little.

When I was really young I liked to play Guess Who and Mouse Trap.

Does anyone remember the game Do the Urkel? I just saw it in my box of games, that was a weird game.

Lynner

Jun 03, 2003, 12:42 AM

Oh yeah, Rell' I forgot about Encore! Good party game!