Risk is the best boardgame by a country mile

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 27 Aug 2010, 9:05, 5 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

It can go on for fecking hours though.
I prefer trivial pursuit, after I have taken all the cards with soap opera questions on them, out of the boxes.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Fri 27 Aug 2010, 9:14, Reply)

if you play world domination it can
but even then usually not.

trivial pursuit goes on for a long time too
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 27 Aug 2010, 9:17, Reply)

I appreciate Triv censorship. Soap opera questions are the world of the devil.
If anyone wants a really good, easy to learn, card-based game, I would suggest Coloretto. Even suitable for non-Gamers :)

www.marquand.net/staticpages/index.php?page=coloretto_play
( The Teviot Moose major 5th., Fri 27 Aug 2010, 9:28, Reply)

sport is the worst!
who knows anything about early 20th century horseraising ffs?!
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 27 Aug 2010, 9:30, Reply)

Horse Racing and Boxing can go fuck themselves.
Everything else is vaguely do-able.
( The Teviot Moose major 5th., Fri 27 Aug 2010, 9:42, Reply)

Nuh-uh
Settlers of Catan tops it for me.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Fri 27 Aug 2010, 9:25, Reply)

YES!!

(Halfy By light alone, Fri 27 Aug 2010, 9:36, Reply)

When we were young, my brother and I really wanted a table tennis table.
Our Dad, being a tight but practical bloke, fashioned one out of an old trestle table and two large pieces of chipboard.
When the table tennis fad had passed, we drew an upscaled Risk board onto the top amd would spend hours playing it in the garage The feeling of it being one of those war room tables where people push model planes around with sticks seemed to add something to the game.
(Cave Duck, Fri 27 Aug 2010, 9:42, Reply)

I like the sound of that

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 27 Aug 2010, 9:51, Reply)

actually I was wrong
Escape from Colditz was the best game ever.

Closely followed by Crossbows and Catapults.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 27 Aug 2010, 9:52, Reply)

That's just reminded me that my brother "had previous" in regard to drawing out board games.
He'd played the Colditz game at a friend's house and was so taken with it that he borrowed it and made a copy onto cardboard. Our Dad was so impressed with the effort that he'd put in that, despite being somewhat tigh, he gave him the money to go and buy the game. It was really good.
The next day I drew a picture of a Hull City season pass, but only got a clip round the ear. - It was a shit drawing, to be fair.
(Cave Duck, Fri 27 Aug 2010, 10:11, Reply)

hehe
that's excellent
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 27 Aug 2010, 10:12, Reply)