Board Games - What is hitting your table?

[McJazz]

We played Season Three / Race Nine of our Formula De League tonight. big fun. (My driver really sucks this year though)

If you like racing games and haven't tried Bolide I definitely recommend it. Having never played Formula De I will have to assume the mechanics are very different. Bolide works well for people who are good with vector analysis, but fun for anyone who likes race cars.

[McJazz]

Inspired by a user on BGG, I have decided to track the games I have played for the year. Doing a quick tally I came up with the following totals for 2011 to date:

Carcassonne - 14 Plays
Dominion - 11
Wings of War - 10
Great Dalmuti - 10*
Pandemic - 7
Ricochet Robots - 7
Guillotine - 6
Pirateer - 6
Dixit - 6
Cloud Nine - 5
Forbidden Island - 5
Betrayal at House on the Hill - 5

This was supposed to be a top 10 list, but the 3-way tie had not been broken at the time of this post.

*We often play Great Dalmuti in between other games to adjust turn order. I discovered that over the years we all have 'assigned' seats we all like to use. This randomization gives us an opportunity to lead/follow different players, usually changing our overall strategy (even if only slightly).

[Bixby]

McJazz:

Thanks for the tip on Bolide. It is on my want to play list for sure. We love race games. That is a very interesting selection of games you have been playing. Lots of variety. What is your handle on BGG?

[McJazz]

McJazz:

Thanks for the tip on Bolide. It is on my want to play list for sure. We love race games. That is a very interesting selection of games you have been playing. Lots of variety. What is your handle on BGG?

McJazz, same as here.

I am fortunate to have a group of gamers who enjoy playing a wide variety. To me, games are like music: Sometimes you are in the mood for something light, other times you need something a little more hard core. The key is finding something everyone can enjoy.

Not yet listed in the top 10, our current group favorite is Smallworld. I've had this game for awhile now, but it never really clicked for everyone until recently.

[Bixby]

Last night we had 7 players so we played a game of Turfmaster. We followed that up with Bang! and ended with Saboteur.

Last weekend we played a couple of games of 7 Wonders with the Leaders expansion. I also got to play a game of Werewolves of Miller's Hollow for the first time.

[Bixby]

Played an incredibly awesome game of Twilight Struggle last night. The game went the full ten turns and was a victory point tug of war the whole game. Some great card combinations and well timed plays. In the end I lost the game. My opponent played USA and had 3VP at the end of the game. Great game; the whole session as a nail biter.

[Joff]

Played an incredibly awesome game of Twilight Struggle last night.

This is a game that I have on my shelf and would love to learn to play. It's just gathering dust at the moment...

Another game that is gathering rather a lot of dust is War of the Ring. We tried once, but my teenage son and I became a little frustrated when trying to learn the game. We have been waiting patiently for someone to make a video of the first few turns, so we can understand what is actually going on. The wait goes on...

However, last night we played Airlines Europe. This is fast becoming one of my favourite games. We also had a couple of games of Triumvirate, that I am not very good at, but I enjoy the game.

Looking forward to getting my hands on Flash Point: Fire Rescue. It is supposed to be out for Essen and is on Kickstarter right now. I think this will be replacing Pandemic as our go-to co-op game. I have played a PC version (java) and the gameplay is really cool... or should that be hot? 

[ne0x]

Othello.

I tried making my own pieces, but I spent more than buying the game cost at the store, and they didn't turn out at all. 

[vagabondriot]

Lots of Dominion, Pandemic, and Arkham Horror for me.

[Bixby]

Lots of Dominion, Pandemic, and Arkham Horror for me.

Do you play Dominion with the expansions, or just the base game?

[Deatheux]

WOW-TBG + WOW-TAG + Emmerlaüs + munchkin + Heroes od Graxia + carcassonne(d'uh), D&D Wrath of Ashardalon/Castle Ravenloft + Skip Bo + Milles Bornes + Ninja Burger + Age Of Conan

about once a month, maybe 2 for WOW-TBG 6-8 hours a game!!

[Bixby]

That is quite a list!!!

[vagabondriot]

Lots of Dominion, Pandemic, and Arkham Horror for me.

Do you play Dominion with the expansions, or just the base game?

I play with all expansions mixed together, but some games I'll just play with a single expansion (or the base) to mix things up and really focus on the strengths of each. I play Arkham with one or two expansions every time, but haven't put forth the effort of an all in game yet. Pandemic is a new purchase so I haven't gotten the expansion yet. And I play as many expansions as my opponents will allow for in Carc. I usually love expansions. How do you play Dominion?

[Bixby]

Dominion:
We play with all expansions and promos and just pick 10 Kingdom cards and leave it up to fate. We have played some interested combos.

Carcassonne:
If it is my wife and I, we play many / most expansions. If we are introducing new players, we play base game with maybe 1 expansion rule. I think the Selector Cards are really working well for us, as we play with the cards set out showing which rules from the expansions are in play.

Pandemic:
Great game and it plays well without the expansion. The expansion adds a fifth players (Bio-Terrorist) that introduces a fun and diabolical element to play.

[CKorfmann]

Pandemic is on my list to get after I satisfy my Munchkin craving.  I would like to get TtR eventually, but and settling for the Xbox version for now.  I don't know anything about Dominion, but I'd like to watch a game sometime soon.  Not sure how to pull that off.