Boardgames at Christmas?

Paddy Samurai

In my house we always played boardgames at Christmas when I was a kid. Although I have moved on to newer and better games since ,Monopoly , cluedo and risk were a lot of fun at the time. As a result 30+ years later I am a boardgamer still .
But I was wondering do you still play boardgames at Christmas?.
And if so what boardgames do you play?.

MRnotlob606

I have a stepped into a magical portal where its the 1980s where board games are reliable source of entertainment an Jimmy Saville is regarded as a friendly philanthropist.

longshanks

Yeah, we've started again over the last few years. It's a good laugh while everyone is sitting around relaxing with a few drinks.

maximoose

30 Seconds is a great game

TG1

It wouldn't be Christmas in our house without the trivial pursuits induced family feud!

Links234

I'm planning to bring my Witcher board game home with me, but whether anyone in my family will play it with me is another story entirely.

The Backwards Man

The Great Dingbats Massacre of 1989 is still talked about around these parts. Nowadays the villagers all meet up to play less antagonistic games, such as poker or arm wrestling

seamus

Cards against humanity

Paddy Samurai

Paddy Samurai wrote: »

And if so what boardgames do you play?.

My favorite boardsie is going to be in Ireland over the Christmas and New Year. At one point he mentioned his childhood memory of a board game and I purchased it. So I am very much hoping to get him over to maynooth for a game.

It is a game I am not sure they even make any more. Called "Campaign". I have read the rules a few times but not yet actually played it. I would say it gives the impression of being a weird mix of chess, draughts, risk, snakes and ladders and chinese solitarire

Paddy Samurai

seamus wrote: »

Cards against humanity

I hear its a great game,one I hope to play sometime.

Howard the Duck

settlers of catan is a great game

Paddy Samurai

Deleted User wrote: »

My favorite boardsie is going to be in Ireland over the Christmas and New Year. At one point he mentioned his childhood memory of a board game and I purchased it. So I am very much hoping to get him over to maynooth for a game.

It is a game I am not sure they even make any more. Called "Campaign". I have read the rules a few times but not yet actually played it. I would say it gives the impression of being a weird mix of chess, draughts, risk, snakes and ladders and chinese solitarire

I played it years back.I bought it because of the napoleonic type cover.
But in the end it was'nt what I was expecting.

Whitewinged

yea we always have a game of Connect 4. I love that game. We play it like a tournament and it always ends up with me and my dad playing against each other in the final. I'm not sure if us two are just good at the game or sadly the only ones who take it a bit too seriously. My father and I are similar in that we are good, accepting losers but very bad gloating winners so we all wind each other up

I'm really excited this year because I think my 3 and a half year old will be able to play and understand some games. We bought Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Frustration/Ludo game for her.

murpho999

Howard the Duck wrote: »

settlers of catan is a great game

Agree totally.

Risk is a great one too.

I love both board and computer games. Best of both worlds.

The Backwards Man

I don't really like these extravagant boardgames with all their intricate pieces and unfathomable rules, it's bedtime before everybody has half a notion how to play them.

In my day we could still play draughts on the tablecloth when we didn't have a board. Nowadays, if the High Witch Of Agabrazabvia's hat is missing the whole game's fcuked.

DEFTLEFTHAND

My crowd would rather be glued to some device, they wouldn't have the attention span to play a board game.

We've tried Trivial Pursuit and Who Wants to be a Millionaire in the past, but apart myself and father they're all too thick to play it, it's no fun when people can't answer basic general knowledge questions.

looksee

Bohnanza (though we just call it Beans). Great for petty revenge and winding people up

snubbleste

Twister

Slydice

Ludo

Stone Deaf 4evr

Whitewinged wrote: »

yea we always have a game of Connect 4. I love that game. We play it like a tournament and it always ends up with me and my dad playing against each other in the final. I'm not sure if us two are just good at the game or sadly the only ones who take it a bit too seriously. My father and I are similar in that we are good, accepting losers but very bad gloating winners so we all wind each other up

I'm really excited this year because I think my 3 and a half year old will be able to play and understand some games. We bought Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Frustration/Ludo game for her.

We always play connect 4 here as well bit the key to the craic is to only wheelbit out when everyone is after a drink or two. The time my cousin got beaten in 4 moves is still talked about!

Son Of A Vidic

Slydice wrote: »

Ludo

Loved playing that as a kid and Snakes & Ladders was also a favourite. You couldn't take your eyes of Dad though, because he always seemed to mysteriously gain some ground if you took your eyes of him & the board.

The_Valeyard

Board games are generally the cause of the Christmas argument.

Dodge

Within an hour of my wife (then new(ish) GF) meeting my family for the first time they took great pleasure in telling her of the time I upended a game of HOTEL because I lost the rag. I still maintain my sister was cheating though

We got our little one junior monopoly this year.

I've genuinely fond memories of playing board games at christmas and I hope she'll have the same too

whiskeyman

Always great to play a big game of spin the bottle with the family...

Paddy Samurai

murpho999 wrote: »

Agree totally.

Risk is a great one too.

I played a few different versions over the years including the rare Castle risk. Played it to death when I was younger, me and the mates used to start on a saturday night with a rake of beer ,and play straight through till the following morning.
For such a old game it has gone from strength to strength ,with new themed editions nearly every year,including two new editions this year.

Star wars Risk "The black series" and Risk "Legacy" both getting good reviews from serious boardgamers.

Risk legacy in particular looks like it will be a gold mine for them.

buck65

Scrabble, great game, hours of fun. Is Zoe a word? What about joey?

Also good old chess.

Paddy Samurai

buck65 wrote: »

Scrabble, great game, hours of fun. Is Zoe a word? What about joey?

Also good old chess.

If you like chess buck ,you should try out Khet (laser chess)

Or maybe Jarl or Duke ,a mix of draughts and chess.

ArtSmart

Paddy Samurai wrote: »

In my house we always played boardgames at Christmas when I was a kid. Although I have moved on to newer and better games since ,Monopoly , cluedo and risk were a lot of fun at the time. As a result 30+ years later I am a boardgamer still .
But I was wondering do you still play boardgames at Christmas?.
And if so what boardgames do you play?.

All of the above. And charades.

ArtSmart

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

My crowd would rather be glued to some device, they wouldn't have the attention span to play a board game.

We've tried Trivial Pursuit and Who Wants to be a Millionaire in the past, but apart myself and father they're all too thick to play it, it's no fun when people can't answer basic general knowledge questions.

But , but Mama, you said we were all special...

ArtSmart

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Board games are generally the cause of the Christmas argument.

the word is conduit, not 'cause'.

mahamageehad

Exploding kittens. The game, not the animals.

It gets better with drink too!

I have a vast array of boardgames amassed from Kickstarter now so we've loads of choice.

Realt Dearg Sec

ArtSmart wrote: »

the word is conduit, not 'cause'.

Sounds like someone is the cause of many arguments himself!

Sorry, conduit...

Realt Dearg Sec

Not too many mentioning monopoly. What a great way to bring out the worst in everyone. The gloating of the person winning, the fury and accusations of cheating from the losers, and best of all, the fact that the outcome is clear from a long way out but you still have to play for another three hours while the losers are gradually and humiliatingly ground into the dirt. And if the winner is a special kind of prick, they won't let other people just quit because they'll "ruin the game".

Now, you can still pay me for stopping on Shrewsbury road if you mortgage ALL your remaining properties and sell all the houses you built on kimmage and crumlin...no you're still my darling daughter, but business is business, merry Christmas.

Whyohwhy?

If you ever want engineer a family dividing feud on Christmas, monopoly is yer only man.

Can only remember actually finishing 2—3 games.

Medusa22

I don't remember playing board games with my family as a child, unless it was a new game that I'd gotten, I usually just played them with my sister throughout the year. Since I met my OH though, we've gotten a few board games and we always bring them over to my parent's place and play them and have a few drinks with my family and they actually really like it, my mum rang the other day to ask if we'll bring some games over! I think we're going to bring monopoly, trivial pursuit and cluedo. My mum also got a present of a board game version of 'The Chase' quiz show which is quite good so we'll play that too. I've got a bingo game but nobody ever wants to play it with me because they find it so boring

We also have LOTR risk which I bought for my OH a few years ago but I hate playing strategy games and I especially hate playing a war game with a German!!

Knine

I have childhood nightmare memorys of spending hours building Mousetrap only for the actual game to be ****e.

Ruu

Ticket to Ride, but can take a long time to finish!

Queenalocin

We got this https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/158435/dogs-war last year and it is great fun, especially for older teenagers or a group of adults.

Arcadia Quest https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/155068/arcadia-quest is wrapped and under the tree for this year.

osarusan

Mostly play cards - 45 or 110.

Menas

The old trusty family quiz will be had again this year. Questions such as 'how many panes of glass in this house' make the winning and losing as random as possible.
Well, as random as the quizmaster (me) wants it to be.

Hammer89

maximoose wrote: »

30 Seconds is a great game

My ex didn't think so

Realt Dearg Sec

Knine wrote: »

I have childhood nightmare memorys of spending hours building Mousetrap only for the actual game to be ****e.

I actually got it for Christmas once, total ****e, just rolling dice, moving the mice, and waiting til you can spring the trap, which was cool unless it malfunctioned.

I also got Hero Quest and Space Crusade, two precursors of war hammer, but the rules were complicated so you could never just play it, nobody else knew how. Looked cool though.

Jet Black

Never played board games just 'Drink the beer'. This year though I've got bounce off for everyone which looks like a beer pong board game and cards against humanity which I hope to offend as many people as possible with.

Whitewinged

Realt Dearg Sec wrote: »

I actually got it for Christmas once, total ****e, just rolling dice, moving the mice, and waiting til you can spring the trap, which was cool unless it malfunctioned.

I also got Hero Quest and Space Crusade, two precursors of war hammer, but the rules were complicated so you could never just play it, nobody else knew how. Looked cool though.

yea mouse trap and those other 'try to hard' games were just annoying.

I got Buzz Wire one year when I was a kid. Basically it was a steady hand game. it was good. Id say would actually be fun to play when drunk.

Tar.Aldarion

Already started today with ticket to ride.
Im bringing home a few more, settlers of catan, carcassonne, etc.
Then again i help run a boardgames group so I play every week.

Bulbous Salutation

Ruu wrote: »

Ticket to Ride, but can take a long time to finish!

That's a great game. Played it a few times. Easy enough to learn, but with plenty of strategy.

Tar.Aldarion

If you want a shorter game of ticket to ride the nordic version is only 3 player and much faster, smaller map. Also you get in each others way a lot more so that's pretty good

mvl

Old thread - but its Christmas , so...

1. do you still play boardgames at Christmas?
- Yes, I am trying to promote this tradition for our daughter. So when I get the chance, I am getting new boardgames as family Xmas gifts.
2. what boardgames do you play?
- Agricola/family edition is her favorite now, so we play it often.
This holiday we're planning to introduce Viticulture and Dungeons and Dragons/Wrath of Ashardalon ...

Anyone else ?

orourkeda1977

maximoose wrote: »

30 Seconds is a great game

I gave her 30 seconds on christmas morning

razorblunt

Cards against Humanity is a cracker. Mainly as everyone is waiting for the Madeline McCann card to be used.

Gimme A Pound

"Another case of Monopoly related domestic violence... How do those Parker brothers sleep at night?!"