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ionapaul · 25-10-2004 12:28PM #1

board game? I am thinking of hosting a few board game nights for friends and hangers-on and wondering what to go for. Have tons at my family home in Galway but need to buy one or two for my apartment in Dublin. Do women enjoy Risk? How long can you play a board game without someone going crazy and tipping it over (and catching a beat-down)? Want suggestions for games that are fun and competitive, easy to pick up, people can play while drinking, and most importantly that everyone will enjoy.
In the States I spent a few great nights with friends in pubs that supplied lots of boardgames free for customers - probably the best pub experiences ever. Anything like that in Ireland? Or would the game interfere with the publicans' profits, and so not be acceptable? Or maybe all other Irish people aren't as nerdy like me when it comes to playing games...:)

KlodaX · 25-10-2004 12:42PM

the only board game I've seen/played in a pub was chess

although I thoroughly enjoy a good game of draughts!

AdMMM · 25-10-2004 12:44PM

Well I find Monopoly to be a good game for those occasions.

Scrabble is good as well, if you have some intelligent players that is.

You could also have a Chess tourney or if you've had a few drinks, Twister is always a favourite

CathyMoran · 25-10-2004 12:54PM

Hmm, chess - have played it in cafe pubs, but it is a one on one game. Monopoly/Scrable are more suitable for a larger group.

meepmeep · 25-10-2004 01:10PM

Trivial Pursuit?

Basq · 25-10-2004 01:46PM

I think Monopoly is easily the best board game out there to be honest!

Scrabble is a close second and third ..

.. is the genius that is Kerplunk!

(i used to love this game when i was younger!)

BEAT · 25-10-2004 01:47PM

I think it is better to have games at home with friends, leave pool tables and darts for the pub. Most places wont allow it anyway.

As for games at home though, My friends and I play D&D (dungeons & dragons) for long nights.
Short nights we play poker or Family feud, sometimes trivial pursuit.
Oh, and C.l.u.e.

simu · 25-10-2004 02:02PM

I always thought Discovering Europe was fun! Hungry Hungry Hippos would be great after a few drinks as well!

I went to a pub in Oxford, England once where they had board games on the tables for customers to use. I don't know if that's unusual or not in England but it's certainly a good idea.

KdjaCL · 25-10-2004 02:03PM

Jenga

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Raphael · 25-10-2004 02:39PM

Cluedo is always a laugh

"Colonel Mustard...In the Conservatory......with Mrs Peacock" =p

RuggieBear · 25-10-2004 02:44PM

I'm a big fan of RISK

Big Ears · 25-10-2004 02:59PM

RuggieBear wrote:

I'm a big fan of RISK

same here .

smoke.me.a.kipper · 25-10-2004 03:20PM

monopoly or hungry, hungry hippos when i was younger.

Raphael · 25-10-2004 03:21PM

RuggieBear wrote:

I'm a big fan of RISK

I don't like risk, Too much of a random element involved through dice rolls

Diplomacy now, that's a fantastic game

Macseamusa · 25-10-2004 03:25PM

Discovering Ireland is a great game, its basically like Discovering Europe but its set in Ireland(duh!). Not sure if it still being made tho.
Jenga and cluedo are great also. Guess who and battleships are always a blast.

monkeyfudge · 25-10-2004 03:36PM

Tumbling Monkeys is clearly the best game!

Actually, I got the new DVD version of Atmosfear recently.. and that's pretty funny to play with a few bottles of wine and the lights turned off.

This is the game where you have an evil guy up on the television shouting at you to do things. There is a clock up on screen that is constantly ticking down to zero. Things get pretty intense in the last ten minutes.. lots of "Role the f***king dice, you're taking too long!"

The DVD version is much better than the video version that was out a few years ago, as it is different each time, and you have a choice of different routes through the thing.

Optikus · 25-10-2004 03:38PM

Monopoly... When im the banker...Muhahahaha

therecklessone · 25-10-2004 04:15PM

Operation would be great with a few pints in ya.

Mossy Monk · 25-10-2004 04:20PM

Monopoly all the way

Sleepy · 25-10-2004 05:15PM

Trivial Pursuit, Pictionary, Conundrum and Jenga are all good for a gang whilst boozing!

ShiverinEskimo · 25-10-2004 06:07PM

Sleepy wrote:

Trivial Pursuit, Pictionary

I'd have sugested the above also.

Pictionary is such a laugh because the drunker you get, the more ridiculous the drawings get.
Also anyone else ever play scattegories??

JBoyle4eva · 25-10-2004 06:52PM

You can't beat Cluedo: Always lose myself though.

Jenga's pretty good, until it all falls down to be rebuilt, Pay Day is a good laugh because it's very childish and haven't played this one in ages but Game of life is really good!

PeadarofAodh · 25-10-2004 10:21PM

Has to be Mousetrap! Could play that game for hours on end when I was younger, only problem was the amount of pieces to be lost- still haven't met somone who had that game with all pieces intact for more than a year!

simu · 25-10-2004 11:48PM

Twister might be good if you're sexually attracted to these people...

GuanYin · 25-10-2004 11:50PM

:eek: You're gettin very racy these days :eek:

simu · 25-10-2004 11:53PM

Not really. The idea of a bunch of drunken people falling all over each other playing twister amuses me.

GuanYin · 25-10-2004 11:56PM

simu wrote:

Not really. The idea of a bunch of drunken people falling all over each other playing twister amuses me.

The last time I was at a party with a twister mat, it was rolled up and used as a funnel to drink pints of cocktails.....

simu · 25-10-2004 11:58PM

syke wrote:

The last time I was at a party with a twister mat, it was rolled up and used as a funnel to drink pints of cocktails.....

:eek:

RuggieBear · 25-10-2004 11:59PM

syke wrote:

The last time I was at a party with a twister mat, it was rolled up and used as a funnel to drink pints of cocktails.....

lol....now that's the type of twister i like to play....

Creamy Goodness · 26-10-2004 12:07AM

buckaroo.

god they sure don't make them like they use too.

Tiriel · 26-10-2004 12:16AM

love monopoly.. easily the best..

like connect 4 too though.. backgammon is good and of course snakes and ladders!!!

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