What board game are you playing - chat thread

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I thought it would be nice to continue on the discussion about board games.

Our favourite game is 7 wonders.

Our favourite card game is Bohnanza.

We are currently learning to play Puerto Rico.

Anyone else.

We love playing Qwirkle, Labyrinth and most recently Ingenious with our nearly-9 year old DD.

Are there some other similar make-you-think games anyone could recommend?

Ah hah, fellow boardgamers! Our latest games are seven wonders duel (which right now I prefer to the original) and Kingdom builder which is also really good.

Trying to get DD into board games but its not going so well - any recommendations for a 5 year old that also isn't terribly boring for adults?

Ntsku I'd say Labyrinth, Hey That's My Fish, Sleeping Queens, Super Tooth, Banana Split, Uno (ok most are card games) are all worth looking at :)

Intrigued about Ingenious, I've been looking at that for a while - is it similar to Qwirkle but with hexagons?

I'd say Indigo is worth a look for you if you like the sort of spatial awareness, planning type things. It's very pretty too. Ooh, and Pentago which is a twist (literally) on connect four type things.

Oh and My First Carcassonne would be good for a 5yo. It is a very quick game, so the adults getting bored thing is bearable.

Cheers for the suggestions, shall look them up. She can't read at all which makes games that have cards with writing on and suchlike rather difficult.

Oh a board games thread a month or so before my birthday, how helpful!

This year has been all about Dominion in our house and we have been surprised that DD (7) has mastered it as we thought it may be too tricky for her. With that in mind, do people think that the King Ludwig's Castle may also be accessible to her or still a bit too tricky? That one sounds fun.

We played Dixit at a friends' and that's definitely on the list for Christmas.

Ingenious is similar to Qwirkle in that it involves creating threads of similar colours, but the playing area is limited, and the scoring is very different. You need to score with all the different colours in order to win as your lowest colour total is the one that is counted its win.

We love it. Would definitely recommend!

Grr that should read iyswim not its win.

That's cool, thanks for explaining. I'd been put off by the thought that it may be a little too similar to other games we have, but actually it seems distinct enough to be added to the collection at some point... :)

I really like the look of Ludwig, seems quite complicated!

I'm also wondering about Wrath of Poseidon. DD is mad about Greek Mythology! Looks complicated though.

Does Camel Up follow similar lines as the Really Nasty Horseriding Game?

I've no idea about Camel Up, I've not played it as betting type games don't really appeal.

I ordered Coloretto today. I have had it on my wishlist for years since playing with friends. It's gone cheap on Amazon. :)

I am not a fan of board games. I like card games (poker my fav). And usually play online on en.casinoz.me . Poker is an analytical game where you're constantly sizing up your opponents, finding the correct betting sizes, and searching for cracks in your opponent's game that you can exploit at a later time period.

I am shit at poker! I got a little betting game the other week and tried it with friends last night, it's called Kobayakawa (I am obsessed with all things Japanese) and you have to weigh up risks etc. I was pretty rubbish at that too :o good little filler game though.

I'm wanting to get rid of some games which is a massive step for me! But I'm actually quite looking forward to weeding out some of the crappy ones. Actually may start a separate thread.

I'm eying up Arboretum at the moment. Because trees.

I've been reminded of this thread by the games you are getting rid of thread.

We've really been enjoying Stone Age and Champions of Midgard recently, both worker placement games which take about an hour-ish to play. While you pay for an extra worker in the Viking game, you send 2 of your meeple off to the village hut (loveshack ) to 'make' another person in Stone Age!

Got Caverna for my birthday - after dropping seriously heavy hints So far I have taken all the pieces out of the box and admired them, they are excellent quality. Hoping to actually learn and play the game soon!

Ooh please tell me more about Stone Age! What age do you think? The 'my first Stone Age' is on my wish list too but not sure if I would be better off getting the proper one

Camel Up is great, we play it with 7 year old and she loves it, everything changes all the time and we talk about likely outcomes which is fun to figure out, doesn't really matter who 'wins' and the stacking camels are so cute.

We are playing Imperial Assault (star wars game) which she is also loving, complicated but fun enough to want to learn it.

DH got me Tokaido today! I've been poring over the instructions, my word it's beautiful! Looks complicated at first but I think when we've played it a couple of times it'll be fine :)

Stone Age - box says from 10+ and I think that's fair. You take turns to put your meeple on action spots- to collect resources, visit the loveshack to make another meeple, etc. You use those resources (wood, clay, gold and stone) to either pay for civilization cards or build huts with them, both of which get you points at the end of the game. The tactical bit comes in because the action spots are limited - some of them can only be used by one person per round.

If you look on YouTube, Will Wheaton's tabletop does quite a good run through, it gives a good flavour of the game. It's not as dry as my summary suggests, both ds1 (13) and I enjoy it The pieces are wooden and it comes with a leather dice shaker, which are good quality - only thing is the board unfolds to be quite big.

Thanks Agnes :) sounds good. Really amused at the whole loveshack thing :o

I'm also pondering Celestia, anyone played that? Looks lovely.

3 separate people IRL have asked today if I can advise them on Christmas board game purchases. :o

Gamewright Games recommendations please.

We have Sleeping Queens and Rat A Tat Cat, that she loves,
Got Sushi Go & Party, love them too.
(Got Love Letter)

I think I'm going to get Dragonwood for Xmas Eve, but wanted a simple card game or two for the stocking.

She'll be 7.5 and can play more complicated games, but I was after something simple. So she's got more chance of winning ;-)

We've been planning to play Stone Age with little, but not got round to it yet. Without the cards on the bottom of the board - can't remember their name.

The memory bit of My First Stone Age puts me right off. I'm memory games out . .. . .

We got Caverna preloved a few months CrankyAgnes, we've got as far as admiring too

And there are so many lovely pieces and cards to admire, too, aren't there BuildersBum You've reminded me I must get on with learning how to play it, if I don't how am I going to justify another board game for Christmas?!

Lost Cities card game is good, don't know if it's Gamewright or not, but it's quite easy to learn and we enjoy playing it.

Buildersbum Zeus on the Loose is another fun Gamewright title that works well around that age. Otherwise our favourites are the ones you already have, as well as Duck Duck Bruce (but that is difficult to get hold of, and we played it more when the children were younger). We also have Too Many Monkeys and Moose in the House (wouldn't recommend either, no meaningful decisions) and Toss Your Cookies which hasn't caught anyone's interest either. We also had Frog Juice but gave it away as we didn't find it fun, but it tends to get good reviews so you might want to look that up. I bought BraveRats last Christmas (not Gamewright but Blue Orange games, a microgame by the same designer as Love Letter), but it didn't hit the sweet spot either.

Like you I am searching for a new small simple card game as a stocking filler for dd8 (who loves Love Letter, Sleeping Queens and Rat a Tat Cat but doesn't enjoy anything too complex.) I am considering Cardline Animals, but am not sure how small the actual box is. Otherwise, smallish card games (not Gamewright) we have had a lot of fun with over the past year are Cockroach Poker and Nobody But us Chickens, so those might be worth looking up.

We have also enjoyed Archaeology the Card Game and Monopoly Deal, both simple set collection card games in small boxes (although I think that there is a newer version of Archaeology that comes in a larger box).

Another small card game is Best Treehouse Ever. We opened it today but haven't quite figured out the scoring yet, so we haven't quite fallen for it yet. The artwork is lovely though!

As for Lost Cities recommended above, I love it but the rest of the family (dh, ds10 and dd8) find it too dry/abstract.

Does anyone have experience of Forbidden Island, Pandemic and Flash Point Fire Rescue?

DS's 11th birthday is coming up, and as he absolutely loves Forbidden Island but is starting to beat it at the advanced levels, I would like to get him a different cooperative game as a step up/variation. (We already have Forbidden Desert but prefer the more streamlined design of Forbidden Island.)

If you have Forbidden Island, which would you recommend of Pandemic and Flash Point for an 11yo who loves TTR Europe, King of Tokyo, Jaipur, Splendor etc?

Also, has anyone played Memoir 44? Am thinking about that for DS for Christmas as well...