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[smokeshadow]

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[TickTockMan]

I mentioned it's been yeras since I regularly played board games, and a lot of that is just that there is no one play them with. One thing I've wondered if anyone plays board games--it feels almost like no one does. And yet the industry obviously survives. Several stores in my area have a few games, and I imagine there will be a ton for sale come Christmas shopping season

I use to listen to a podcast. The guest host that did Monday shows quit his regular job and got a job making board games. I had no idea they still came up with new ideas until then. Anyway here are the two games he made:


Pass The Pot

Amazon.com

Swipe Out

Amazon.com

 

[me203]

I know during the pandemic lock down board games and puzzles had a HUGE spike in sales.

Not a surprise. People were stuck at home with lots and lots of time for even the most demanding board game. And I wonder, too, if some people might not have felt an "old fashioned" activity allowed them to forget the modern world and its problems!

 

[me203]

Excellent, yet relatively unknown board game is Scotland Yard. Playable with only two or up to 6, or 6 groups. Mr. X, the player that controls the spy, can make the game easier or harder depending on his opponents (and mood).

I remember that title--I think I remember even seeing ads. We had a copy of it, and I have a vague recollection of playing it. But I don't remember it very well. We actually had a number of games that were seldom played--many of which were gifts from outside my immediate family. Some where acquired because they probably sounded promising somehow. The sleldom played games were etiher bad, somehow, or didn't work out well for the realities our house (I think this one was the latter problem).

 

[Vannie]

It's not funny ^ anymore when I double post.

Not that it was all that funny before.

 

[me203]

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I came across that last night when searching for info on one game. I think I've seen that site before, probably when searching another time for a game. Looks like an amazing amount of information in any case. Later, I should purposely search for obscure games, just to give a comprehensiveness torture test!

 

[PalacePaul]

It has been years since I have had anyone to play board games with but always enjoyed:

Monopoly
Life
Risk (when we had a LONG time)
Sorry
Parcheesi
Clue

Is Parcheesi the same as Parchís? I can't believe you mentioned this one. I thought it was only known in Spain.
FYI it always comes together with El juego de la oca The goose game

 

[jjonn3]

Is Parcheesi the same as Parchís? I can't believe you mentioned this one. I thought it was only known in Spain.
FYI it always comes together with El juego de la oca The goose game

I just looked it up - apparently there are some slight differences but mostly they are the same game.

 

[PalacePaul]

We had this exact same version growing up

 

[LoveMyPeppermill]

We introduced people to croquignole, tiddly winks, snakes and ladders

Remember the snakes-and-ladders scene from Ken Russell's Lair of the White Worm?

 

[bluestar1079]

My favorites were

Candy Land

and Chutes and Ladders

 

[bluestar1079]

oh and Trouble

 

[me203]

The Parcheesi/Pachisi commentary reminded me of something I read many years ago. Clue was called Cluedo in England, and that name was supposedly chosen as play on Ludo, which is also apparently related to Pachisi.