Solitaire

[frankfrank]

Whats better then afternoon tea and a long game of Scrabble? Well...sex is better

I was wondering if somebody was going to mention Scrabble. For me, nothing else even comes close - Scrabble über alles!

I do like Yahtzee (both the numbered-dice one, and Word Yahtzee), TRIVIAL PURSUIT (another not mentioned), probably a couple that I'm not thinking of. I'm not a big fan of Monopoly, and I don't care for chess at all, but I'm surprised not to see anybody list either of those among their favorites. Oh, I'm so old school.

There are definitely more card games that I enjoy, though - possibly pinochle the most. (I used to say BRIDGE, but it's been so utterly long - at least 35 years - since I've even once found somebody else I know who plays it, that I'm not sure I would be any good at all with it.) Also Hearts for a light-HEARTED game that's just fun, rummy, Spades/"Horse Collar" (might be the same thing), and I used to enjoy canasta when I knew how to play it. THAT, I've known nobody since 1961 who plays it...

I do NOT care much for euchre at all.

I've spent some very silly holiday evenings playing Cards Against Humanity with relatives. The best player is the one who is ostensibly the most clueless, because she makes the most outrageous combinations and then has to have them explained to her. ("What's fisting? Why is everyone laughing?")

I had high hopes for a game called MooT [sic], which I gave someone a few years ago. It's described as a game of grammar, words, and etymology, and had to be special ordered from the developer. The person I gave it to and I enjoyed it, but everyone else thought it was boring, so I'm afraid it sits on the recipient's shelf.

No idea what those games are, but MooT sounds fascinating, but how do I look that up?

 

[gsdx]

TRIVIAL PURSUIT

That game was created in Montreal, Canada, by two friends who discovered some tiles from their Scrabble game were missing and decided to come up with their own games. They tried to stump the other with trivia. Some other friends joined in and, together, they came up with the format and design. With a few small investments from other friends, they created the games and went into business. Not only did they become multi-millionaires, so did their investors.

 

[peeonme]

That game was created in Montreal, Canada, by two friends who discovered some tiles from their Scrabble game were missing and decided to come up with their own games. They tried to stump the other with trivia. Some other friends joined in and, together, they came up with the format and design. With a few small investments from other friends, they created the games and went into business. Not only did they become multi-millionaires, so did their investors.

I had forgotten all about Trivial Pursuit, that was another great game.

 

[gsdx]

I had forgotten all about Trivial Pursuit, that was another great game.

I still remember playing with some friends of mine a long time ago. Nancy was one of those people who hated to lose. She read a question on literature to me and I remember it to this day: What nationality was Hercule Poirot?" I answered, "Belgian." She said, "It's pronounced 'BELL-GEE-yun', but I guess I have to give it to you."

Like I said, she hated to lose.

 

[peeonme]

I still remember playing with some friends of mine a long time ago. Nancy was one of those people who hated to lose. She read a question on literature to me and I remember it to this day: What nationality was Hercule Poirot?" I answered, "Belgian." She said, "It's pronounced 'BELL-GEE-yun', but I guess I have to give it to you."

Like I said, she hated to lose.

Some people just have to win. Takes the fun out of it.

 

[star-warrior]

I've played Yahtzee exactly once in my life, with a flat mate when we first moved in. My favourite board game was Nine Men's Morris, but I've not played that in ages either.

 

[Sincitywanker]

No idea what those games are, but MooT sounds fascinating, but how do I look that up?

Here's the link to MooT: http://www.mootgame.com (and I dearly hope someone else likes it, even if that means you're as boring as me)

Cards is kind of like MadLibs, but with constrained answers. One player reads a prompt card with one or two blanks, other players supply answers from cards they have been dealt. The answer cards are sometimes bland but often sexually explicit, racially offensive, or designed in some other way to raise maximum embarrassment. At the end of a round the players vote on who had the best answer, and that player gets the point. As I wrote, it's at it's most curiously entertaining when played with naive older relatives.

 

[Sincitywanker]

My favourite board game was Nine Men's Morris, but I've not played that in ages either.

Why not? Is it filled up with mud?

 

[MakeDigitalLove]

Word whomp on pogo.com....not necessarily a board game but gophers hold letters and you have to make as many words as possible in a time period....

Oh wow, I haven't played this in a minute but used to play it a lot. I was really into quite a few word games.

 

[GreyUnderscore]

Monopoly.

Does Cards Against Humanity count?

 

[smokeshadow]

for all things relating to board games: https://www.boardgamegeek.com/ including ratings

 

[gsdx]

Has anyone ever seen Milles Bornes (1,000 milestones)? It's a French card game, but simple to learn and you don't need to know French to play it. (There may even be English versions. I don't know.)

It's really a travel game played with cards. You are trying to get to the destination before the other players, but they can stop you with stop lights, flat tires, empty gas tanks, and so on.

It's a fun game.

 

[star-warrior]

Why not? Is it filled up with mud?

No. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Men's_Morris

 

[gsdx]

^ So, it has nothing to do with Morris Dancers. Colour me disappointed.

 

[Sincitywanker]

No. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Men's_Morris

Sorry, I'm just being a silly fairy queen.