Hm... So, I actually *like* board games...

[conuly]

I know some people don't, but I do. I like playing games with my family, board games, card games, I have to clear the table now...

Anyway. Moving on. While on somebody's livejournal, I saw an entry about this game which, though insanely complicated, looks mildly interesting. That started me thinking. What can I get my mom for christmas which would encourage gameplaying? I like clue (though we don't often play it, not enough people) and museaum clue (though we lost that years ago, I want it back!) and parcheesi (though I'm too competitive... really... and ask Jenn about proper parcheesi piece placement) and mancala (hm. lost that too, and mommy's no good at it). My mom likes boggle, scrabble, upwords (we need another board), word yahtzee, regular yahtzee (ick).... We also have monopoly, chinese checkers, risk, and pick up sticks lying around the house. I hate checkers and chess, so don't suggest those.

Now, I have a dual question. 1. If I go randomly picking interesting looking games, would you tell me if they're good? and 2. what games do you reccommend?

Comments

[fjorab-teke.livejournal.com]

I like Stratego. If you could find a Go board and pieces, it's an easy game to play but oh so difficult to master. I like backgammon too.

I made a wooden game box, and I made the lid into a parcheesi board. :-) It's nifty.