board games list

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My board games list
Maybe I should have started this blog with this post, but hey, it's never too late to give out my personal board games list containing all my favorite classic games. Before I give out this list, I wanted to share a very cool video about a guy with a pretty big board games list to! Their names are Andrew Zilch (the movie maker) and Rich Sommer (the board game nerd, coming out of the closet).

A video featuring a big board games list



Back to my personal list, which is way smaller than this Rich guy. The games are not in a specific order in the list, the important thing is to put them in.

My personal list of board games

  1. Monopoly

    Monopoly board game box

    Using strategy to buy the best property, improve them at the right time in the game. Deal with the other player to trade or buy. Stay in jail and wait for other players to land on your Boardwalk, ah, this game is so much fun. I made a couple of post on this one, so don't miss my monopoly strategy and my alternative monopoly rules .

  2. Clue

    Old Clue board game box

    Learn how to remember all little details, find the best clue strategy, make the right accusation, play with other clue player's suspect to slow them down, walk the shortest path to access the clue rooms, pretend to hold the true on clue weapon and clue suspect. Put your opponent on false trail in the clue game arena. This game is still a mystery and a lot of fun.

  3. Risk

    Risk board game box

    I spend so many hours playing this game that it would be the biggest crime not to put it in my list of board games. North America, Australia, Kamchatka, Madagascar, all good risk strategies to try. Don't be to greedy, don't build to big defenses, don't lose Middle East!

  4. Trivial Pursuit
    Trivial Pursuit board game box
    Try me, I know everything! Humm, not really, but who really care about this little prehistoric little insect name...

  5. The game of life

    The Game Of Life board game box

    I was a kid when I first played this game, so it's bringing back so many good memories that just looking at the box makes me feel a little bit better! For a flashback in the 80s, check out this game of life board game video.

  6. Electronic Stratego ( or was it Admiral)

    Electronic Stratego board game box

    I'm not sure about this one. I remember playing an electronic game where you needed to protect a flag. You had like 20 unit with a different military (or naval) rank, where the admiral was the strongest. The goal was to bring the flag unit on the other side of the game board. To attack the enemy, you had to move a unit on the same spot has your opponent unit and then each player would place their unit on some kind of electronic judge on the side of the board who would tell who's the winner, the loser or if it was equal. I don't remember using bombs, so maybe it was a Stratego clone.

  7. Pay day

    Payday board game box

    I loved the big colorful cards!


  8. Scrabble

    Scrabble board game box

    I'm still playing this board game every month or so. Always good to develop your vocabulary (by watching other player's word!).

  9. Mastermind


    Mastermind board game boxAlways a good game to challenge your brother after a couple glass of red wine. I'll have to write something about this one. There must be a Mastermind strategy to beat this game in three try all the time!





  10. Othello

    Othello board game box

    Black and White.

  11. Simon

    Simon board game box

    The reason why I can write down 126 number after 3.14...

  12. Mille Bornes

    Mille Bornes board game box

    Pretty simple game that was always with us when we were traveling long distances.

Comments

DWTB said…
This is such a good list! Othello and Risk bring back so many awesome memories! I think I might add Rummikub to the list too. I've just done a post about the top 5 highest-rated games: http://www.decidewhattobuy.com/blog/2008/05/top-board-games.html

I can't believe half of these aren't in the list. I was a bit dissapointed that Pictionary came first. It's a fun game but there's no way it should beat some of these.
May 27, 2008 at 6:40 AM
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