Board Games Blog

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 Monopoly 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 . Clue Learn how to reme...

T his post is not about odds and probabilities. If you look out for monopoly strategies based on numbers, you will find great analysis on the subject. If I may suggest, you should take a look at How to Win at Monopoky - a Surefire Strategy and at Probabilities in the Game of Monopoly . They both describe how long it will take to get a return on your investment, expected incomes, probability of landing on a square... you get the picture. Both article are based on numbers, so what I would like to do here, is to take a different approach. Instead of using numbers to drive my strategy, I will focus on the element of the game, more precisely the monopoly chance card and use them to my advantages. And, if you would like to play this game and you are without friends, you can now play Monopoly Online . Just for the fun of it, the next time you go to the bathroom, bring the monopoly chance card with you to take a deeper look at them. Some cards are more interesting than the other. For exam...

Yesterday I was watching a movie called "Ouija". If you like scary ouija board stories, you will love this one. I spent a lot of time reading very scary ouija stories but to actually see it is way better! Seeing that Ouija movie made me think about other film where ouija scene are present and I was really surprised to find out so many. So for all "scary ouija stories" lovers, here's a list of film showing ouija board scenes. Also, for those Ouija lovers experiencing "things", here's a good site to understand your experiences. The most recent ouija board stories in movies First, my yesterday's movie, "Ouija". It was made in 2007, a Filipino movie directed by Topel Lee. To make it short, a couple of person are playing ouija and before they end questioning the board, it's destroyed by fire, leaving a spirit outside. Those ouija terror stories should remind all user that play the real ouija board of the ouija boards dangers that...

More monopoly rules and game elements! I hope you're not tired yet of thos e alternative monopoly rules and game elements because I have some more for you readers! In general what I found is lacking in the monopoly game board is the power you get when you purchase something. Except for making more bucks, buying a property and putting buildings won't give you much more power. Same thing go es when you buy a railroad or a service like the Electric Company or the Water Works. The new monopoly toll token described in a previous post is a good example of an extra power you get when you have all monopoly property of the same color. In that way of thinking, I would give e xtra power when you buy the Electric C o mpany or the Water Works monopoly properties. My last game design idea is for auction when playe rs are trying to buy a property that a monopoly p layer didn't want to buy during is turn. I don't really like the way it's suppose to be done ...

Following my first set of alternative rules and game elements , here's some more... The Toll (monopoly game element) A new token called "the toll". This new monopoly token would be another way of financing some project on your property. There would be only one monopoly toll in the game and it would be controlled by only one player at a time. To get control of it you need to stop on the "GO" spot and roll a double at your next turn. You could also get control of it by drawing the monopoly community chest card that gives control of "The toll". The alternative monopoly rules are the following. You need a complete set of property (all monopoly property of the same color) You can't put a toll if some of those property are already improved. Every time a player passes through the toll he needs to pay is right to pass and that even if he doesn't stop on it. See the legend on the right to find the price. The toll must be set on the last property of a ...

Greatest classic board game of all time, Monopoly is on the top of my favorite game list. I like this game so much, that sometimes I'm dreaming of a Monopoly sequel. I would love to see something like "Monopoly 2 coming this summer" somewhere on the net. While waiting for this (if it ever happens) I have come up with a list of alternative monopoly rules and game element just for the fun of it. Changes to the monopoly game board 1- Railroad routes from one railroad to all the other. The player owning more than one railroad, can go freely from one station to the other if he owns both ends of it. Otherwise, if he owns only one, he'll have to pay the destination railroad's owner a fee to stand there. If you don't own any railroad, you can still use the railroad routes but you'll have to pay the rent for both of them. Note that you cannot use a railroad route if one of the two ends are not own by a monopoly player. Sorry about the art in this picture, I defini...