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telling you guys, i am the sports trivia guy. barry foote, calvin murphy, .48 core red dot white stitch ball.....see, all valid obscure sports answersbut if i get an occasional question about a tony award winning song correct do not question my swagger
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I love board games, and trying to get my kids to love them despite all the other distractions they have with technology these days.
We played bar trivia on a team at Hooter's for a couple of years, that was a lot of fun. Scrabble Flash and Monopoly cards - not sure what that's called - are both fun, fast-paced games, too.
I know there was another game thread somewhere more recently...
Settlers of Catan is so much fun! You have to buy an expansion though if you want to play with more than a couple of people or it gets really crowded.
I love board and card games. I'm not ferociously competititve, but I like to win if I can.What Misha's saying about the TP game with Mark Wahlberg - it's funny how often it'll work that way. Once my ex and I were winning and we kept getting all these Charlie Chaplin questions. Our final question was "what hand did Charlie Chaplin carry his cane in." I can't even tell you now, but my ex knew.
Thanks, Phil. Now, is that picture reversed or not?
Stacia ~ my other ride is a K'Vruck wrote: "Settlers of Catan is so much fun! You have to buy an expansion though if you want to play with more than a couple of people or it gets really crowded."my parents have that game with two expansions (one for more players and one with boats and water). we always combine all the versions and have made it into our own version of the game, with our own rules.
janine wrote: "Stacia ~ my other ride is a K'Vruck wrote: "Settlers of Catan is so much fun! You have to buy an expansion though if you want to play with more than a couple of people or it gets really crowded."..."
my parents have that game with two expansions (one for more players and one with boats and water). we always combine all the versions and have made it into our own version of the game, with our own rules.
We play the regular version or the Cities & Knights most of the time. It's my mother's favorite game, and we play it whenever we're at home. The board definitely gets crowded quickly. Sometimes we play with the expansion even when there are just three of us, just for the fun of not having to fight over land.
we usually play until there's no more places to build towns left (using upside-down boats for towns when there are no real towns left) so we always fight over land.
Have any of you played Ticket to Ride? The online version is fun and has a chat function. I'd be happy to play any of you.
Carol wrote: "never played it but I'm interested!"You get a few free games. Let me know if you sign up and we can arrange a time to play. My sister and I play and chat.
I was just about to ask the same question I asked in message 77 again. And here it is, with Sally's answer in 83. But nobody responded, so I guess none of y'all play that game?
Someone just gave me this game:http://www.birdcagepress.com/art_shar...
ArtShark! "Collect great art* auction it * hide it* steal it"
I'll need to play it to see if it's any good. The cover has Franz Marc's blue horses on it, and it looks kind of neat.
"auction it - hide it - steal it" sounds a little like you're playing against the Nazis, but I'm hoping it's not like that.
Just played Settlers of Catan for the first time(s) this weekend. I like it! It's different every time, so that keeps it interesting. I see expansion packs in our future. I think we played 5 games, some took quite a while.
Carol wrote: "Just played Settlers of Catan for the first time(s) this weekend. I like it! It's different every time, so that keeps it interesting. I see expansion packs in our future. I think we played 5 games,..."It's a great game. The Cities & Knights expansion has always been my favorite, but I play seafarers on my iPod.
I haven't played cribbage in years, may have to change that.
I used to use cribbage as a reminder of how to perform CPR (15 compressions, two breaths). Then the fuckers changed the rules for CPR.
Now you just have to do compressions to Stayin' Alive!
Look what I found at a garage sale for $3 this weekend: 
It's the Book Lovers edition of Trivial Pursuit! Who knew that existed?
Yes! T minus three days!We have
Trivial Pursuit Book Lovers edition
Ticket to Ride India
Lost Cities
Apples to Apples
games that aren't board games
books
guitars
beer
wine
chocolate cake
dark & stormy cake
my sister cooking birthday dinner
a river
a screen porch
indoor plumbing
This is going to be awesome.
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It's the Book Lovers edition of Trivial Pursuit! Who knew that existed?"
Jealous.
Okay. Maybe you guys can help me ID this board game that I played once about a year ago. I was briefly dating this guy whose friends had a weekly board game night, but they played some pretty obscure ones so I'm not sure how well known this one is.It was primarily a word game, I think, and had 4 or 5 colors/categories of question cards. I think there was a spinner to help choose letters in some way, an hourglass timer, and pencils and pads for all the players. So, for instance, you might choose a card that said "List animals that end with the letter indicated by the spinner", and spin a "T", and everyone would have to write down as many as they could think of (cat, rat, elephant) before time ran out, and then whoever came up with the most would get a point for the round. I can't remember what the other categories were, but I seem to recall a special form that each player got so that you could tick off when you won a certain color category, and whoever won one round of each first won the whole game (like collecting wedges in trivial pursuit).
I know my recollections of this game are extremely vague, but I remember it being really fun and would love to find it again. Anyone know what this might be?
Riona - I seem to remember playing a game similar to this that was called "Scattergories"
It's not scattergories. I've never actually played that, but I remember one of the other players going "Hey, this is like Scattergories!" when we were doing that color/type of question. There were other types of questions too, though, I just can't remember what they were! I'm frantically googling now because this is driving me crazy.
Okay, I think I looked at around 30 lists of board games online and still can't find anything. I wish I remembered more about it. Grrrr. I might actually have to ask this guy, but I haven't talked to him in 9 months or so. Awkwaaaaard.
Of course, as soon as I posted that I found it! It's called Quickword (review/rules here). It seems like it's no longer made but I found a couple from independent sellers on Amazon, and just ordered one. Yay!
Barb wrote: "Yay. There's nothing like that feeling of complete happiness when you've found that specific something you were looking for and can get it."TWSS
Sarah Pi wrote: "Yes! T minus three days!We have
Trivial Pursuit Book Lovers edition
Ticket to Ride India
Lost Cities
Apples to Apples
games that aren't board games
books
guitars
beer
wine
chocolate cake
dark & st..."
You are going to have SUCH a good birthday!
Jammies wrote: "You are going to have SUCH a good birthday! "Yes. :)
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Nooooooo! I LOVED the iron.
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I liked the iron. It sat nicely on the board and the handle was perfect for holding and moving.I do not remember the ship. Wasn't there a guy on a horse that was rearing up?
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I can't say I remember the ship either.
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I do remember that wheel/broom combo, which I never understood.
Yes! That was my favorite piece but it's stability could be precarious if the game turned rowdy. I am fairly certain my game did not have the ship or it was lost before I ever played.
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And this was apparently a Howitzer cannon, not a wheel and broom.
See? This is why I should not be allowed to own a Howitzer cannon even given my right to bear arms.
Lobstergirl wrote: "Lobstergirl wrote: "I do remember that wheel/broom combo, which I never understood."And this was apparently a Howitzer cannon, not a wheel and broom.
See? This is why I should not be allowed to..."
I remember that piece, too. Only I thought it was a loom.
I tend to favor card games more though...cribbage and rummy the most.
Sarah Pi, My friends and I go to trivia on a weekly basis...I also suck @ the sports questions...